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Originally Posted by RickeyD
Does this apply to golf carts ? Or are carts zero tolerance at >20.0 mph ?
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First of all, the statement was not completely true. You can get a ticket for anything over the speed limit but because judges will tend to throw these out and admonish the officer for wasting the court's time. Police generally don't give tickets for 5mph over or less.
With golf carts, it's the same thing. They will generally not bother people for 25mph and below. The reasons are twofold. Number one is the same as with cars. Number two is that legal carts can get going over 20mph when going downhill.
We need to remember that the 20mph is not a speed limit for carts in the same way it is for cars. The 20mph rule is to determine whether or not a golf cart needs to be registered and insured. If you are pulled over in your golf cart and it is found that it is capable of going over 20mph on a flat surface you may be charge with driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle on a public way. The speed limit can be 30 mph and you can be going 27 and still be cited if your cart is capable of going over 20. In that case you would not be cited for speeding.
As far as I know, there is not a separate speed limit for golf carts. There is a limit on how fast a golf cart is capable of going. If it can go over 20mph, it is then considered to be a Low Speed Vehicle and under the law needs to be registered and insured.