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Old 09-01-2018, 05:22 PM
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By definition in Florida law, a golf cart is only considered a golf cart if it can not exceed 20 mph. If it looks like a golf cart, but if it can exceed 20 mph, it is a LSV (low speed vehicle) by definition in Florida law. As such to be legal, it must be registered and licensed by the state and must be insured. My observation is that most so called golf carts in The Villages are illegal, by definition in Florida law, because they exceed 20 mph and are not registered properly.

My disappointment with drivers of "carts" in the villages is not that they drive over 20 mph and pass me, but that they have not properly registered them as LSV's.
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