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Originally Posted by blueash
316.2045 Obstruction of public streets, highways, and roads.—
(1)(a) A person may not willfully obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of a public street, highway, or road by:
1. Impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding, or restraining traffic or passage thereon;
Note that Florida law defines a street as being obstructed when traffic is being impeded, retarded etc. It does not seem to require that traffic be completely blocked for an obstruction to exist.
Could a sharp lawyer make an argument that under the law the slow golf cart represented an impediment and restraint to the normal use of the road. And this statute calls such an impediment an OBSTRUCTION
You're welcome. Now you better be prepared to show that you passed a golf cart that was going very much under the speed limit, not that your souped up illegal cart wanted to fly by a cart going only 18 MPH.
It also might be best to not pull out when there is a cop in the lane, as clearly the person who got the ticket did so in front of a cop
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Ok, this makes more sense to me. Seems to me in practical application, the only problem you might run into is passing another golf cart, which probably isn't going to be necessary, unless as someone else stated, you feel the need to pass the 18mph golf cart because you want to go 20+.
Bikes are OK to pass, and it's OK to turn left, or to avoid a hazard, which I would assume would include a stopped utility vehicle, or even one going very slowly while spraying or mowing.
I think, personally, I can live with this. But then, I am not one who needs to pass so I can go 20+.