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Old 05-07-2023, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by cjrjck View Post
Just curious how most golf car drivers know how fast they or any other golf cart driver is going. My cart doesn't have a speedometer. Since my cart will often get caught and even passed by other carts even when I have the pedal to the metal, I assume it is not that fast. But judging the speed in my cart is like judging the speed of my bicycle. It's just a wild guess. Phone apps aren't precise at lower speeds. They are like those cheap blood pressure gauges. Hit and miss.
Do you have a source for the claim of the lack of accuracy of the phone's GPS at lower speeds? I would like to see the math behind that.

I have a Garmin GPS on one of my carts and another brand (don't recall which) of GPS spedometer on the other. I have compared them to each other and to the Waze app on my phone. Either all three are accurate or all three are inaccurate in exactly the same amount. I'm going to believe that all three are accurate.
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