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Originally Posted by humbug486
The speed limit of 35 M.P.H. Maximum in The Villages is so that we can operate golf carts. Increase the speed limit-remove the carts. Personally, if you speed or run a red light, you deserve what you get.
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I completely and emphatically agree that roads where cars share the roadways with golf carts that the limit should be no more then 35. My point is that major roads such as Buena Vista and Morse, south of 466 do not have golf carts on them and are designed to safely handle speeds of 45 MPH.
It was pointed out that these roads also can accommodate LSVs and hence should be kept at 35 for this purpose. I disagree with this completely and argue that this is more of a reason to raise the limit to 45. By doing so, it would eliminate the LSVs from being on these roads. Because LSVs have a maximum speed of 25, if they are on a road where cars are going 35, they create an unsafe condition (see the posts above about
disparity in speed is the real cause for unsafe driving, not speed per se.)