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Originally Posted by Garywt
This is interesting. If you bought the cart from a dealer I am surprised the speed is not set to 20 mph since that is the law. When we bought our cart we were told that increasing the speed would void our warranty. I didn’t touch anything until our warranty was up but since the cart really only went 18 mph I did adjust it to go 20/21. If old license plates are illegal then 75% of the Villagers are breaking the law. I know insurance is optional we insured our carts as soon as we got them so we were protected. I would not want a street legal cart but as long as you stay on the paths or inside the painted lines along certain roads you are fine. I would double check the speed though as driving 30 mph can be dangerous.
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The old license plates are illegal IF your cart has been tweaked to go as fast as an LSV can go, and IF you are using it on a public road. Because then, you are legally driving a vehicle that requires valid plates, but your plates aren't valid. So you're committing two crimes: driving without valid plates, AND using invalid plates on a vehicle that requires valid ones. Both things are against the law, under the circumstances of "driving on a public road with a vehicle that requires valid plates."
The space inside the painted line on a public road is still on the public road. Designated MMPs that are isolated away from public roads by a physical barrier (a berm, a curb, grass, landscaping, tunnels, bridges) don't count with regards to "driving a vehicle that requires valid plates".