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Old 10-29-2009, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by gongoozler View Post
The Tomberlin carts that are street legal come with two key switch positions . . . just put the cart in the second (golf course) position and you cannot exceed 20 mph . . . therefore you would never get a ticket for speeding and if you never intend to drive faster than 20mph or drive in the street then that there is no reason to put plates on the cart after the first year and you have the rebate in hand.
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Gongoozler, you won't be ticketed for speeding but you will be ticketed with the much more serious and expensive violation of "Driving an Unregistered Motor Vehicle". And the police won't care how fast you were going when they pulled you over or whether you have a high/lo speed switch, etc.

Remember this phrase:

If it looks like a golf cart, drives like a golf cart, sounds like a golf cart, but is capable of exceeding 20mph, It's NOT a golf cart and must be registered and insured if you want to drive through TV.