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Old 03-30-2024, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by frayedends View Post
This all has me confused. I can’t seem to open the entire pdf linked above. I thought a “low speed vehicle” was the same as a street legal golf cart. Not only that, I asked this question at the Villages Golf Cars: “if I have a street legal golf cart but I don’t register it and I don’t exceed 20 mph, can I just drive it on the MMPs? “. They told me that wouldn’t be an issue because no one would really know it was a low speed vehicle and not a regular golf cart.

It doesn’t matter to me but it is confusing.
A low speed vehicle is a vehicle that can travel more than 20mph but not more than 25mph.

A street legal golf cart is a golf car-like thing that can travel more than 20mph but not more than 25mph, has been equipped with the safety equipment required by Florida law, and has been registered with the DMV (or whatever Florida calls it)

Under Florida law it doesn't matter how fast you drive the vehicle, what matters is how fast the vehicle is capable of going. On the other hand, if no traffic enforcement officer measures you going over 20mph then they have no idea the vehicle is capable of going faster than that. They would have no idea it was an unregistered LSV.
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