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Originally Posted by bsloan1960
There are signs specifically aimed at carts on some roads, "No Carts Beyond This Point", but none on sign posts with a 25 mpg speed limit sign. The only reason I go 20 mph in my cart is because someone told me that was the limit. When I go 20 in the diamond lane I nearly always have someone riding my bumper. So. Are we just supposed to Know the speed limit is 20 in a cart- and is it?
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Surprised you haven't seen this yet.
To be legal, a golf cart must have a top speed not exceeding 20mph. It doesn't matter how slow you are driving it, if it is able to go over 20mph then it is not a legal golf cart.
If it has a speed greater than 20mph but not more than 25mph then Florida calls that a Low Speed Vehicle (LSV). To be legal in Florida, a LSV must be registered and licensed.
If it looks like a golf cart but is capable of exceeding 25mph then I don't know what Florida might call it but it probably isn't legal.
Will you ever get caught, taken to court, and fined? It happens, but rarely.
EDIT: Speed limit. Since the max speed of any cart is 25mph there really is no need for a speed limit. On the MMPs there is only a 5mph difference and on almost any road the cart cannot hit the limit anyway.