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Old 08-01-2025, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
Which leads to the larger question. Why are golf carts limited to 20 and street legal carts to 25? My cart is set to 19.9, but I have everything that would qualify it to be street legal except a 1-piece windshield and of course the registration fee. People have cited safety as a reason and that carts were only engineered to go 15, so why does paying a fee make the cart safer at 25 than it would be at 20? Oh, yes, the difference is THE FEE.
*Might* have to do with insurance:

"They" might want to require insurance for vehicles traveling on city streets. Assume neighborhood streets are 25mph or less, city streets are 35mph, and let 30mph be a gray area. Creating a special class of vehicle (LSV) that is allowed on the city streets bur are required to be registered is at least an attempt to ensure that it is also insured.

*** The registration fees and fines for violations don't hurt either
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