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Originally Posted by jebartle
I'm not sure as a street legal owner you can rationalize the added insurance, tagging etc.charge for 5 mph extra but in some areas of the Villages where cart paths narrow (Morse Blvd. bridge), I feel safer on the street, go figure!!! Was surprised that some Villagers are upset when street leglsl use cart path, thought I was being courteous to cars that might want to go the 35 mph speed.....Besides, lets face it, there are a LOT of carts out there that are not tagged street legal that exceed 25 mph,
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I'll admit to being scared when I have to drive over the bridge on Morse. It's narrow and too many people don't obey the posted speed limit there. When there is no golf cart traffic coming towards me, I ride in the middle. When I see another cart, it's over to my lane and an additional decrease in speed. Honestly, I'd feel safer in the traffic there, too.
Actually, one thing I think might could play some part in the need to drive faster....so many have arrived here from areas where driving to and from work was horrific. Some arrive having left traffic from large cities and aggressive driving is more the norm than not. When arriving here, old habits die hard. It takes a while to adjust to driving a bit slower. We left the CA freeway system....a nightmare to say the least. Others could have left the Chicago highway system....that is beyond comprehension and don't even talk about New York, Washington DC, etc. Life in, and the surroundings in TV, beautiful. It's nice to just take a bit of time to enjoy them.
Question.....when you do take the multimodal paths, do you watch your speed? I don't have any problem with street legals on the paths, I just hope they keep the speed down because of walkers, joggers, cyclists, etc.
You're right, there are MANY carts that exceed the golf cart definition speed limit. They're not driving them in the traffic lanes, maybe they think that allows them the right to drive faster than the state allows since they're in the cart lane and not in the flow of vehicles.