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Old 10-27-2010, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by hunt9791 View Post
My friend received a ticket in his gas cart for going 25 [not street legal]. Went to court with a letter from his cart store saying the cart was de-tuned down to 20MPH. Had the ticket suspended, court costs were $250 bucks. Spoke to the Sumter county Sheriff [Bennett] today and he said they ticket for anyone 25MPH and over non street legal. The judge decides the fine....it varies. The sheriff still cannot ticket you on the cart path for speeding when it is on CDD private property. That would be off the main road.
I did a test the other day with my 2000 Par Car cart after reading all of this as I was curious. My cart goes 27MPH down the hills of Odell by Mallory. That is with my foot OFF the "go" pedal, just coasting. All you series cart owners watch out for them hills. I wonder how coasting is interpretted by the law, If I showed him the cart going up that hill he would probably rip up the ticket