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Originally Posted by bestmickey
Did he also tell you that the multi-modal paths are for golf carts? They can only go 20 mph or less, per State law.
Did he also specifically tell you that the multi-modal paths are for LSVs? They go more than 20 mph, per State law.
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My assumption is the term "multi-modal" allows several different ways for the paths to be used. It is not illegal for a lsv to use these paths. I know GEM cars can use them, as well as street-legal par cars and others that fit the laws definition of street-legal. Since they can legally operate on these paths and there is no speed limit on them, the logical conclusion is they can go as fast as they are capable of going. Common sense and safety has to be used by all of us, no matter what we are doing on the paths. I have yet to see someone driving carelessly or behaving foolishly, though of course it happens. I get passed by the lsv's occasionally and it doesn't bother me, and it also doesn't bother me for them to have to slow down behind me. If it were a large problem we would be in danger of losing the privilege.
Mostly what the police are concerned with, and what they write most of their tickets for, is for a golf cart that is not street-legal going 25mph or greater, therefore operating as a lsv without wipers, improper suspension, no seat belts, etc. If one is doing this, then one is operating without proper insurance. They will require the guilty party to have their carts adjusted to legal parameters and pay a court cost of 253 bucks. They don't catch many others for illegally operating, such as dui or reckless driving, but they do catch the occasional violator. See this thread for some statistics:
Sumter county golf cart citations 8/1-10/11