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Originally Posted by robertwbusby
What burns me up is that I pay for insurance and tags for my LSV and obey the rules and then you see a cart come screaming by passing me, I can do 25 MPH, the cart should be doing no more than 20 MPH if that, the carts that pass me are doing at least 30+ and I am sure they have no insurance since they do not have tags.
Just a few thoughts.
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I suspect that many people who use golf carts don't realize how fast they're going. They probably don't have a speedometer and they just go as fast as the cart will go. I have certainly seen my share of golf carts I can't keep up with in my GEM car.
When I'm in my real car and it's safe to do so, I sometimes "clock" golf carts I suspect may be going rather fast and I often find that they're doing over 25. I haven't seen any over 30 yet, but I bet they're out there.
I'm sure there are GEM cars that will exceed the speed limit if the driver so desires. Compliance with the speed limit is really up to the driver. Some people care about it and others may not. Putting a speedometer on your golf cart seems like a reasonable thing to consider (GEM's, of course, already have one), or using a suitable GPS application on your smart phone could help you to understand the velocity parameters of your vehicle, but not everyone is willing to do those kinds of things.
I'm of the opinion that the faster you go, the more it's going to hurt if things don't go as planned.