Seems to me that it doesn't matter if the reason for speeding in a golf cart is beacuse of a big hill, it is still speeding. If you are on an Interstate highway and the speed limit is 70mph, and you encounter a long down hill, and your previously cruise-control set speed has crept up to 80 mph, and you get stopped and cited for driving 80 mph, you were still breaking the law. A ticket is written, you grumble, presumably you pay it and thats the end.
Please enlighten me, as I don't understand the comments regarding the hill and the speed limit of golf carts. As I think I understand it, the ticket becomes for an unregisterd vehicle...which would seem to indicate that there is not really a speed limit for golf carts....???? So, if your golf cart isn't modified to go over 20mph, and you get stopped for over 20 mph on a down hill, you still need to pay (a golf cart store?) to get it certified that it can't go over 20mph????? Then go to court, and probably pay the fine for driving an unregistered vehicle, as well as court costs?
I must say that wife and I are new to Florida, and have not yet purchased a golf cart. With this kind of issue at hand, we may not, and just continue to drive our Camry Hybrid, which is paid for, gets 41-44 mpg in The Villages, and keeps us cool when it is hot out, dry when it is raining...and I don't have to worry about getting stopped for 2-3 mph over and getting a ticket for driving a non registered vehicle, and all its apparent side issues.
Trust me, I am not for over-regulation, but it seems to me that the rules for golf carts, at least in the Villages, need to be clarified....OR people need to complete an approved course before being allowed to sign and take possession.
EDIT: added thought, what if a bicyclist is going over 20mph? Does he/she get ticketed for an unregistered vehicle? or is there no speed limit for bicycles.
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