Could Be Unitented But Serious Consequences And Higher Insurance Rates
The citations issued to (non) street legal carts exceeding 20mph is not for speeding but for driving an unregistered vehicle.
Cart that go 20mph can be passed by many cyclist as some of these racers can exceed 20 mph.
The action by the police as much as we dislike it is justified and to suggest that issuing a citation for going 2-3 miles over the speed limit is disingenious. The reason for the ticket is that of safety. Street legal pay to drive on streets posted no higher than 35mph and normally do not travel the cart paths. However one can see wherein traveling in excess of 20mph with some golf carts capable of up to 30mph is dangerous to everyone on the cart paths.
What is most surprising to me is that insurance companies are not asking more underwriting questions concernng golf carts. i say this because if you own a golf cart that exceeds 20mph then you should be paying higher insurance rates. As you may recall this was the impteus of Marlene O'Toole's bill to allow those who purchased LSV's to gain the $7,500 energy credit to de-certify the LSV down to that of a golf cart in order to reduce said higher insurance premiums. This bill has likely drawn attention to this issue and if insurance carriers begin to reduce carts becuase carts have reduced their speed then the alternative is likely.
My golf cart does not exceed 20mph and i do choose to insure my cart for full coverage
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