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Originally Posted by l2ridehd
Boy, this is a dangerous thread.  But will give my opinion anyway. First I will get speedometers on my carts. Got them on a couple of them and they go about 18 uphill and 24 downhill. And will vary a bit depending on how many in cart, where, etc. However I do agree with Russ. Carts today are safer and if you add seat belts and 4 wheel brakes it is probably OK to up the speed limit to 25 mph. 30 might be dangerous, but am OK with 25.
As for the cops ticketing carts, they have many other problems they should focus on first. I see a dozen cars a day breaking the law in the roundabouts and that is far more dangerous then going 23 mph in a golf cart. So because they chose a less significant issue which generates more revenue then IMHO they are not doing a very good job. They should focus on roundabouts and get those fixed, then go after carts if they want. Every day I see someone go 270 degrees around in the outside lane. Fix that problem first. |
It's nice to see a voice of reason. Laws need to be enforced in order of priority. For those who take the "Book'em Danno" view for any violation of any law, I wonder how many are guilty of walking across the street from one of the shops/restaurants to get to the squares without first walking to the crosswalk to make it legal. At least we know of at least one occasion where such "gross violation" of the law resulted in an accident. I am not aware of a golf cart going one mile over the limit being the direct cause of an accident.
I personally think that what motivates most of the outrage for golf carts going over the 20 mph limit is that they take being passed by another golf cart as a personal affront - as if the passing vehicle were flipping them the bird as they went by. If we were to take the mindset of being passed by a golf cart as being no more a slight as being passed by a car on the highway, we will be a lot happier of a community.