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Originally Posted by JP
I just can't believe the police don't have anything better to do than issue a ticket to someone going 2 1/2mph more than the 19 1/2 mph "governor regulated" golf cart limit. It is really hard to believe their radar guns are that accurate and just imagine if you were in a car going 38mph in a 35mph speed zone. Do you think that justifies a ticket? If so, everyone on the road would be pulled over and there would be no traffic. Ha. POLICE---go find some real criminals!
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Originally Posted by Jimbo120
There have been many tickets issued on Bailey Trail for carts doing 22 mph and higher.
I know of four people who got tickets.
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I believe speeds of 0 to 5 MPH over the posted limit call for a warning. However, a golf cart that is capable of speeds in excess of 20 MPH is an unregistered motor vehicle. By driving 22 MPH they have demonstrated they fall in that category. Perhaps the tickets were issued for operating an unregistered motor vehicle. If so, they will find the penalties are much more onerous than a speeding ticket.
There are plenty of opportunities for issuing real (25 MPH+) speeding tickets to cart drivers on any number of streets. I can't see them wasting their time on drivers at 22 MPH unless it is for operating an unregistered motor vehicle.
BTW, if there is an effort to reduce cart speeds, I think it is working. I find fewer carts passing me. In fact, on occasion, I have passed carts at my max speed of 19.5 MPH.