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Originally Posted by kincaiddb@embarqmail.com
Multi model paths DO NOT run on the county roads or streets. You can be cited for ceretain offences on the MMP, but speeding isn't one of them. Just this morning the Sheriffs Dept was running a speed trap for golf carts on Baily Trail. Sitting at the pump station by Allamanda Golf Course. They were pulling carts over one after the other including me. I was on the street and wasn't breaking the speed limit. The officer said BOY I got you big time. Imagine his surpise when I asked him if he wanted to see my Lic. and reg.. Oh, do you have a Low Speed Veh? Yep, then go on. Didn't even check to see if I was ins. or notheing. ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
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Your assertions make me wonder about the legal status of the "Diamond Lanes" that are on the streets. If, as you say, they are not MMPs then the police have full enforcement powers over them.
I don't think the separate lanes are always marked as diamond lanes within all of the villages.
I haven't seen a reference to diamond lanes in the official sources I've been researching, most notably the memo of District Counsel Valeria Fuchs regarding Multi-Modal Paths.
Of course there are signs that establish the speed limit in The Villages to 20 mph unless the street is otherwise marked. This probably covers about all of the residential streets within the individual villages.
However, on Morse the diamond lane is clearly marked to be used by carts and bicycles and has a posted speed limit of 20 mph while the limit for other traffic is higher. I'm guessing you are saying the police have full enforcement powers there. I'm also wondering if the 20 mph posting has the force of law by appearing in a legal statute or is simply a posting made by The Villages government, which has no enforcement power.
It's all just curiosity anyway. My golf cart has not been modified to exceed 20 mph.
I just enjoy the conversation.
