Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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That is incorrect.
My LSV is Yamaha Quiet Tech gas. Licensed, insured, registered, plated. |
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I’ve had both a Yamaha gas and an Atomic electric cart. Both street legal. Street legal carts, or LSVs, need to be insured and plated like a car. My gas cart topped out at 28, the Atomic at 32.
After 8 years of living here, the golf cart path novelty wore off, and I sold my Atomic to buy a second car. I don’t golf and was mostly on the street cart lanes anyway, so it made sense to me. YMMV. I understand the appeal of a cart, especially if you’re new here or a golfer. If you want a street legal cart, I highly recommend 24-hr cart. They will handle everything for you. Nitial outlay will be about $700 depending on what your cart needs. |
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Section 320.01(41), Florida Statutes, defines LSVs as “any four-wheeled vehicle whose top speed is greater than 20 miles per hour, but not greater than 25 miles per hour.” LSVs must be registered, titled and insured with personal injury protection (PIP) and property damage liability (PDL) insurance. Any person operating an LSV must have a valid driver license in their immediate possession. |
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In addition to the requirement of additional equipment for Street Legal Carts, they can travel on roads that have a speed limit of 35 MPH or less. That is why they cannot drive on 466, 466A, etc.
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The registration fee is not even a consideration. The insurance cost usually go from about $100 to about $900 or more. The benefit of using a LSV over using a golf cart for most trips around the villages would be saving a couple of minutes at most. The negative is being hit by a car or truck that could kill you. |
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EDIT: Specific requirements for converted golf carts: FL form HSMV-86064 Windshield wiper: FL Statute 316.2952(3) & (4) (note: this is called out for converted golf carts but not manufactured LSVs but perhaps the requirement is implicit in manufacturing a vehicle as an LSV)
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works. Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so. Victor, NY - Randallstown, MD - Yakima, WA - Stevensville, MD - Village of Hillsborough Last edited by Bill14564; 08-02-2025 at 09:24 AM. |
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Is it legal to put a license plate from your home state car (expired or not) on your cart? Not as a display of registration, but for cosmetic display.
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They only suppose to go 25 MPH max. Again Nobody licensees golf cart to go extra 5 MPH, they are already doing that. Every LSV I pass going down B/V, El Camino Reno, Morse blvd. Going 30 plus. None of them are going 25 MPH max. |
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Depends on what county and LEO you encounter? Being Florida don’t require front License Plate probably ok depending on which county you’re in? IMO I wouldn’t put out state expired plate on back of golf cart, but that me.
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A plate with a current date sticker, in other words, would not be permitted to be put on your golf cart. |
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Yup, you're gonna get exactly that. Some coppers don't give a rat's azz about golf carts, some find them annoying and will cite when opportunity arises. Same with cyclists. Some did not care or were cyclists themselves. Me, I found them annoying and aggressive so they got cites for running stop signs. They are "vehicles" on the road, technically, after all. They were usually mostly upset about having to unclip from their ballet shoes and ruin their shot at pretending to be Lance Armstrong or their local heat map times. Funny thing is, they often got an additional cite for not having a license in their possession. Were they driving? No. Were they vehicles upon the roadway? Yes.
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No states require a drivers license to ride a bicycle on a public road. There is no way for a 13 year old to even obtain a license though they can legally ride their bicycle on a public road. All states require a license to operate a motor vehicle but a bicycle is not a motor vehicle. Heck, Florida does not require a drivers license for someone 18+ to operate a golf cart on a public road.
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works. Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so. Victor, NY - Randallstown, MD - Yakima, WA - Stevensville, MD - Village of Hillsborough |
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