When driving your golf cart, how often are you passed?
 

I have been passed a few times in the past year and passed someone a couple, three times.

How about you? I suppose it depends on how much you drive it and what time of the year it is.

When I was driving much more in my cart than I do now...it was still rare to pass or be passed.

Interested in other's experiences on this...

I pass often, electric power rules.

I asked my husband and he said that he (in the past year) has passed several people and several people have passed him. He plays golf four times a week and frequently will drive from 466 where we live to below 466A to play.

In my opinion, my husband is a good driver in cart or car.

I just get passed. The older I get the slower I go.... time just goes faster

I have checked and double checked my carts speed. And it will go 19.8 uphill and 20.7 downhill with only one person on board. So just a bit more than legal down hill. I do have a speedometer installed and it matches the checked mph at those sheriff speed signs every time.

There are many carts out there who drive or chose to drive at about 17. Not sure if they realize they are going below the legal limit, but I will pass them. And have even been yelled at by a few when you pass. They must not realize they are going slow. I have also been going the speed limit and have had carts zoom past at what had to be over 25 mph.

So I would guess in the past year I have passed 3 or 4 and have been passed by 3 or 4. And probably about the same for several past years. I do use the cart a lot and go just about every where possible in it.

If you're talking about being passed by other golf carts doing over 20 mph ,yeah, too many times to count by so many different carts on Morse, San Marino, Enrique, Madero, Palo Alto and countless side streets I can't keep track. I've been in my car on Enrique doing 25 and been passed by golf carts doing well over 25 and they weren't street legal carts.

Passing golf carts
 

I was driving my auto on a street going 25 miles an hour and a golf cart passed me on the right in the golf cart lane.I estimated the cart speed at 30 MPH.The cart was not street legal.I hope the cart has with disk brakes ,a roll bar and seat belts with shoulder harness.Some people are nuts!
When I am driving my cart which has a top speed of 22 MPH on a flat surface, I am passed often but I usually catch up at the next stop sign or tunnel.

Being passed by golf carts
 

Hi Gracie,

I get passed pretty much on a daily basis (I love just driving around in the cart). I don't go slow, but I wouldn't be surprised that a lot of the passing carts were doing a tad bit more than 19.8 miles.

The newer golf cart has a governor on it which does not allow me to get it past 20 or so. I get passed often by other carts but only pass the carts going quite slow.

Old golf cart had the governor adjusted up by the maintenance people so it would go up to about 25 mph but I still had carts passing me going much faster.

My Cart is set by the shop at the legal limit period. If I need to get somewhere faster I take the car. Yes I get passed everyday I drive the cart by more then one believe me. What's your hurry ?

I drive every day except Sunday on Morse, north of 466, to pick up mail. It's about 3/4 mile, and I get passed on average every other day. I also get tailgated nearly every day, which is far more aggravating to me than getting passed. My electric cart tops out at a GPS-verified 19.5 MPH.

We get passed on a daily basis. Our cart is from The Villages carts so I don't know how fast it is but it seems fast enough.

Most of the time I have to hold hubby back from giving them the finger.......luckily he always does but waits till there too far away to see or even care, but it makes him feel better.

Frankly, I could care less, living in South Florida it is a multiple daily occurance and I am so over it.

if it makes men feel better....and it is 100% men who have done this to me, if it gives them a little more umph in there ego.. and gives them a cheap thrill.....then by all means....go ahead pass me....I could care less....

I just think to my self, my insurance bills are sooooo...low, I wonder what the speeder is paying..:police:

I have been passed by a golf cart when I was doing 30mph in my car on the back road where I live ............ and I could tell from the look on his face that he really, really wanted to pass me. Then, for some unknown reason, he slowed down and I just buzzed past him and left him behind. I find some golf cart drivers have this weird need to pass a car! Whatever - just have a nice day!:wave:

We were passed by 3 carts just yesterday and none of which had street legal plates. We have a speedometer and do 20 and 20.7 downhill before governor kicks in. We are passed daily but most times you catch them either at a light or a stop sign. What's the rush? Wish the sheriff would nab some of these people. They are going to cause an accident.

It has gotten out of hand
 

I'm not an expert but the new 2017 Yamaha is set to do 24 mph. We have a 2015 and last time we had it serviced the villages golf carts made us sign a memo that said we authorize them to turn back the speed if it is set over 20 mph. This time they asked us where we wanted it set. Offered options were 22.5 or 24. I did not ask but I do wonder how they could set a half mile an hour on that crude governor system.

Originally, golf carts were designed to do 15 mph. They only have brakes on the rear wheels. Like your old Schwinn bike with brakes on the rear wheel only, when you hit the brakes hard the weight moves forward and it easily skids. Golf carts are also top heavy. We've all seen them with four people each well over 200 lbs in them. Folks that is 900 lbs almost equal to the empty weight of the car, well above the center of gravity.

The golf cart paths are clearly not designed for these speeds.

ARE WE, ARE YOU, IN SUCH A RUSH TO RELAX????????