Slow golf carts
 

What is the proper Etiquette for passing slow golf carts? I like to cruise around 19 to 20. Over the weekend I seemed to have found a few carts with a top speed around 10 MPH.

One cart had 4 people on it and every little incline coming out of the tunnels it would slow to walking speed.

It's a Golf Cart, not a GO Cart.

Pass them, get in front, slam on the brakes…. Continue driving and then go 8 MPH.

You just pass them when it’s sage and you can. It’s like walking past someone walking slow or passing on the highway.

I should think normal "rules of the road" would apply. Pass when there is no oncoming traffic. Use care when on MVP paths due to many
narrow areas and blind curves, etc. On the street it's usually a simpler process. You do need to be aware of approaching vehicle traffic from behind you too in that circumstance.

In my experience, the "etiquette" others follow when passing me (and I'm usually (and yes I know illegally) going 21.4) is as follows:

They come up from behind me like a bat out of he!!
They tailgate me until bumpers almost touching
They blow by me at about 30 mph
While doing so they give me a one finger salute
And at the same time yell some other obscenity
Then cut back in front of me by 1 foot or less.
I see they do not have a "street legal cart"
And then they slam on the brakes because they just caught a cart going 12 mph. with no room to pass
And probably yell another obscenity

I've seen you. :MOJE_whot:

And I thought someone would bring up Street Legals.

Oh, I guess I just did that...

Sounds like my Dad is "driving Miss IsaBell" again. Sorry

I never pass unless the golf cart I'm passing is at least fifteen feet from the green. Might end up in a green side bunker.

So you spend some time on the MMP's too!:1rotfl:

If they're going slow enough that it's safe for you to pass at your own top speed, then go for it. If it's not, then don't. This isn't rocket surgery, as Kelly Bundy so profoundly put it.

I really hope you're not comparing your intellect to that of Kelly Bundy:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Never seen street legal go the required max allowed speed. They do more like 30 and above. Coming up B/V in right lane on day going 36 got passed by par car golf cart in left lane going at least 39.

It's a golf cart, if you want to go fast , then drive your car.

That might be the record.

Of course, the driver is either:

A) a Hollyweird stunt driver
B) 5'2" with a Napoleon complex trying to make up for his "shortcomings":1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Don't tailgate as you approach the slow cart. Stay a decent distance behind, and then pass when the opportunity arises. Be careful though, because sometimes a driver will turn left without signaling...yeah,,,it happens...

Welcome to The Villages

Anyone sightseeing at speeds below 15 mph should have the courtesy to yield the road to normal cart traffic . Passing others is a common sense move ,the slow guys are just in the way and should pull over and let traffic p ass.

Never seen that happen, but there's always a first time:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Interesting that you rarely see Street Legal carts on the main roads anymore. My guess is that people got sick and tired of the extremely high insurance premiums.

Slow down. Start earlier and enjoy the scenery and the smells and the sounds of life. You’re gonna die anyway Whether you pass them or not!

Remind yourself you’re retired and take it easy.

If you rent a golf cart from Bonifay you will find that the top speed is 12 mph. I would imagine the other country clubs have the same setup.
Also rentals from other sources usually have a top speed set. So keep that in mind when coming up to slow carts. It may not be the drivers fault.

Rushing
 

If we are all retired why in the heck do you have to rush anywhere? Must be a poor planner of time or an "A" type personality who never grew up.

That's what I think when some cart goes blowing by me. Yeah sometimes we all pass a real slow cart but that isn't the case in most passing. Usually someone who has played with governor settings and just wants to speed.

The golf carts they give on the Lifestyle visits are throttled down severely. They just creep along.....

Ramming Speed

It depends. If you are from NY or NJ you stand on your horn and flip the slow cart off as you speed by. If you are from the midwest you just follow and take in the views as you are retired and in no hurry.

I think that same cart passed me on Morse Blvd going across the bridge by Lake Sumter Landing. I was in the left lane and he was behind me, but changed to the right lane and passed me, then turned into LSL. Funny though, didn’t have a license plate or a “street legal” sign on the back.

I'm on a Lifestyle Preview visit right now. The provided golf cart is an EZGO Freedom RXV Elite (Lithium) and a card on the steering wheel says that the cart speed has been 'reduced'. But the darn thing goes 22mph!

On neighborhood streets with no Cart Lane and a posted speed limit, passing a golf cart safely could result in a major fine and points . If the speed limit is exceeded by your cart or auto, you are breaking the law. I was stopped by a Marion County Sheriff and given a warning.

No. If you want to go fast in a street legal, stay in the street and out off of the multi modal path. The speed limit in the path is 20 mph.

The key is to sneak up on them and blow by them as quickly as possible. If you make the mistake of letting them see you are going to attempt a pass, it’s almost guaranteed they will suddenly feel the need to put the pedal to the floor to thwart you efforts. And then of course, they will slow down again when you no longer have a window to pass them.

Grasshopper, life is to short.

Pass'em any way you want ....... unless, like me, they have a gun rack hanging in the back.

nice story but I doubt that occurs very often if at all. Yes some go faster than other, but we are all retired, so can wait for an opening to pass safely. If you are going 15 mph, you will have a line up behind you.

Ohiobuckeye
 

10 mph is a little extreme, might as well walk. If you have a cart that doesn’t go over 10 mph, take it to the Yamaha dealer & get the governor adjusted.

You’re exaggerating.

If they’re slow and I need to go around them, boom 💥, hammer down.

There are those who think 20mph is slow. I top out at 20mph and get passed by old grey hair ladies all the time. We need some speed traps around here.

Or............Not worry about people going 1 or 2 mph over the 20 limit. I'd much rather the police do something more important.