Golf cart speed
 

We just got our golf cart and were constantly being passed
by a lot of other carts.
Are most people getting their carts to go over the 20 mph
speed limit?

Golf carts, not Legal Street Vehicles (LSV) are limited to 20 mph capability in order to be a legal golf cart. Golf carts with a "capability" of going faster than 20 are not legally golf carts. They are then "unregistered vehicles" and as such un-insurable.

A simple way to check your speed is with a GPS. It is easy to download an app on your smartphone or just take your mobile GPS out of your car.

To answer your question, there are lots of people who have their golf carts adjusted to go faster than 20mph. Some get caught by the police and have to pay a $305.00 fine for the criminal offense of driving an unregistered vehicle and they have to show the court proof that their cart has been re-adjusted so it can only do 20mph. But many people never get caught and will continue to pass you. Just make sure that your cart is doing 20mph and don't worry about the others. You will see that after they pass you, you will probably catch up to them at gate crossings and traffic lights.

Golf cart speed
 

I think 90 per cent of golf carts can go over 20 and about 50 per cent of people drive them over 20. Driving on the roads there are speed traps set up but on the paths along Buena vista and morse you can go a little faster than 20 if you wish. No enforcement on paths because of private property.

In other words, you endorse the ownership and use of an illegal unregistered vehicle which exposes the owner and/or driver to potentially catastrophic liability ?

I have found that going 90 to 100 mph in my golf cart makes it hard to turn.
From 80 to 90 mph it is hard on the windows.
from 70 to 80 mph it is hard on the floor matts.
from 60 to 70 mph it is hard on my hat.
from 50 to 60 mph it is hard on my golf club covers they seem to come off.
from 40 to 50 mph it is hard on bumps.
from 30 to 40 mph it is hard on my eyes.
from 20 to 30 mph it is hard on my breaks.
from 10 to 20 mph I can see the flowers enjoy the ride and relax.

Spot on. some people just believe they are entitled. I guess they were always told they were special

I think LSV stands for Low Speed Vehicle vs Legal Street Vehicle

Most carts do not go over 20mph - certainly not 90% My cart goes 20 and I get passed a couple times a week .

Sounds like your cart is slow if you are getting passed a lot. I would check the speed using a GPS and then contact your dealer.

Other peoples' golf cart speed is certainly something I lose sleep over.LOL.

My Bad.

Where does entitlement come in? :cryin2:

That is what the driver of this car used to say:
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Well said...people need to chill! :loco:

When I first got my cart, I too felt I was being passed by everyone and it was taking FOREVER to get anywhere.

I asked at numerous golf cart shops if they could adjust my speed or tell me how to adjust my speed but they all said no.

I downloaded an app that worked on my iPhone that said I was going 18mph which I thought was way to slow so I took matters into my own hands and looked on line for a video on how to adjust the speed governor on a Yamaha golf cart and reset it to a more appropriate speed. It was EXTREMELY easy to do.

As an aside, the guy at Carts and Clubs said they set their carts to 24mph which personally I think is too fast but I think they also have a speedometer that is "standard" so you can see how fast you are going.

Personally I don't want a speedometer because I don't want to think about my speed except to know that when my peddle is to the metal I am going the top speed I have preset myself and tested with my iphone app.

You did read this entire thread, didn't you?

What is done for those who go 15mph or slower????

My cart has a digital speedometer and I was doing 19 to 20 mph
and people were tailgating so I finally pulled over to let them
pass.
Was just wondering if I was the only "slow" one out there.

I personally think it's fast enough so you can enjoy the pretty
Scenery every where you go in T.V.
(But must you tailgate?)

Your question is unclear.

You are definitely not alone out there. Just ignore the tailgaters. The opinions of rude and irresponsible people are deeply deeply discounted.

My cart is probably one of the faster ones in the Villages but I don't tailgate , I don't pass until it's safe to do so. I m perplexed. Why is everyone concerned about me getting a ticket? Are you all going to pay it for me?

Yeah I did and it sure doesn't mean I have to agree with you.

I expressed no personal opinions of which you can agree or disagree.

It is not a question of whether you agree with me unless you dispute the facts that a golf cart that is capable of going faster than 20 mph is an illegal unregistered vehicle and as such cannot be insured against liability.

I think this is a misconception, you cart must go 20mph to travel on any road that has a speed limit of 35mph or less. now there is another law that states no company may sell a device (motor, programmer) that allows a cart to travel faster than 25mph. Now these cart paths may have different rules depending on the state or part of the state you live not sure which supersedes the other.
but to say a cart is limited to a single mph (20) seems a bit tight.

Now how many of you same people have cars that exceed the posted speed limits posted on the highway? maybe you should complain about this also.

Most LSV's including golf carts that were made for LSV use had a speed limit of max 25mph including the Villager which has been produced since 2001 or 2002.

Now a slight incline may cause a cart with a small problem to slow and a cart with new batteries cables to go a bit faster and pass but the actual speed may be well within the limits of the law, you need to have the facts first (reality check) before complaining.

Actually I also lose sleep over people saving chairs at the squares and other pointless items I have no control over. I quess I'm worried to death.

This has been beaten to death on this forum for several years. The Florida statutes have also been re-printed here. What you do with your "golf cart" on private property is your business and the statutes do not apply. Once that golf cart is on public streets and/or public access (parking lots, multi modal paths, etc.) then the law applies and there is no correlation to cars and trucks. There are separate statutes which define what those are.

Oh I'm sorry, I forgot you're not allowed to make ANY comments
against anything that goes on in T.V.

Steve is correct according to Florida law. All you have to do is google the law to see how Florida defines golf carts. If you are in an accident with your golf cart and it is set higher than 20 miles an hour you are not covered under regular golf cart insurance. Ours was set by The Villages Golf Carts. They absolutely refuse to set it higher (actually I think the maximum speed on ours is set for 19.5). They do this because they will not accept the liability for faster carts.

I agree I think people need laws because their donkeys in a hole. this is just not good behavior and these people have no regard for anyone else.

and the rest of us learn from them because we will be left out in the cold if we don't adapt.

The people passing me were going more like 25, because
they passed and far out distanced me quickly. FYI.

I think he is a kid.

What if you were really going 15 now how fast were they going 20

its all relative do you have a calibrated speedometer are you sure your cart is working perfectly?

What he said. And whatever anyone with Indiana in their name says.

You can have your cart's speed altered. Easily. But don't come cryin' to me.

AND...

Do NOT tailgate me. I carry a supersoaker.

I think you both did not read the whole post, I stated or tried to state that you most likely have no idea how fast your going at all times and the real time condition of your carts. You have bicycle speedometers (non calibrated) you cart is set to go 19.6 mph but yet you think your going 20, some of you have larger tires on your cart which changes the gear ratio to 10.1 from 12.1 which makes it anywhere from 2 to 4 mph faster than 19.6.

graciegirl do we really need to start the name calling shame on you, you should know better.

graceygirl is this a picture of your cart its a par car lifted with larger tires, par cars have 400 to 500 amp controllers are capable of going 24 mph stock yours maybe 25-26. stock club cars and ezgo's have a 250 to 300 amp controllers and can be set at 19.6 if there is anything slightly wrong it will not do 19.6.

This is the picture you posted in the show your cart post 3 or 4 posts below this one.:pray:

Fast Golf Carts
 

OP, to honestly answer your legimate question---YES--- from my observation I would be willing to bet that most in TV have a golf cart that will exceed the legal speed of 20 mph. When you think about it logically, most carts are capable of going faster than 20 mph so logically many folks go faster than 20 mph.

As one who has been a resident of TV for the last eight years, it appears to me that there are more folks going faster than 20mph than in previous years. I don't have an answer for the speed of golf carts any more than the speed of cars on Interstate 75. You drive the speed limit on I 75 and most every car and truck passes you. Maybe a sign of the times, no?

Something to think about----if most people are ignoring the law----could it be a bad law? It seems to me you enforce the speed limit but it seems a "bad law"/unfair law" to ticket someone just because his/her cart can/could/capable of going more than 20mph. These carts we are driving are "way passed" what a golf cart was designed for anyway! Happy carting.

It is half mine if Florida has community property and it can go pretty fast.

Your question is?

This is the one I drive mostly.

GolfCart: My post and Gracie's have nothing to do with your posts. Go back to page one.

My cart has an analog speedometer which shows my top speed to be about 19.5 MPH. I was being tailgated and passed so much that I decided to check it by using my handheld GPS. The GPS showed my max speed was right at 20 MPH. I travel on Morse Blvd. every day to check the mail, and have been pleasantly surprised to see a sheriff's deputy there twice this week with a radar gun. I was also pleasantly surprised to see a relatively young golf cart driver getting a ticket on Morse on Tuesday. I'm not sorry for the pleasure I'm getting from the sheriff enforcing the law, and I hope they continue.

I am riding down bueno vista multi trail at about 18 MPH. Saw a cart closing real fast, so I kicked mine up to 25 MPH. The guy went by me like I was parked. For me I enjoy the ride between 15 and 20 MPH.