13 Golf Cart Operators Cited
 

As reported in the Daily Sun Saturday Aug 19. Lt. Nehemiah Wolfe(Sumter County sherriffs office) reported 175 citations in the Sumter county portion of TV in a recent 30 day period. That included 13 for golf cart operators for violations such as no vehicle registration - meaning that the golf operator had modified the cart to exceed the manufacturer's top speed of 19 MPH, which makes it a vehicle that must be registered and operated by a licensed and insured driver.
Wolfe went on to say, enforcement efforts had specifically been intensified in the villages of St. Charles, Pennecamp and Buttonwood, where complains had been received and traffic incidents had been reported.

And that is where the deaths occurred in golf cart accidents too.

I live in St. Charles and have seen no evidence of increased enforcement. But, those three villages comprise a large area, so they could have been anywhere... I did see them with a speed trap on Morse Blvd., just north of 466 a couple weeks ago. They had a couple carts pulled over. Luckily, I was in my electric cart, which shuts itself down at 22mph.. :D

Thanks for the heads up Bogie....

Deaths? Oh my!

Thanks for the info, Bogie!

Bill :)

drivers where's your sanity?
 

with only 13 citations out of 175 (about 7%) it stands out that the biggest problem is the car traffic. I can believe it! people seem to have forgotten that they have turn signals- you ARE supposed to signal when LEAVING a traffic circle or making any other turn, and there are such things as speed limits, the limit in the villages on non posted roads is 25mph. The list goes on...


as a wise man once said "There is no sanity Clause" :D

memason,
Were the carts that were pulled over on the cart trail or the street? I didn't think you could get a ticket on the cart paths.
Thanks,
Bob

The multi-modal paths are not owned by the county. But Florida laws allow a deed restricted community to turn over traffic enforcement of their private roads to the sheriff’s department. But to my knowledge, TV has not done this for the multi-modal paths. So the citations to golf carts would have occurred on the county owned roads in TV.

Morse Blvd north of 466 has cart lanes, not multimodal paths, which are subject to all the rules of the road. I saw a couple of speed traps out there last month.

I've seen motorcycle cops on the golf cart paths with radar, obviously clocking drivers.

I saw one.
 

I was getting into my parked cart at Ace hardware on 466 a couple of days ago.

Around the corner, into the lot and up the side of Ace sped a cart & then an unmaked police car with flashing lights whipped around the corner and stopped him.

Both were moving fast for the area but that was a ticket, for sure!

This may be a little off topic but I was just wondering. If I have a street legal cart that can go 25mph can I drive that speed on the multi modal paths without getting a ticket? I realize there are people that go that speed with souped up carts which is illegal but if my cart can legally go that speed on the street is it OK to drive that speed on the paths?

John

carts
 

A motorcycle cop on the golf cart path with radar. Seems they should be on the roads slowing down all the trucks. Truck traffic speeding,I think is the big problem in the villages. I just do not get it,Golf carts and 22 mph.

knowing my luck I would have been ticketed last week for going too slow, while pushing my wife up the hill out of the tunnel...

Trust me, it's not just the trucks. There are very few cars that even slow up for the roundabouts, much less to 20 as posted. When driving down Buena Vista, El Camino Real, etc. go the 35 that's posted and see how many cars come flying around you and disappear pronto. All you see is the rearend very briefly. I don't know what part of "retirement community" they don't understand. Just leave home earlier...it's not rocket science. This is one reason I like the 4-way stop on CR 101 now. Before they put that up, cars were driving like they were still on 466. With all the cross traffic from the businesses there, that's just way too fast. :22yikes:

One thing that Lt. Wolfe told us in one of our meetings where he was the guest speaker, is that if you are cited for your illegal cart, not only do you pay the fine but you have to make a trip to Bushnell to go before the judge and explain to him why you are driving an unregistered vehicle. As stated in some of the other posts, unless they are street legal and licensed, the legal speed is 20 or less. It's a safety factor. An ordinary cart has far less control and can tip over easily.

As for them doing radar on the cart paths, it could be that they are considering making some changes to the enforcement.

Just sayin'....