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Just can't please some golf cart drivers. Below 20mph = "they're in my way!" Over 20mph = "they are maniacs!"

Fortunately 99% of people are super nice (only 1% entitled ********)

Gotta admit, I'd rather be hit by a maniac ebiker than a maniac golf cart driver....if I had to choose.

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Tickets written for 20-30 spandex group riders blowing through STOP Signs will never happen
Then speed tickets will still not be written in TV proper for bikes, e-bikes, carts, and definitely not autos.
At least it has never been a priority for more than 15 years. I don’t see any change coming soon to curb speeds in TV. It would be welcomed by many, to finally get control, and stop leaving unmanned cars parked beside roads, and actually write a ticket.

I will say the PD presence south of 44 is very noticeable on streets. Ticket being written this morning at 7am as I waved a thumbs up to the officer.
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Well, you can’t get a ticket for going over 20mph in your cart so there’s that.

You *can*get a citation/summons for having an unregistered vehicle capable of exceeding 20mph. Doesn’t matter how fast you were driving.
You can be ticketed for speeding in a golf cart on the street in the diamond lane, but not on the MMP because it’s private property.
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So, I had an e-bike pass me on a multi-modal path while I was doing around 20mph in my golf cart. When I got home, I looked up the specs on some of those bikes. When I read about some reaching 30 mph, I had to think. If I can get a ticket in The Villages for going over 20 mph in my cart, can they also get ticketed?
My e-bike will do about 28 but I never go that fast. Unlike golf carts bikes are not subject to ticket for speeding.
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I love all the authoritative posts with no citations. Come on people, show support for the claims. No one should blindly believe a random person on the Internet.
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E bikes should have to be licensed just like mopeds…. and yes moped use to have pedals. I can simulate I’ll pumping just like on E-bike.
No, no, and no. Respectfully.
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You can be ticketed for speeding in a golf cart on the street in the diamond lane, but not on the MMP because it’s private property.
Yes, but….

I don’t know where there is a diamond lane (noting that our lanes don’t actually have diamonds) on a road with a speed limit less than 20mph.
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Tickets written for 20-30 spandex group riders blowing through STOP Signs will never happen
Then speed tickets will still not be written in TV proper for bikes, e-bikes, carts, and definitely not autos.
At least it has never been a priority for more than 15 years. I don’t see any change coming soon to curb speeds in TV. It would be welcomed by many, to finally get control, and stop leaving unmanned cars parked beside roads, and actually write a ticket.

I will say the PD presence south of 44 is very noticeable on streets. Ticket being written this morning at 7am as I waved a thumbs up to the officer.
So, here's the thing with bicycles and stop signs. You know the Boone Gate and Paradise, on the Historic side? At that stop sign coming up from the fire department - if there's traffic coming from the left or the right, I'll stop. But I have to get OFF my bike, and will then have to continue walking my bike across Boone to continue up Paradise. I -cannot- start from a full stop, on an incline. My muscles just won't let me do that. I don't mind walking my bike across the street when I have to stop for traffic, I accept my limitations, and I accept the consequences of not stopping, if there's traffic.

However, if there's no traffic, I WILL blow through that stop sign. It is actually more dangerous to stop, and walk my bike across that intersection, than it is to ride through. I'd be walking WITH traffic, not against it, and I'd have to hold onto my bicycle while I'm walking. If someone comes up behind me trying to take a right, they might try to cut me off since I'm walking. Or they might clip me from behind. Or they might try to pass me. Keep in mind that LEGALLY - if I'm riding my bicycle, I have the RIGHT to my lane. If I'm walking, I'm supposed to be on the other side of the road.

So yeah - if there's no traffic coming from the sides or someone trying to take a left from the opposite direction, I will absolutely ride through if I'm on an incline, or even if I'm speeding up going DOWN the hill, and an incline is up ahead of me. I need that momentum or I'll be walking, in the same direction of traffic, with my bicycle at my side until the road evens out or goes back downhill again.

If there's traffic, I'll take the hit and walk. But I won't be crossing the road to walk against traffic. So y'all will be taking YOUR chances when you drive past me, if you're stuck with me walking with traffic, around two feet away from the curb because my bicycle is on my right.
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Well, you can’t get a ticket for going over 20mph in your cart so there’s that.

You *can*get a citation/summons for having an unregistered vehicle capable of exceeding 20mph. Doesn’t matter how fast you were driving.
A golf cart exceeding any speed limit can be also ticketed just for that alone. Streets in The Villages without speed limit signage are limited to 20mph, parking lots even lower.
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Yes, but….

I don’t know where there is a diamond lane (noting that our lanes don’t actually have diamonds) on a road with a speed limit less than 20mph.
The state speed limit for golf carts (NOT street-legal vehicles, which have their own specific criteria) is 20mph. If you are exceeding 20mph, on any public road or throughway, no matter what the speed limit for OTHER vehicular traffic is, then you are breaking the law and can get a ticket for it.

For street-legal carts, the speed limit is 25mph, regardless of the posted speed limit for all other vehicular traffic.
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A golf cart exceeding any speed limit can be also ticketed just for that alone. Streets in The Villages without speed limit signage are limited to 20mph, parking lots even lower.
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The state speed limit for golf carts (NOT street-legal vehicles, which have their own specific criteria) is 20mph. If you are exceeding 20mph, on any public road or throughway, no matter what the speed limit for OTHER vehicular traffic is, then you are breaking the law and can get a ticket for it.

For street-legal carts, the speed limit is 25mph, regardless of the posted speed limit for all other vehicular traffic.
Come on!

Yes, of course exceeding the posted limit in a cart will warrant a ticket. BUT, since carts are limited to 20mph and most roads in the Villages have limits higher than that, it is not possible to exceed the posted speed limit.

Yes, the speed limit in many villas is 10mph but since those are private roads it is unlikely that the sheriff will be giving tickets there.

Obviously, some cart-like vehicles are capable of traveling faster than 20mph. These also can be cited but that citation will be for an unregistered vehicle, not for exceeding 20mph on a road with a limit of 30mph.
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Old 05-04-2025, 09:58 AM
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Per https://thecyclistchoice.com/resourc...da-ebike-laws/


Speed Limits: Riders must adhere to the speed limitations set for each eBike class. I take this to mean that if the bike is capable of 28 MPH (Class 3), then it is legal to do that speed. I've had mine up to 30, but it takes a bit of work to get it there.
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