[CybrSage]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

To me, 19mph is not too slow in a cart since the cart is only supposed to be capable of 20mph max. Sure, I would be frustrated that I couldn't just hold my foot to the floor but that's the way it is on a shared path.

The faster people will simply pass you then. Claiming everyone live as you demand is silly.
Just wave and smile as they pass you. If you want to be safer for your own sake, slow a little to help them pass easier. If not, them don't.
To each their own, simplychoose to be happy.

[jimkerr]

Originally Posted by Tom2172

How soon will there be a very serious accident by idiots with golf carts that go 35 mph passing everyone one ! Had this happen 5 times in 3 day. Was going 19 mph and got passed

I have people pass me all the time. I could care less. It doesn’t affect my day at all.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by CybrSage

The faster people will simply pass you then. Claiming everyone live as you demand is silly.
Just wave and smile as they pass you. If you want to be safer for your own sake, slow a little to help them pass easier. If not, them don't.
To each their own, simplychoose to be happy.

Exactly. The faster carts/cars/motorcycles will simply pass you and be gone--no problem at all. But the snails, especially those in the left lane, are a problem that has to be dealt with by everyone and unfortunately encourages less than safe maneuvers by many to get past them---both insurance company and law enforcement studies show that slow drivers cause more accidents than so-called speeders---they might not be involved in them, but they cause them.

[Andyb]

Works both ways, maybe you should pull over to make it easier to pass or up your speed to the average speed of most others at around 23 mph?

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Andyb

Works both ways, maybe you should pull over to make it easier to pass or up your speed to the average speed of most others at around 23 mph?

Maybe you can tell me where to buy a radar gun for my cart.

My cart won't go 23mph, at least not according to the gps in the spedometer and on my phone. I don't regularly get passed by other carts and there are times when other carts are driving one or two mph slower than I am. Are both of my gps systems wrong or is there somewhere outside the Brownwood/Everglades/Middleton/Sawgrass/Sumter loop where the average speed is much higher?

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Maybe you can tell me where to buy a radar gun for my cart.

My cart won't go 23mph, at least not according to the gps in the spedometer and on my phone. I don't regularly get passed by other carts and there are times when other carts are driving one or two mph slower than I am. Are both of my gps systems wrong or is there somewhere outside the Brownwood/Everglades/Middleton/Sawgrass/Sumter loop where the average speed is much higher?

I have to agree that I doubt 23 is the average, probably closer to 21. But I think that person's point was that slower carts should allow faster carts to pass. There's an old saying---"Lead, follow, or get out of the way"---that should also apply to cars and carts.

[crash]

Originally Posted by Tom2172

How soon will there be a very serious accident by idiots with golf carts that go 35 mph passing everyone one ! Had this happen 5 times in 3 day. Was going 19 mph and got passed

And that bothers you why?

You were going 19 and got passed and that means they were doing 35.

[kimgarwel12@gmail.com]

We were on MBT coming from the Eastport area the other day heading toward Magnolia when a 4-passenger cart with 4 teens in it, heading south, was racing a teen on an e-bike. There is landscaping and wall on our side, so nowhere to go for us. The kid on the e-bike finally slowed and pulled in behind the 4-pass cart just as they got to us, and then immediately pulled back into the oncoming traffic lane to continue their race. There are several sharp and blind turns along that stretch of MBT, so definitely an accident waiting to happen. TV used to be a retirement community.......

[msilagy]

from my observation over the past 15 years golf cart accidents with fatalities happen most often when a golf cart driver pulls in front of a car with the car being unable to stop. When I lived off of Morse this kind of golf cart driving happened a lot. They merge like a car and expect the driver to give them the right of way. Speed is one reason but stupidity tops that.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

I have to agree that I doubt 23 is the average, probably closer to 21. But I think that person's point was that slower carts should allow faster carts to pass. There's an old saying---"Lead, follow, or get out of the way"---that should also apply to cars and carts.

Fair enough.

I don't feel the need to pull onto the grass if I am maintaining 20mph but if for some reason I was slower then I hope it would occur to me to be polite.

[TJ SoBos]

Just an FYI...
According to Florida Statute 320.01(42), any golf cart that can exceed 20 miles per hour is classified as a “low-speed vehicle”
or LSV.

While they may look exactly like golf carts, due to the fact they can exceed 20 miles per hour (but less than 25 miles per hour), the vehicle is subjected to a different set of regulations.

Essentially, an LSV is in between a golf cart and a regular automobile.

LSVs must be equipped with seat belts, brakes, headlights, taillights, and turn signals, and must be registered with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

[MrFlorida]

My cart's top speed is 21, I tried to make it go faster but it won't... the governor is all the way off... I'll wave as you go past.

[ByebyeMichigan]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Pretty sure a cart doesn't need to go 35mph in order to pass you when you are going 19mph.

Where did you get your cart-mounted radar gun that tells how fast other carts are going?

Exactly

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by TJ SoBos

Just an FYI...
According to Florida Statute 320.01(42), any golf cart that can exceed 20 miles per hour is classified as a “low-speed vehicle”
or LSV.

While they may look exactly like golf carts, due to the fact they can exceed 20 miles per hour (but less than 25 miles per hour), the vehicle is subjected to a different set of regulations.

Essentially, an LSV is in between a golf cart and a regular automobile.

LSVs must be equipped with seat belts, brakes, headlights, taillights, and turn signals, and must be registered with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

Yes, and my cart that only goes 20 or so has ALL THOSE THINGS, except a one-piece windshield. It is insured. The only difference is that it is not registered, i.e. not paying an additional fund-raising tax. That's all I have to do to make my "unsafe" at 20.1 cart into a "safe" 25 mph cart. So I wish all those who clamor that a cart is unsafe over 15 or 20 would realize the difference between a cart and a LSV is simply paying off the county/state.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Fair enough.

I don't feel the need to pull onto the grass if I am maintaining 20mph but if for some reason I was slower then I hope it would occur to me to be polite.

I wouldn't pull off onto the grass either. But I do wait for a clear straightaway then slow down so the other cart can safely pass