[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Kevco

I a completing a rebuild of my cart. I have installed a 350HP Hemi engine. If my calculations are correct this thing should easily do 240mph. I will be passing everybody and after arriving at my destination I will do burnouts and victory donuts like a NASCAR winner while waving a checkered flag. I wait patiently for The Villages to build the oval track for Sunday fun.

If you install the right kind of roof and secure it, you might be able to FLY over other traffic

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

If you install the right kind of roof and secure it, you might be able to FLY over other traffic

I'm ready!!!

[jimjamuser]

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

What I don't understand is why the Police don't control this unsafe practice. Maybe they have been told Not to enforce the golf cart speed limits. A speeding golf cart is, in some ways, MORE dangerous than a speeding car. A car has a LOWER center of gravity than a gasoline golf cart. Electric carts have a lower center of gravity. Golf carts have bad brakes and the gas ones can turn over easily (especially those with altered speed controls that go over 25 MPH.) I think that senior cart drivers of speed altered carts are re-living their teen and 20 year old days, when they owned HOT RODS. maybe a FAST golf cart makes them think that they are young again. Whatever the psychology, WE are PAYING for law enforcement to provide safe streets to walk and ride on!!!!!!

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Altavia

I'm ready!!!

I am pretty sure the roof would fly off of that.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

The Villages Golf Cart Rules and Injuries - 2025 Golf Cart Rules For The Villages, FL


This is useful.


My golf cart has the governor on so it cannot go more than 19 MPH.

Almost every other golf cart passes us.

Yes, that is the problem that the Police should be able to solve !

[Taltarzac725]

Golf Cart Citation Story | Inside the Bubble


Not sure if true or not.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Laurawilcox

This is the part that upsets me about people driving without governors, golf carts weren’t built like a Corvette to go 190 miles an hour and stop and turn on a dime, they were built to do 20 or 21. I’m sure many of us have jammed on the brakes to avoid hitting another cart or a car that didn’t see us and had the realization that we were riding in nothing but plastic if we actually collided. So I don’t appreciate the people who think it’s OK to drive faster than The Villages rules which match the equipment and path construction. that can cause harm to others if they have.

A friend of mine had her cart tipped over when a passer cut too close to her rear end and will be in rehab for months how can we say that that’s an OK thing. The driver didn’t even stop when others were rushing to aid.

I guess that the "US's friendliest City" sign will HAVE to be taken DOWN !!!!!

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Because YOU don’t get to dictate speed to others, not your job. That’s up to LEOs

Am I dictating speed to others if I don't slow down to let the speeders pass me? If that is true, then the speeders are dictating to me that I must slow down for them to pass. No?

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

There is a vehicle I really miss seeing around this area if the Villages. It was a motorcycle with a sidecar that had a small pooch with goggles on his or her head. The dog looked to be enjoying itself. He was not going very fast though.

I remember the dog. I believe her name is/was Sadie. I haven't seen the dog or the vehicle in a few years.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Do that on a MMP in a golf cart----there's no law against it, although you will get a few one-fingered salutes.
Do that on a highway, and...... Florida statute 316.081:

(3) On a road, street, or highway having two or more lanes allowing movement in the same direction, a driver may not continue to operate a motor vehicle in the furthermost left-hand lane if the driver knows or reasonably should know that he or she is being overtaken in that lane from the rear by a motor vehicle traveling at a higher rate of speed. This subsection does not apply to drivers operating a vehicle that is overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, or is preparing for a left turn at an intersection.

I don't mind the salutes when I'm in my golf cart. Having said that, I absolutely agree with you with regards to driving a vehicle on a roadway.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

What I don't understand is why the Police don't control this unsafe practice. Maybe they have been told Not to enforce the golf cart speed limits. A speeding golf cart is, in some ways, MORE dangerous than a speeding car. A car has a LOWER center of gravity than a gasoline golf cart. Electric carts have a lower center of gravity. Golf carts have bad brakes and the gas ones can turn over easily (especially those with altered speed controls that go over 25 MPH.) I think that senior cart drivers of speed altered carts are re-living their teen and 20 year old days, when they owned HOT RODS. maybe a FAST golf cart makes them think that they are young again. Whatever the psychology, WE are PAYING for law enforcement to provide safe streets to walk and ride on!!!!!!

I have an electric cart. Why do electric carts have a lower center of gravity than gas carts? Is the weight of the batteries heavier than the filled gas tank?

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Yes, that is the problem that the Police should be able to solve !

Yep, the police. Or Big Brother. Or the Gestapo. Again, be careful what you wish for

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Am I dictating speed to others if I don't slow down to let the speeders pass me? If that is true, then the speeders are dictating to me that I must slow down for them to pass. No?

No!

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

I have an electric cart. Why do electric carts have a lower center of gravity than gas carts? Is the weight of the batteries heavier than the filled gas tank?

I've not seen the analysis but electric carts likely have a *higher* center of gravity. In my carts the battery is lighter than the gasoline engine, sits higher than the bulk of the gasoline engine, and has a lighter gear case than the gasoline engine.

An EV automobile with 300 miles worth of batteries at or below the axle would have a different calculation.

[shut the front door]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

I guess that the "US's friendliest City" sign will HAVE to be taken DOWN !!!!!

It has never said "US's". It has always said "Florida's".