[Ajack]

I have been using a GPS as a speedometer. I usually go the speed limit when I can. My cart will go 26 mph. I am glad it goes that fast in the rare cases that I need to pass another vehicle or an emergency. Lets be real. Even on the highway, most law abiding folks will have a short spurt where they need to break the speed limit to pass another slow moving car, especially on a two lane road.

[Bottaboom]

Originally Posted by Ajack

I have been using a GPS as a speedometer. I usually go the speed limit when I can. My cart will go 26 mph. I am glad it goes that fast in the rare cases that I need to pass another vehicle or an emergency. Lets be real. Even on the highway, most law abiding folks will have a short spurt where they need to break the speed limit to pass another slow moving car, especially on a two lane road.

I hope your cart is equipped with the proper tires and suspension that can handle that kind of speed! Did you also take a high speed driving class?

I hope you know that I'm kidding. I thought I would say it in jest before someone says it and actually means it.

As Tim Taylor would say "More power"

[Ajack]

Originally Posted by Bottaboom

I hope your cart is equipped with the proper tires and suspension that can handle that kind of speed! Did you also take a high speed driving class?

I hope you know that I'm kidding. I thought I would say it in jest before someone says it and actually means it.

As Tim Taylor would say "More power"

Well, I do alot of walking along the multi-paths and I do see alot of older people who are probably more frail then I, so I would not want to have a little fender-bumper with them. That being said, I am a law abiding citizen, and I have never seen so many stop signs. A few substitutions with "yield" signs could be prudent.

[Bottaboom]

Originally Posted by Ajack

Well, I do alot of walking along the multi-paths and I do see alot of older people who are probably more frail then I, so I would not want to have a little fender-bumper with them. That being said, I am a law abiding citizen, and I have never seen so many stop signs. A few substitutions with "yield" signs could be prudent.

[iandwk]

Originally Posted by Ajack

Well, I do alot of walking along the multi-paths and I do see alot of older people who are probably more frail then I, so I would not want to have a little fender-bumper with them. That being said, I am a law abiding citizen, and I have never seen so many stop signs. A few substitutions with "yield" signs could be prudent.

I'll add an amen to that. Have you driven along El Camino Real in front of Freedom Point? I stop at the stop signs, but there are a lot of them. I don't think the new trails they are installing will change that.

[iandwk]

Originally Posted by Ajack

I have been using a GPS as a speedometer. I usually go the speed limit when I can. My cart will go 26 mph. I am glad it goes that fast in the rare cases that I need to pass another vehicle or an emergency. Lets be real. Even on the highway, most law abiding folks will have a short spurt where they need to break the speed limit to pass another slow moving car, especially on a two lane road.

I understand your thinking. I feel the need to let you know that you may not be insured at all unless you are in a street legal machine. The insurance companies don't initially investigate how fast you were going if you were involved in an accident. The first thing they look at is to see if your cart has been altered, which makes it illegal to operate, and therefore they will not grant coverage for the accident. They don't care if you were only traveling 10mph. If it was your fault and there are injuries involved, say good-bye to a lot of your money. I would check with my insurance agent to make sure. This information came from an Allstate agent.

I don't like it either, but it's something that we have to live with.

[Ajack]

Originally Posted by iandwk

I understand your thinking. I feel the need to let you know that you may not be insured at all unless you are in a street legal machine. The insurance companies don't initially investigate how fast you were going if you were involved in an accident. The first thing they look at is to see if your cart has been altered, which makes it illegal to operate, and therefore they will not grant coverage for the accident. They don't care if you were only traveling 10mph. If it was your fault and there are injuries involved, say good-bye to a lot of your money. I would check with my insurance agent to make sure. This information came from an Allstate agent.

I don't like it either, but it's something that we have to live with.

I talk with my new insurance agency about my golf cart insurance when I purchased my home insurance a couple of days ago. I will take a golf cart policy.

[Ajack]

Originally Posted by iandwk

I understand your thinking. I feel the need to let you know that you may not be insured at all unless you are in a street legal machine. The insurance companies don't initially investigate how fast you were going if you were involved in an accident. The first thing they look at is to see if your cart has been altered, which makes it illegal to operate, and therefore they will not grant coverage for the accident. They don't care if you were only traveling 10mph. If it was your fault and there are injuries involved, say good-bye to a lot of your money. I would check with my insurance agent to make sure. This information came from an Allstate agent.

I don't like it either, but it's something that we have to live with.

If you seen the governor mechanism on my cart, there is no way they could tell if it was adjusted. There are no seals or any tamper proof discouragements attached.

[Bottaboom]

Originally Posted by Ajack

If you seen the governor mechanism on my cart, there is no way they could tell if it was adjusted. There are no seals or any tamper proof discouragements attached.

I'm not sure but I thought I read somewhere that the insurance company takes the cart to a dealer and they simply clock the top speed on level ground. I could be wrong. I was once.........once.

[Ajack]

Originally Posted by Bottaboom

I'm not sure but I thought I read somewhere that the insurance company takes the cart to a dealer and they simply clock the top speed on level ground. I could be wrong. I was once.........once.

I will carry a wrench wherever I go.

[billethkid]

She was stopped on a cart path and ticketed for going 24 mph.
Of course the court date was on the ticket, however being a typical highly active Villager....she forgot the date and did not appear.
One day there is a ring of the door bell and the sheriff is there to arrest her. She is taken away in handcuffs and locked in the local holding cell.
Then released to her husband. She now has a new court date that I am sure she will not forget.

btk

[army one]

I sometimes wonder why there is such a need for speed with golf carts. I read through this entire post and no one has mentioned the need for sufficient brakes. It is very logical that if you are going 30+ with a golf cart the manufacturer has designed the brakes to be able to stop safely from 20 or less that you are taking a chance. Just because you can modify a golf cart to go faster doesn't mean you can stop safely from that higher speed. If someone steps or pulls out in front of you would you be able stop in time to from 30? I rest my case.

[Talk Host]

I think one thing that people loose sight of is that if the speed limit is 65 and you go 75, that about 8% over the speed limit.

If the speed limit is 20 and you go 30, that's a 50% increase in speed.

Using the same values, if the speed limit is 65 and you increase by 50%, that's 97.5 miles per hour.

So an unregistered, non street legal cart doing 30 is equivalent to driving 97.5 miles per hour.

jlk

[memason]

Originally Posted by Talk Host

I think one thing that people loose sight of is that if the speed limit is 65 and you go 75, that about 8% over the speed limit.

If the speed limit is 20 and you go 30, that's a 50% increase in speed.

Using the same values, if the speed limit is 65 and you increase by 50%, that's 97.5 miles per hour.

So an unregistered, non street legal cart doing 30 is equivalent to driving 97.5 miles per hour.

jlk

I don't know TH... a cart doing 30 is the equivalent to a cart doing 30. I'm an engineer, so I know about velocity..

[Bottaboom]

Originally Posted by Talk Host

I think one thing that people loose sight of is that if the speed limit is 65 and you go 75, that about 8% over the speed limit.

If the speed limit is 20 and you go 30, that's a 50% increase in speed.

Using the same values, if the speed limit is 65 and you increase by 50%, that's 97.5 miles per hour.

So an unregistered, non street legal cart doing 30 is equivalent to driving 97.5 miles per hour.

jlk

It's not the same. To make a proper comparison you would need to calculate in weight, braking ability, wind shear, barometric pressure, elevation, road condition etc.

Using this logic Ajax could be driving around at 49.5mph! I hope you're wearing a helmet and your airbag is working well.

TH, why do you advertise an item that can increase the speed of a golf cart to over 20mph?