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patfla06 03-17-2021 10:51 PM
Drive down Pinellas Place on any day and see how fast some golf carts are going.
I have clocked some at 30+ mph.

People need to realize a golf cart is not very safe and they continue to drive them very aggressively.

And please stop crossing the double yellow line when going past a golf cart.
Having a head on collision is dangerous.

golfing eagles 03-18-2021 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by HORNET (Post 1917231)
We are retired, what’s the hurry ?
Best response to that is from Mike234 in post #16------

"what's the hurry?" "what's your hurry". those statements by people irk me. I would like to travel through life at my pace, not dictated by yours. to me. it's like the ignorant people in the left lane, dictating the speed of others, who would like to move along at their own pace, not theirs. I do not have to answer your questions about what's my hurry. I could be having an emergency, or responding to someone who is having one, or I would like to just move along quicker than you, what's my hurry is none of your nosey business......... thank you very much

Two Bills 03-18-2021 04:59 AM
Whatever we can get out of our house rental cart
I can assure you it will be used.
Haven't a clue as to how fast it it goes
But by many we pass we are abused.
It is faster than many, and slower than some.
But I just floor it, and give it the gun.
It goes round corners, sometimes on two wheels,
And downhill like a rocket,
It burns the rubber but is light on gas, and very cheap on the pocket!

MorTech 03-18-2021 05:27 AM
What's really annoying are those bicycles going 10 MPH and those insensitive pedestrians traveling at 4 MPH. Don't they know the speed limit is 20 MPH? :)

I just don't care how fast others choose to go...Just don't make your desire for speed my problem. Don't demand others live for you. Don't be a parasite.

Bay Kid 03-18-2021 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by patfla06 (Post 1917299)
Drive down Pinellas Place on any day and see how fast some golf carts are going.
I have clocked some at 30+ mph.

People need to realize a golf cart is not very safe and they continue to drive them very aggressively.

And please stop crossing the double yellow line when going past a golf cart.
Having a head on collision is dangerous.
I don't understand why more carts don't flip the way some people drive.

MrFlorida 03-18-2021 07:53 AM
I've seen people coming around corners almost on 2 wheels, I think 20 is fast enough.... What's the hurry ? Enjoy your retirement safely.

collie1228 03-18-2021 08:45 AM
The good news for all you speeders is that, at least in my Sumter County neighborhood, the sheriff must have given up on patrols on Morse Blvd. north of 466, as I haven't seen a deputy out there with radar in several months. So the cars and carts are going faster and faster.

Lottoguy 03-18-2021 08:52 AM
I agree, golf carts should go at least 18 mph on the cart paths. When they go so slow it really effects the drivers behind them. Yes, were retired but were also on our way to somewhere. Doctor appointment, tee time, hair appointment, etc.

Bilyclub 03-18-2021 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by patfla06 (Post 1917299)
Drive down Pinellas Place on any day and see how fast some golf carts are going.
I have clocked some at 30+ mph.

People need to realize a golf cart is not very safe and they continue to drive them very aggressively.

And please stop crossing the double yellow line when going past a golf cart.
Having a head on collision is dangerous.

Pinellas Place is my regular drive and a lot of the carts have trouble keeping on their side of the white line. I frequently have to submit my tires to abuse by riding the center line reflectors.

OhioBuckeye 03-18-2021 09:41 AM
Ohiobuckeye
 
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Originally Posted by Raybemis1 (Post 1916962)
So a golf cart passing you safely at 22 mph bothers you but a vehicle passing you at 35 mph doesn’t, really? Get a life! Just drive.
Your comment pretty much put it in a Nutshell. I don't care if a cart could go 100 mph, it's their ticket!

OhioBuckeye 03-18-2021 09:43 AM
Ohiobuckeye
 
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Originally Posted by gmomlaura (Post 1917262)
the correct speed is 19 miles per hour. The carts going faster have fiddled with them to go faster. Of course if they get in accident they will be fined a have fixed the cart to go 19 again. These carts are top heavy and do turn over easily!
wrong!!!!

karostay 03-18-2021 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Dotneko (Post 1916623)
I did a search and may be using the wrong keywords, so i apologize in advance if this has been asked before.
We took our brand new 4 seater club car out and floored, it was doing 19 mph according to my speed app on the phone. We were regularly being driven up on and/or being left behind. Are we extraordinarily slow? I thought 20 was the max speed on the multimodals?
Just one of many rules that go unenforced
You'll learn to live with it

BobnBev 03-18-2021 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by UpNorth (Post 1916656)
2 for 0mph is the maximum speed for a golf cart according to federal law. If you drive a cart that can go over 20mph on a public road, you can be ticketed for driving an unregistered motor vehicle. Around $250 plus a trip to court, where they will make you take the cart to a mechanic to certify that it can go no faster than 20mph. It doesn't matter if you were driving below 20mph or not. If you get into an accident, your fault or not, you cart may be checked by the police to see if has been tampered with to go above 20mph. And you cart insurance will not cover you if it can.

All that being said, their are loads of unregistered motor vehicles in The Villages. Most are gas carts with their governors altered. There are some "street legal" electric carts around, which are licensed and insured with added equipment. My cart can not go faster than 20mph, but I constantly get passed by idiots that come up to my bumper from nowhere and pass me going 2 or 3 mph faster.
Seems like it's always the guys with the golf clubs on the back. Must be a low testosterone thing.:ohdear::1rotfl::popcorn:

Dotneko 03-18-2021 05:30 PM
I totally don't care what others are doing. I merely wanted to know if I was somehow overly underpowered. I'm not pulling over if I am going the speed limit, though. So sad, too bad. You will have to pass me.

MorTech 03-18-2021 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by BobnBev (Post 1917649)
Seems like it's always the guys with the golf clubs on the back. Must be a low testosterone thing.:ohdear::1rotfl::popcorn:
I don't think testosterone does what you think it does. :)

BobnBev 03-20-2021 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by MorTech (Post 1917670)
I don't think testosterone does what you think it does. :)
So then, why don't you tell me what it does. You seem to know a lot about it.:bigbow:


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