E-bikes are capable of 30 mph speeds?

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Old 05-03-2025, 07:12 PM
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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?
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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?
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.
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Class 3 e-bikes have a maximum speed of 28mph and are permitted on the street like any other bicycle.
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What about the guy I saw on the E-Skateboard…he was doing close to that, shorts, shirt and no helmet.
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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.
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What about the guy I saw on the E-Skateboard…he was doing close to that, shorts, shirt and no helmet.
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What about the guy I saw on the E-Skateboard…he was doing close to that, shorts, shirt and no helmet.
Those are very popular on college campuses with handlebars. They are flying around everywhere..
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We ride ebikes. We usually go 15 mph. We are passed by analog bikes and the spandex groups all the time. Golf carts, bikes, ebikes and cars will all push the speed limit. If they are ticketed, they'll pay it. I don't think you should worry about it.
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Never mind e-bicycles, powered skateboards, what about some of these electric wheel chairs? Was passed the other day by one while walking, and I swear it was going close to 20mph.
I said to my wife that if I ever need one of them, that's the model I want, or its big brother!
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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.

Yes, you can
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They really need to start enforcing that
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They really need to start enforcing that
Enforcement will start after injuries start.
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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?
Is seeing these bikes doing that speed on a walking/biking only path. I see this regularly on the path in front of my house and can’t believe it. Some people lack any common sense.
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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?
I bought a very nice e-bike on Amazon. Close to $3,000. It had a governor that could be set by the owner using a normally hidden electronic control panel for anywhere between 3 mph and 45 mph. It could also supposedly go 60 mph on a charge. (The tests could be seen on YouTube.) I’m not surprised. It had a motorcycle-type frame and big tires,ma great headlight, Mordor’s, and all. Motorcycles go much faster than that.

But I chickened out. I came to my senses and realized what a fall would do to the rest of my pleasant life here. I never even threw a leg over it. Never turned it on. I put it up for sale. After six months, someone finally came to see it and bought it for $1,000.

I’d had pedals and was classified as an e- bike. The governor could certainly be set for 20 mph. It could keep up on cart lanes. What puzzles me is why regular bicycles that seldom reach 20 mph are allowed Morse and Buena Vista, but carts aren’t. Seems dangerous and risky,
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So the e-bikes can go xxxx mph, big deal. I’m happy to see it, it won’t be someone going slow in front of me.
My neighbor claims his standup skateboard will go 60mph. No pads/helmet, this is crazy! Capable speeds vs the speed he goes are 2 different things. Your cars can go 100mph-200mph depending on the car you have, but how often to you go above 80?
Again, it’s not the fast people causing issues on the paths, it’s the slower people that cause accidents
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