[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

If there is no traffic to hit you and no officer to give you a ticket then yes. (if a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it.....)

How about if you are in a car on a two-way road with a solid yellow line to your left. When you come to an intersection the solid yellow line is broken for the length of the intersection. Can you now go into the oncoming lane, around the slower car in front of you, then back into your lane (pass in an intersection)?

No, Not really.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by fishon

Bicycles are hazards.

Not so. Bicycles transport people without pollution or using gasoline and thus keep the cost of gasoline down. So, bicyclists are to be PRAISED.

[Number 10 GI]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

You aren't required to have a drivers license to drive a golf cart in Florida. You aren't required to take any test, or read any manual.

I never said a person needed a driver's license to operate a golf cart, I was pointing out where it could be found that crossing a white line to pass is illegal. Someone was wanting a source.
It is in the best interest of anyone operating a golf cart or even a bicycle to know the applicable traffic laws. When a person is operating their cart or a bicycle on a public street, they are required to obey the law. Ignorance of the traffic laws is no excuse and can be detrimental to your physical health and detrimental to the financial health of your wallet.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed

Ok. Now the elephant in the room…..Top speed on my cart is 20 mph. I do see it reach 21 mph downhill or in a strong tailwind. EVERYBODY passes me. Should I “adjust” that little spring so I can increase speed by 5 mph?! Probably illegal but it would help a lot of cart drivers behind me better avoid a ticket. A conundrum.

So should you break a law (raise speed) to keep someone else from breaking the law and speeding? A better solution would be for the Police to stop Golf cars OFTEN and check to see if the owner has been jerking around and setting the speed up illegally. That is another problem that COULD be solved by MORE and dedicated Police.
.......I RARELY see ANY Police driving in the residential areas and I see both carts and other vehicles speeding. Basically there are little apprehensions or equipment fines, so it is NO wonder that reckless driving happens.

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

So should you break a law (raise speed) to keep someone else from breaking the law and speeding? A better solution would be for the Police to stop Golf cars OFTEN and check to see if the owner has been jerking around and setting the speed up illegally. That is another problem that COULD be solved by MORE and dedicated Police.
.......I RARELY see ANY Police driving in the residential areas and I see both carts and other vehicles speeding. Basically there are little apprehensions or equipment fines, so it is NO wonder that reckless driving happens.

Such a drama queen

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

So should you break a law (raise speed) to keep someone else from breaking the law and speeding? A better solution would be for the Police to stop Golf cars OFTEN and check to see if the owner has been jerking around and setting the speed up illegally. That is another problem that COULD be solved by MORE and dedicated Police.
.......I RARELY see ANY Police driving in the residential areas and I see both carts and other vehicles speeding. Basically there are little apprehensions or equipment fines, so it is NO wonder that reckless driving happens.

Maybe back off the coffee a bit.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by merrymini

I wish the police would ticket any golf cart doing over 20 miles per hour instead. Would bring some good money in and penalize people who are, in very certain terms, breaking the law.

Agreed. There is a need for Carts to have the same speed limit. I have seen them going 30 mph or more in a 25-zone. Gas golf carts have a high center of gravity so need to have a LOW speed limit.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by BigHoss18

[rhetorical] What does this say about a society that "lets criminals steal several hundred dollars worth of retail items and run away without challenge?" And then tickets an "otherwise law-abiding citizen for crossing a solid white line to go on their way?"

"Common sense" is no longer valued or exercised among a vast majority of our hideous population.

That is basically "what-about-ism". Both situations are wrong.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by photo1902

Such a drama queen

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Maybe back off the coffee a bit.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by photo1902

Such a drama queen

Such a dramatic INSULT.

[jjombrello]

I doubt it. Been on the books a long time. They cover this in the AARP safe driving classes.

[bark4me]

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI

Read the drivers license test manual. It's pretty universal in the U.S. that you don't cross a solid white line. I believe in some states a solid white line is considered a Traffic Control Device.

You are 💯 % correct. It is considered a "Traffic Control Device" in the state of Fla

[tuccillo]

Do you realize that the police cannot stop you without probable cause ? So, let me see how this is going to work. The police are going to illegally stop people in their golf cart and then they are going to force you out of the cart while they take it for a ride to see if it exceeds a certain speed ? So, they are going to block off a lane of the road with traffic cones so they can conduct these speed tests ? Yeah, I can see this happening. LOL.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

So should you break a law (raise speed) to keep someone else from breaking the law and speeding? A better solution would be for the Police to stop Golf cars OFTEN and check to see if the owner has been jerking around and setting the speed up illegally. That is another problem that COULD be solved by MORE and dedicated Police.
.......I RARELY see ANY Police driving in the residential areas and I see both carts and other vehicles speeding. Basically there are little apprehensions or equipment fines, so it is NO wonder that reckless driving happens.

[DARFAP]

You most likely will have to use some diamond lanes to get to those multimodals.

[Hardlyworking]

Originally Posted by tuccillo

Do you realize that the police cannot stop you without probable cause ? So, let me see how this is going to work. The police are going to illegally stop people in their golf cart and then they are going to force you out of the cart while they take it for a ride to see if it exceeds a certain speed ? So, they are going to block off a lane of the road with traffic cones so they can conduct these speed tests ? Yeah, I can see this happening.

You have to consider the source.