A picture of her ticket.

The sheriff should put the deputy who wrote up this ticket…..in timeout.:smiley:

If the Sheriff said it's a violation, why not ask him to quotes the Statute that would appear on the ticket the Deputy Sheriff would put on the ticket you would receive for the violation he/she is citing you for. Typically in Vehicle and Traffic laws vehicles cannot cross solid white lines unless its to avoid an accident.

We've lost our minds!
 

[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.

I don't think this is a real ticket. The word designated is incorrectly spelled. I see it is typed/printed out, meaning it was automatically generated, and I doubt that the wording would be spelled incorrectly.

I've never received a ticket that didn't have hand writing on it, but I haven't gotten a ticket in a loooong time.

Lines
 

The most ridiculous part is - say you are in the golf cart lane headed south, you want to make a left turn into a street on the northbound side of the street. There is no break in the solid line for you on the southbound side so technically it is illegal for you to cross the line to make your turn. Buuuut if you wait for a break in the line where a street intersects from your right you can then pull out legally. What a bunch of crap and I believe beatable in court due to inconsistencies

I’m not saying how fast my cart will go, lol. I typically drive around 14 or 15 mph, sometimes slower if I’m just driving around the neighborhood. If someone wants to pass me I pull over when I can and let them pass. I’m never in a hurry to get anywhere. A wise man once said “life moves pretty fast if you don’t slow down and look around once in awhile you just might miss it”. That being said, I like that if I need to pass a very slow biker or walker I can do so quickly and safely then return back to my “Sunday driver” typical speed of 14, 15 mph. IMHO it’s better to have a little extra speed and not need it than to need it and not have it. As far as being illegal to adjust your governor ? You have a better chance at winning the lottery than being pulled over in your cart for speeding. I have never seen any speed traps set up here for golf carts. Drive with caution and have respect for others that share the road or path with you, simple as that, common sense.

So our sheriff thinks it’s perfectly safe to stop dead in the middle of the road waiting to turn left but quickly passing a slow vehicle is not. Ring a ding ding.

Already been covered in a few previous posts.

See post #41 which may have been submitted while you were writing this.

“I have never seen any speed traps set up here for golf carts”. Post #47. I haven’t seen any for a couple of years but there were some a few years prior. There have been approximately a dozen fatalities while in golf carts but none that I heard were caused by speeding. Most tickets are for failing to stop at a stop sign. There are police watching, especially, in the Fruitland Park section of The Villages.

The section of law on the ticket:

(2) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone as set forth in subsection (1), a driver may not, at any time, drive on the left side of the roadway within such no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement striping designed to mark such no-passing zone throughout its length.
(3) This section does not apply to a driver who safely and briefly drives to the left of the center of the roadway only to the extent necessary to:
(a) Avoid an obstruction;
(b) Turn left into or from an alley, a private road, or a driveway; or
(c) Overtake and pass a bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle or an electric bicycle pursuant to s. 316.083(2) or (3).

It is pretty clear that the solid white line is a pavement striping to mark a no passing zone and that with a few exceptions you cannot drive on its left. Note that you can cross that line to make a turn or avoid obstructions, bicycles, Ebikes and non-motorized vehicles. Note that avoid an obstruction is an allowed exception... see next post

316.2045 Obstruction of public streets, highways, and roads.—
(1)(a) A person may not willfully obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of a public street, highway, or road by:
1. Impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding, or restraining traffic or passage thereon;


Note that Florida law defines a street as being obstructed when traffic is being impeded, retarded etc. It does not seem to require that traffic be completely blocked for an obstruction to exist.

Could a sharp lawyer make an argument that under the law the slow golf cart represented an impediment and restraint to the normal use of the road. And this statute calls such an impediment an OBSTRUCTION

You're welcome. Now you better be prepared to show that you passed a golf cart that was going very much under the speed limit, not that your souped up illegal cart wanted to fly by a cart going only 18 MPH.

It also might be best to not pull out when there is a cop in the lane, as clearly the person who got the ticket did so in front of a cop

And then you ask yourself when was the last time you saw any sheriff pull over a golf cart for doing that? Puleeeeze.

An endless topic with different spins to it. People seem to always claim they are right-even when they are wrong. There used to be, likely still is, a monthly presentation by the police dept re: golf cart regulations. That would be a wise place to ask and get proper answers other than OPINIONS.

Passing another golf cart. As I understand it the LEGAL top speed for a golf cart is 20 miles per hour. If, you are passing others there is a good chance YOU are speeding. A street legal golf cart requires PLATES, INSURANCE AND A LICENSED DRIVER.

A typical golf cart is actually a second class vehicle, supposed to yield to cars and even bicycles.

Not necessarily. Rental carts are governed at 14 mph. I can pass that on a bicycle.

Rental carts from where are governed at 14mph? I've rented three carts from two businesses and none were that slow.

I’ve only had one as a loaner. It couldn’t get out of its own way. Seems a lot of the slower carts are rentals. 14 was a number I’ve heard others mention in the past. Maybe it just seems like 14. Doesn’t really matter, I am not changing how I drive my golf cart.

More accurate than you realize.

This exact situation happened to me on Del Mar Drive. I had exited Spanish Springs. After passing through the gate, I was behind a motorized wheelchair moving slower than Fred Sanford. At the first intersection where the white line stopped I pulled out, passed it and pulled back in before the next white line. I was watching for :police:

Ok, this makes more sense to me. Seems to me in practical application, the only problem you might run into is passing another golf cart, which probably isn't going to be necessary, unless as someone else stated, you feel the need to pass the 18mph golf cart because you want to go 20+.
Bikes are OK to pass, and it's OK to turn left, or to avoid a hazard, which I would assume would include a stopped utility vehicle, or even one going very slowly while spraying or mowing.
I think, personally, I can live with this. But then, I am not one who needs to pass so I can go 20+.

Fake News.

Family just (last week) rented from The Villages, ran 20 mph.

I might have missed it, but does it say what street and where the ticket was written. I can see the Sheriff taking heat for all the accidents happening on Morse, North of 466.

[QUOTE=Laker14;2183393]I would just ask, what about the life of the person that you are passing or the person that through NO fault of their own gets hit in a head-on collision? I prefer to take a mental margarita and be HAPPY that I am retired and left that HURRY, hurry stuff in my rearview mirror. But, unfortunately, humans are a creature of habit.

Some might ask . "whose fault is that LATE business " anyway? Tee times are not quite as important as something important like getting to a hospital or a fireman to a fire. Or Police to a home robbery.

VT is correct. I have been driving 12 years longer that him and it was that way when I took Driver's Ed. The rule of law in almost all states is that you are not permitted to cross a solid line of any color. The color only indicates whether there is opposing traffic (yellow) or traffic moving in your direction (white). In the glorious six lanes of traffic in downtown Atlanta, the HOV lane is separated from the other five lanes by a solid white line. Periodically, this solid white line changes to a dashed line where drivers are permitted to exit or enter the HOV lane.

That just shows that there are NOT enough Police in TV Land. If there were then people would NOT be driving recklessly. Also,, what happens if there is some kind of a "whacko shooter" incident here in The Villages like we are seeing INCREASING around the country? Do we have to wait until they get here from Ocala or Orlando?
......If local Police are NOT numerous enough to stop SIMPLE reckless driving, how can we count on them to provide SAFETY in a serious situation? Is local property taxes NOT high enough to hire MORE officers?

Just today, I pulled up to a stop sign in a residential area. As I eased out so that I could see around about a 3 ft diameter hedge plant that someone had planted right up to the street. (maybe to keep cars from turning on their grass or sprinkles). As I SLOWLY pulled out to turn right, I saw a woman walking a dog about 25 % into the street and walking toward me. Suddenly, I saw a car coming fast and the driver had pulled around the lady and was full out IN the lane of the 2 lane street that I intended to turn into. If I had taken the turn like some people do in a rolling stop, he would have hit me. If I had NOT been paying attention and driving defensively and braked hard, he would have hit me.
....... So my bigger question is...........Why would someone plant a bush near a stop sign and close to the street so that a car can not see to their right? And why do NOT the community service people driving around have the AUTHORITY and competence to be able to FORESEE problems in advance - that the landscaping in peoples' yards can cause an accident. I have seen MORE than one situation where landscaping can CAUSE an accident. I have NEVER in 10 years heard that Community Service issued a warning ticket about PASSIVE SAFETY issues like that !

Again, we need more Police and dedicated ones because if they MISS the little things, they are going to MESS up the life and death emergencies.

Maybe they could answer your questions. Your observation is serious enough to let them know.

Community Watch
1135 Bonita Boulevard
The Villages, FL 32162

Phone: 352-753-0550

I’m calling fake news….

Officer to golf cart driver: license and uuuh regis…drivers license please?
golf cart driver: i dont need a driver’s license to operate a golf cart
Officer: name
Golf cart driver: My name is Chi Chi Sanchez
….
Get the point, to whom do you write the ticker, what’s the penalty? Fine? Don’t share your address? Loss of license?

They admitted they weren't sure about the speed in a subsequent post...

To the OP - What is N***D***? Why don't you spell it out to begin with?

N e x t D o o r. The software here does prohibit certain words/phrases. Don't know if that is one of them...

Just stating my experience.

No, Not really.

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

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.

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