[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

For the same reason that the Liquid Lights BUSINESS cart is allowed to use them??
The bike has an electric motor to aid the people pedaling. Would you prefer they do 10 mph on Buena Vista?

You are comparing apples to oranges.
The fact there is an electric motor has nothing to do with it.

[spring_chicken]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

You are comparing apples to oranges.
The fact there is an electric motor has nothing to do with it.

It has everything to do with it according to the Sumter county Sheriff. If the bike had no motor, it would be considered strictly a bicycle and would operate legally on any road (like the dozen party bikes operating outside the Villages in Florida right now). Because it has an electric motor, similar to a golf cart, it cannot go on Morse or Buena Vista.

I suppose you could argue apples and oranges with the Sheriff if you'd like.

[Sandtrap328]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

For the same reason that the Liquid Lights BUSINESS cart is allowed to use them??
The bike has an electric motor to aid the people pedaling. Would you prefer they do 10 mph on Buena Vista?

I saw the Pedal Bar going down Buena Vista about a month ago. Yep, I would guess it was going around 10 mph. No problem.

[spring_chicken]

Originally Posted by Sandtrap328

I saw the Pedal Bar going down Buena Vista about a month ago. Yep, I would guess it was going around 10 mph. No problem.

May have been the party my softball team was on. The driver was using the motor and we clocked it at 15-17 depending on grade. When I called to book another group outing, the owner told me that Sumter County told them to stay on the multi modal. It creates a problem because they have to remove the
top to get thru the tunnels, but the owner said they are just trying to do everything to comply. Apparently it's difficult when you've got Sumter county and The Villages to deal with. All the other ones in Florida (there are 10 or 12) operate just fine with no interference. Not here.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

May have been the party my softball team was on. The driver was using the motor and we clocked it at 15-17 depending on grade. When I called to book another group outing, the owner told me that Sumter County told them to stay on the multi modal. It creates a problem because they have to remove the
top to get thru the tunnels, but the owner said they are just trying to do everything to comply. Apparently it's difficult when you've got Sumter county and The Villages to deal with. All the other ones in Florida (there are 10 or 12) operate just fine with no interference. Not here.

Are the paying an amenity fee?

[spring_chicken]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Are the paying an amenity fee?

Yes, the owner is a resident of The Villages.

[spring_chicken]

Originally Posted by DigitalGranny

We even have them in conservative, backwards Cincinnati!

I know, right? And probably with a lot less "OMG! people are having fun! We must put a stop to this" attitude!

[NYGUY]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

I know, right? And probably with a lot less "OMG! people are having fun! We must put a stop to this" attitude!

You get a lot of that around here....just ignore it!!

[spring_chicken]

[QUOTE=NYGUY;1166359]You get a lot of that around here....just ignore it!![/QUOTE

I need to buy you a beer!

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

May have been the party my softball team was on. The driver was using the motor and we clocked it at 15-17 depending on grade. When I called to book another group outing, the owner told me that Sumter County told them to stay on the multi modal. It creates a problem because they have to remove the
top to get thru the tunnels, but the owner said they are just trying to do everything to comply. Apparently it's difficult when you've got Sumter county and The Villages to deal with. All the other ones in Florida (there are 10 or 12) operate just fine with no interference. Not here.

There sure are some low tunnels here in the Villages.

[NotGolfer]

I think Pedal Bars here are a poor idea.....promoting bad behaviors is never good. Then on the MMP's....how many golf carts backed up behind it??!! We've seen these in cities and weren't impressed...but they were in downtown areas and not residential.

[dbussone]

[QUOTE=spring_chicken;1166364]

Originally Posted by NYGUY

You get a lot of that around here....just ignore it!![/QUOTE



I need to buy you a beer!

//.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by NotGolfer

I think Pedal Bars here are a poor idea.....promoting bad behaviors is never good. Then on the MMP's....how many golf carts backed up behind it??!! We've seen these in cities and weren't impressed...but they were in downtown areas and not residential.

Most of us are in our 60's & 70's. I think it's a little late in our lives to worry about someone helping us by promoting bad behavior. We are old enough to be responsible for our own behavior.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by cologal

Why do this when you can get happy hours drinks at the Square!

Change of pace? Something different?
I saw a party bike on Belvedere Blvd. on New Year's Eve with music playing loudly. I've never seen one before. It looked like fun!

[looneycat]

so we have a commercial conveyance operating on private property and there is no fee paid to maintain the roads, bad precedent. the owners amenity fees don't cover a separate commercial endeavor. the mmps were never designed for that size vehicle creating an unsafe condition. good luck with unraveling all the legalities if there is an accident....I don't want to be sued because a commercial vehicle full of drunks was allowed to operate on our private mmps.