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Don't know why but I'm glad they were. I afree what's the Damn rush. Just remember it's not a speeding ticket if your over 20 mph it's an unliscensed unregistered motor vehicle. Wish they'd start checking some of the trucks for speed also.

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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Good! If they are speeding......pull them over and hand them a ticket.
Too bad it is not normal.

I agree!!!

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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Do you run that street legal on the cart paths?

People with street legal carts are allowed to be on cart paths and on most streets (I think if speed limit is 35 or less). I don't understand what the issue is.

[Bill32]

Originally Posted by paulandjean

So this is what our tax money is being spent on.Laser to check golf cart speeds.Wonder what other police departments think of this?....

Money maker for the Dept.

[Skybo]

Originally Posted by paulandjean

So this is what our tax money is being spent on.Laser to check golf cart speeds.Wonder what other police departments think of this?....

St. Charles is a public road, and if they are using radar on St. Charles, I’m sure they are targeting (and ticketing) both cars and golf carts. Which is a good thing (for those of us who have to travel St. Charles).

[Eve2278]

I'm glad someone is watching these reckless drivers. I know that some individuals have been fooling around with their carts and have rigged them to go faster and cops have caught several on Belvedere. By law there is a maximum speed for regular and LSV's.

I have a LSV and it suppose to go about 20. That's fast enough and the only reason why we got the LSV was to get from one end of TV to the other on the 35mph roads when playing golf and we do not use that speed on the cart paths... I'm just saying...

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by skyguy79

Didn't you mean Buena Vista and not Morse?

Glad somebody is awake. thank you

[Pturner]

If they were pulled over for throwing out a cigarette butt, as an earlier post posited, I would be glad of that too.

[dillywho]

Originally Posted by anlashokna

they think...Revenue... when they snag the speeders.

So this is probably a stupid question but knowing my father is going to want to buy a golf car down the line and knowing he never has owned one...

I see folks talking about street legal and regular cart...they can all use the cart paths throughout throughout the villages correct?

The laws apply to everyone but some have the idea that's just for everyone but them. As for generating revenue, who cares? Better have those not adhering to the laws adding to the cofers rather than raising everyone's taxes. Law enforcement departments are not created to raise revenue. They are to protect the public and catching speeders regardless of their mode of travel is a vital part of that protection.

Simple rule...obey the laws and be happy when it's someone else getting a ticket for not.

[John_W]

Since I live right off St. Charles at Tamarind Grove Blvd I've seen the police once before parked about 100 yards south of that intersection on the grass next to Southern Star GC. We had two accidents right after we moved in last summer at the intersection, in one case the golf cart driver was killed by a lawn mower crew that blew through the stop sign. The other time I saw two cars that had collided at the corner and were pretty smashed up.

It's a very busy intersection since we have 80 villas at Southern Star and 80 homes on Odessa Circle and can only exit via the intersection and on the other side of St. Charles there are just as many homes and they all use that exit, they could go out through Buttonwood but it's would be a little longer. I see backups there everyday on both sides of the street, I wish they would put in a light since it's too late for a traffic circle, I had though the police were there to just survey the area for these reasons, I didn't see them stopping anyone.

[NotGolfer]

Why do folks get their undies in a bundle about the police ticketing carts? If they have broken the law...they need to pay the piper. I thought laws were made for a reason...so we all can have harmony and not chaos! I agree with the person who said that they were probably focusing on ALL traffic on those roads!

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by JoeC1947

I think they were being pulled over for throwing cigarette butts on the ground!

Good one!!!

[buggyone]

If the golf carts are tuned to go 20 mph, you have NOTHING to worry about. That is the law. Obey it.

[Barefoot]

I've seen motorcycle cops stopping carts on multi-modal trails. I think they're looking for drivers under the age of 14, as well as for speeders.

[RichieLion]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

I've seen motorcycle cops stopping carts on multi-modal trails. I think they're looking for drivers under the age of 14, as well as for speeders.

According to the P.O.A. the police can only ticket carts on the multimodal trails that share a public street, unless it's for violation of open container laws where they can ticket you anywhere.

If you're on the dedicated multimodal trails like on Buena Vista and Morse, the police have no jurisdiction.