[Peggy D]

Are radar detectors legal in FL? I know in some states they aren't.

[Village Kid 2]

Radar Detectors are legal in Florida.

[graciegirl]

Seems like the fine men in blue (brown?) should be trying to catch the golf cart snatchers. ...

[Talk Host]

Originally Posted by Peggy D

Are radar detectors legal in FL? I know in some states they aren't.

Under what circumstances does a person need a radar detector?

[The Gray Hog]

Where were the black hats this a.m.?
We saw a cart, (not road worthy) going west on 466, turn around and head back toward Morse ???
For sure, they had made a wrong turn...but how did they get onto 466 and into all that traffic anyway?
Our cart was passed several times by carts going atleast 25 to 29 mph this a.m. on the cart paths and also on the streets. We were left in the dust, so to speak.

[Muncle]

Golf cart thefts appear to be the killer shark attacks of 2008. Keep the Bears with the Brownies active on Buena Vista. They catch as many construction people and folks cutting through TV as they do Grannies going to WalMart.

[Lil Dancer]

I wish they'd ticket some of the airheads driving the roundabouts. I had someone trying to turn left from the right had lane the other day, who cut me off and almost side-swiped me. Luckily I saw her in time.

[gfmucci]

Originally Posted by Talk Host

Under what circumstances does a person need a radar detector?

That's a great question. Two that come to mind are:

Intent to speed :
Intent to not pay attention to how fast your're going. :

Neither one passes the straight face test. :

[renos]

I agree with you 100% Fumar. It has been proven over and over that exposure on roads by a marked crusier driving at the speed limit will slow down more speeders than than a radar trap employing 3 or 4 cops.

[Dutchman]

But with the change in the Homestead Exemption there's a lot of $$ to make up.

[redwitch]

Also have to factor in the price of gas today. Just cruising around doesn't happen much anymore. In my neck of the woods in California, you'd see the motorcycle police doing the routine patrols, the cars did the speed traps. The only time the cars patrolled was at night and they rarely patrolled the residential areas, just the businesses and this was when gas was $2.89 in California.

[Rokinronda]

Wolf pack??? Protect and serve is the well-respected motto that I am used to. STOP means just that....15 MPH means just that.... :cop: The traffic laws are there for very good proven reasons and justifiably enforced. Just my perfect driving record, honest opinion. Knock on wood! :bigthumbsup:

[travelstiles]

I was relaxing at the pool the other day and heard a local resident telling her friends that she can no longer drive a car, as she is legally blind.
So....................she now gets all around in her golf cart doh
I'm afraid this is more common than we'd like to believe.

[gfmucci]

Originally Posted by travel

... she can no longer drive a car, as she is legally blind.* So......she now gets all around in her golf cart* *doh* I'm afraid this is more common than we'd like to believe.

* There are many older people who are THANKFUL that they can still get around in their golf carts.* That is one of the reasons people move here.* "Legally blind" is not the same thing as not being able to see.* Those of us who are thankfully not legally blind are responsible for an added measure of care in this community.

[Russ_Boston]

I don't speed too much over the limit but anyone who says that they never go above the speed limit is paying WAY TOO MUCH attention to their speedometer and not enough attention to what is around them!

I don't have the links to prove it because I'm too tired to look them up but I believe that distracted driving (cell use, radio flipping, chatting to back seat passengers etc.) causes more accidents than speed alone.