Good post Gary. :agree:

Only if...
 

you're writing about protection. Otherwise there is a world of difference physically(designed to handle speed, disk brakes, gearing, drive, wheels, clothing, helmet, etc).

I was on the golf cart path and someone passed me doing at least 35 MPH!!!

I almost got out of my cart, as I thought I was stopped!!!!

PLeaaaauuuuuuussssssseeeeeeee!!!!! Leave a little bit earlier.

Those drivers are idiots plain and simple. LSV's should not be allowed on MMP"s.
They are a danger to everyone.

That is incorrect. Most street legal carts do not have 4 wheel brakes, much less hydraulic brakes. Anyone can take a basic electric golf cart designed for golf courses, add lights, turn signals, horn, mirrors, seat belts and single pane windshield, etc., and get it certified locally for driving on the street. Then you can get it licensed and insured. Example: Parcar, which has been building LSVs for years, does not have four wheel or hydraulic brakes.

The maximum speed of a 2015 Yamaha with 10" wheels and high speed gear set is 26 mph, with the governor adjusted all the way. A 40 mph Yamaha would likely have been modified with a different electric motor. Federal statute (as written about 3 yrs ago) require LSVs to be electric powered.

No, Exact same cart that I have. I got close up look, Didn't see seat belts either.

Par Car NEV's have hydraulic brakes but only rear brakes.They also have split windshields.

This was NOT LSV by design. IT WAS GOLF CART with Plate on it just like the one I have with NO 4 wheel Hydraulic BRAKES and Yes I could see through the mag wheels it didn't have disk brakes. I See Club Cars which are even cheaper made clocking along at 30.

Don't comment if you don't know what a LSV is.

While I do't agree with LSVs going 40 mph, I don't like the idea that a vehicle that's only capable of going 25 is allowed to drive on roads where the speed limit is 35.

The law should be changed one way or the other. If LSVs can do 35, then they should be allowed to. But they should also have all of the safety equipment necessary such a four wheel brakes that are necessary to stop the vehicle at that speed. I've seen golf cart with plates and
Street Legal stickers on them that don't have a solid windshield or wipers. As far as I know, they shouldn't be declared to be street legal.
As far a people's concerns about them tipping over when swerving or being struck by a vehicle weighing ten times their weight, how is that any different from a motorcycle? Should we ban motorcycles because if they get hit by a ten ton truck they are in trouble.
I say let the LSVs go 35 or 40 but also make sure that they are equipped in every way to go that speed.
But we shouldn't be allowing vehicles that can only go 25 on streets where the speed limit is 35.

Ok, lets see how many people get fired up over this.
I was going throw the gate at Morse on pinnelas heading west and a cart crossed in front of me and i had to slam on the breaks.
I yelled at the fool as they stopped in the middle of the gate missing them by a foot.
As i yelled at them are you crazy i could of killed you.
As they Replied "Carts Have the right of Way" ( others in the golf cart path waiting to cross also yelled at the fools)
As i and the Guard at the gate yelled at them saying it is not a Cross walk and carts do not have the right of way on top of you could of gotten killed
As the Guard approached my car as he was shaking his head to see if i needed anything i replied did you hear and see that Jerk.
As he replied his boss told him the other day control the gates for the car traffic going throw and if the Golf Carts do something stupid and put themselves at risk they are on there own.
He also said you can't believe the idiots i see in a course of a day working the gates.
Just complete stupidity.
Is golf more important then your safety!'
The only thing i can say is ADULT IDIOTS.
Now lets see how much heat i take for this!!!!!!!!!

You did a great job by being alert and expecting people to do stupid things. That is how we experienced drivers avoid being in accidents. Again, Great Job!!

Of course, tomorrow the same stupid people will do the same stupid things and we can't do anything to prevent it.

Everyone should attend at least once the VHA Golf Cart safety clinic held at the Colony Recreation Center at 9:00 AM on the third (3rd) Wednesday Morning of each month.

Some should attend every month! :icon_wink:

My Parcar did not have hydraulic brakes or a split windshield, and it was a new "NEV", street legal, vin, licensed, and insured. I believe it was a 2003 model.