[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Randall55

The person speeding will get the ticket no matter which lane. On a busy street, with bumper to bumper traffic, there is not enough operable room for the majority of traffic to remain to the right. Those who continually weave in and out, will be ticketed. Town, city, and community streets are not open highways where one can zoom by in the left lane as they see fit.

If you do not believe this and speed in the left lane, or weave in and out of traffic, do not be surprised if you receive a $350 ticket for careless driving.

No argument with any of that. My point was only that the law requires the slower vehicle in the left lane to move over, even if he is speeding himself.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Would it kill you to ease off the "go pedal" for the 10 seconds it would take for them to pass you? You don't have to "pull over" and they can safely pass...

I've had people ahead of me (who are dawdling along, at 15-19 mph) do it, countless times. I wave and say "Thanks!" as I pass...

"Would it kill you to ease off the "go pedal" " and travel at a more leisurely pace for a minute or two?

Traveling at 75-95% of maximum speed is hardly "dawdling", imho. More like "cruising" the lovely pathways of our community. Saves fuel, cuts down noise and pollution (if you're driving an IC).

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

"Would it kill you to ease off the "go pedal" " and travel at a more leisurely pace for a minute or two?

Traveling at 75-95% of maximum speed is hardly "dawdling", imho. More like "cruising" the lovely pathways of our community. Saves fuel, cuts down noise and pollution (if you're driving an IC).

Going 75% of 20 = 15 mph on a MMP is not "cruising", it is a road hazard. Please don't get ahead of the rest of us.

[Randall55]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

No argument with any of that. My point was only that the law requires the slower vehicle in the left lane to move over, even if he is speeding himself.

I understand. Your posts seem to be written for slow drivers who impede movement of traffic. My posts are directed to speeders. In the Villages, I see more speeders than impeders. Your experience may be different.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Randall55

I understand. Your posts seem to be written for slow drivers who impede movement of traffic. My posts are directed to speeders. In the Villages, I see more speeders than impeders. Your experience may be different.

Same experience as you, I'd bet.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Randall55

I understand. Your posts seem to be written for slow drivers who impede movement of traffic. My posts are directed to speeders. In the Villages, I see more speeders than impeders. Your experience may be different.

In 10 years here, I'd say about 50-50, leaving drivers at the speed limit in the minority

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Going 75% of 20 = 15 mph on a MMP is not "cruising", it is a road hazard. Please don't get ahead of the rest of us.

I agree with your math. The question was "would it kill you to ease off the go-pedal a bit so one could pass" if one is going 15 mph, it sounds like the request has already been taken care of. The vehicle going 20 can easily pass, assuming it is safe to do so. No?

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

I agree with your math. The question was "would it kill you to ease off the go-pedal a bit so one could pass" if one is going 15 mph, it sounds like the request has already been taken care of. The vehicle going 20 can easily pass, assuming it is safe to do so. No?

Yes. And I'm sure they will get passed by 95% of the carts that come up behind them. And it is far better to encounter that than the "nice gentleman" who refuses to turn right on red or languishes in the left lane of I-75 at 55 mph.

[MartyW]

Folks going too fast? Maybe. I probably do sometimes. But I have to tell you what I saw Saturday night around 9:15. We were in the car and headed down El Camino Reall. Obviously it was dark. I was doing 35 and could see tail lights up ahead that were pulling away. I thought, is that a car on the cart path. So I goosed it up and caught up. I paced a “golf cart” doing 40! My cart is tweeted to 24 (it really only goes 23 down hill) So, in that case, I’m gonna say “too fast”

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by MartyW

Folks going too fast? Maybe. I probably do sometimes. But I have to tell you what I saw Saturday night around 9:15. We were in the car and headed down El Camino Reall. Obviously it was dark. I was doing 35 and could see tail lights up ahead that were pulling away. I thought, is that a car on the cart path. So I goosed it up and caught up. I paced a “golf cart” doing 40! My cart is tweeted to 24 (it really only goes 23 down hill) So, in that case, I’m gonna say “too fast”

Originally Posted by JMintzer

They're up to 40 now?

Originally Posted by Bill14564

I bet we see a claim of 55 sometime next year.

And there you have it.......

[Two Bills]

Here in UK, the "Save the Planet" experts/cabal, have lowered the speed limit for cars from 30mph to 20mph in most towns and villages.
Good job golf carts are not allowed on roads.
Fancy being overtaken in a Ferrari by one of them speeding past at 25mph!

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Here in UK, the "Save the Planet" experts/cabal, have lowered the speed limit for cars from 30mph to 20mph in most towns and villages.
Good job golf carts are not allowed on roads.
Fancy being overtaken in a Ferrari by one of them speeding past at 25mph!

I've been on a few of those roads and forget the "save the planet comments, slower is safer.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Would it kill you to ease off the "go pedal" for the 10 seconds it would take for them to pass you? You don't have to "pull over" and they can safely pass...

I've had people ahead of me (who are dawdling along, at 15-19 mph) do it, countless times. I wave and say "Thanks!" as I pass...

You just classified someone going the maximum speed a non-street legal cart is permitted to achieve (not go, but achieve) as "dawdling".

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

I've been on a few of those roads and forget the "save the planet comments, slower is safer.

Physics agrees but why stop at 20, why not make it 10mph and be safer still? How many lives is it worth to be able to travel at 20mph rather than 10mph?

Human behavior disagrees; unreasonably slow leads to either "road rage" or ignoring the speed limit entirely. Set the speed at a reasonable number (not the lowest common denominator) and the roads will be safer.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

I've been on a few of those roads and forget the "save the planet comments, slower is safer.

If you can't handle 30mph, you should not be driving.
Plus, most ICE cars are making more emissions at 20mph as the engine is not burning off the gasses completely, which nullifies the saving the planet reason/excuse.
Slower is not safer, paying attention to what is in front of you instead of the speedometer is safer!