[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by Ooper

Is your cart capable of exceeding 19.9 mph going down Mallory Hill if you don't touch the brakes and have the accelerator at full throttle? If you answer yes, do you have your cart registered? I am not saying you or anyone would do this, but I don't think there is a cart in TV that is not capable of exceeding 19.9 mph under these conditions. So does that mean everybody should have their carts registered and insured because they are no longer defined as a golf cart?

You still don't get it. Your cart must be mechanically modified to exceed 19.9MPH in order to get a ticket. Going down a hill doesn't count. Nothing more simple than that.

[Ooper]

I'm not missing the point! My cart is not mechanically modified to exceed 19.9 mph. But if I get a ticket going down a hill for creeping up to 21 mph, I'll just tell the cop that it's OK because you said it's OK. Look... all I'm saying is that whether or not your cart is mechanically altered to go faster than 19.9 mph, almost every cart in TV is capable, under the right conditions, to exceed that limit. Should a cop stop you for going to fast, he is not going to care if your cart was modified or not... you're going to get a citation!

[hotpotato]

I have both an electric club car precedent and a gas TXT ( 2 cylinder) EZ-GO. Both will go around 19.5 on the flat AND at most a few .1 mph faster on the steepest downgrade I could find around here ( checked with GPS). I believe that the speed goveners on at least these carts will keep your speed below 20 MPH regardless of terrain.

[paulandjean]

If a cop were to give me a ticket for going 22 or 23 ,or 2 or 3 miles over the speed limit in a golf cart I would think I would laugh in his face. Come on people get real. I am not sure how many of these tickets they give out ,if its more than one its to many. I have to beleive that a cop himself would think this is stupid.Man so many other things to catch out there. County sheriff job here , is the easiest in the state.Live a little. Sounds like a lot of whining 3rd graders.

[Mikeod]

Originally Posted by paulandjean

If a cop were to give me a ticket for going 22 or 23 ,or 2 or 3 miles over the speed limit in a golf cart I would think I would laugh in his face. Come on people get real. I am not sure how many of these tickets they give out ,if its more than one its to many. I have to beleive that a cop himself would think this is stupid.Man so many other things to catch out there. County sheriff job here , is the easiest in the state.Live a little. Sounds like a lot of whining 3rd graders.

You still don't get it. It's not a speeding ticket. It is a citation for driving an unregistered motor vehicle. I agree it would be picky to issue a speeding ticket for such a small amount over the limit, but it's not a speeding ticket.

All I'm trying to do is clear up what is involved when a cart is cited for going faster than 20 on public roads. No whining involved. Most of the whining I see is from people who believe they should be able to drive their carts (or cars) as fast as they want wherever they want.

[Mr. Grampi II]

I mean No disrespect to P&J with the following but I would put the tickets written at about 26 -27 a month based on the 2011 district 6 report. Regarding "laughing in a officers face" I am 56 years old and I learned as a teenager that does not improve your odds in that situation, kinda like farting in bed during a potentially romantic moment...
I was pulled over in August on Sweetwater at the bottom of the hill by the Havana par three. I was going 23 , I told the officer I had just bought the cart (used) , he gave me a warning.

I took the cart to the Villages Golf Car store and they serviced it. They told me something about a tie wrap the prior owned had put on the governor, preventing it from working and allowing the cart to go faster... With the tie wrap removed it did not speed up going down on hills, before that is was like a runaway freight train... I also had them install a speedometer. I like to live a little myself but I do not believe in pushing my luck.

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by Mr. Grampi II

I mean No disrespect to P&J with the following but I would put the tickets written at about 26 -27 a month based on the 2011 district 6 report. Regarding "laughing in a officers face" I am 56 years old and I learned as a teenager that does not improve your odds in that situation, kinda like farting in bed during a potentially romantic moment...
I was pulled over in August on Sweetwater at the bottom of the hill by the Havana par three. I was going 23 , I told the officer I had just bought the cart (used) , he gave me a warning.

I took the cart to the Villages Golf Car store and they serviced it. They told me something about a tie wrap the prior owned had put on the governor, preventing it from working and allowing the cart to go faster... With the tie wrap removed it did not speed up going down on hills, before that is was like a runaway freight train... I also had them install a speedometer. I like to live a little myself but I do not believe in pushing my luck.

LOL.....I Love the analogy!

[VICAR OF DIBLEY]

Fran welcome back, from the former HB.

We are still watching Brit sit coms. Doubt if we will ever change.

[Russ_Boston]

Originally Posted by mikeod

You still don't get it. It's not a speeding ticket. It is a citation for driving an unregistered motor vehicle.

Mike - you're not surprised are you? It doesn't matter how you phrase it on TOTV, people will still argue the wrong point.

[paulandjean]

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston

Mike - you're not surprised are you? It doesn't matter how you phrase it on TOTV, people will still argue the wrong point.

I got it a long time ago.The cops pull your cart over for speeding,but they really want to hit you with the unregistered vehicle citation. Sounds like a great money maker for the county.