[wendyquat]

We get passed all the time and I often wonder just how much quicker one arrives at their destination by going 3, 4 or 5 miles over the limit! I'm sure someone out there is good enough with math to figure this out and share the tatistics!

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by Tom Grooms

Unfortunately, this is a criminal offense and you must appear in criminal court. Everybody in the courtroom pays the $256 court cost plus any fines. When I was there an 82 year old woman was trying to explain that she didn't understand what happened to the judge , the judge said he seen this more than 300 times and issued her a $110 fine plus the $256 court cost. Ouch! You can't fight it, the DA will not move on these violations. I wouldn't bother hiring a lawyer, just be very pleasant with the judge apologize and maybe he won't fine you but you're still sacked with the $256 court cost.

It's a total money grab. I was in court because I got the same ticket on the
parking lot of the license bureau
registering a car I just purchased that same day

And did you drive the unregistered car to the license bureau on a public
highway???? Nuff said.

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by skyc6

Very sensible well written post! It seems an easy moneymaker for the local police force. To suggest that someone should be "prosecuted to the full extent of the law" for driving 2 or 3 miles over the speed limit sounds like Aunt Bea in Mayberry.

Where did you get the idea that the fine money goes to the police dept?
BTW, I love it when people say the "cop" was hiding..
The more enforcement, the better for all. Kudos to the SCSD, keep up the good work.

[crummybuttons]

It's the law buddy! and you must obey it. Where do people get off thinking that the laws don't apply to them? You have a golf cart that goes over 20 mph....TICKET! some people here think their above the law. These are the people you see driving their carts while walking their dogs, or driving their golf carts with their grandchildren strapped in to their golf bag holders. Unbelievable. I think the fine should be STIFF! I'm sick and tired of driving down the golf cart path at 20 mph and having you pass me. If YOU have to be somewhere then leave earlier!

Originally Posted by LndLocked

It is always heart warming and reassuring when SCSO catches such a egregious transgression of the law of the land. I mean, heaven forbid they should have to to the hard work of catching actual criminals.

[Golfingnut]

Since the OP will not identify actual speed, I will be forward enough to give my estamate: 27 MPH.

I do not know, but doubt if an officer would issue a ticket for going down hill at 23 MPH.

[paulandjean]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

Since the OP will not identify actual speed, I will be forward enough to give my estamate: 27 MPH.

I do not know, but doubt if an officer would issue a ticket for going down hill at 23 MPH.

How would you know? I think the cops would give a ticket for one mile over the limit.

[Mimivillager]

I just love it when I get passed by a speeding golf cart and then I catch up to them at the next intersection! I have a slow golf cart.

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by paulandjean

How would you know? I think the cops would give a ticket for one mile over the limit.As the goodie two shoes would say "its the law" Fun getting old.

I guessed.


My intention was to give an opinion.

1. If you are driving a cart at 22 - 23 MPH, I would hope they would not stop you.

2. If you are driving a cart at 27 MPH or more, I would hope they shoot your tires out before you kill someone.

[Golf View]

Originally Posted by Shimpy

Exactly. This post is winding down but like I knew it would, it got responses from many "goody two shoes" that are alarmed to hear that someone was driving 2 mph over the speed limit. Horrible. What a danger to society. 2 mph is less than a slow walking speed. This is an active adult community. If you don't choose to participate or can't, don't complain if it moves faster than you.

I don't see where the writer said he was only going 2 miles over the limit. Where did that come from, He hasn't said how fast he was going. Lets stick to the facts. He could have been going 10 mph over the limit.

[paulandjean]

I rest my case, See the other story about a golf cart court appearance.

[Moderator]

Please stay on topic and avoid generalized and specific name calling.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Almost all carts are capable of going over 20 mph if you get them going down a big hill.
If you're going 24 down a big hill can you get ticketed for driving an unregistered vehicle?
After the OP was ticketed, did the officer allow him to drive away in his unregistered vehicle? If so, wasn't the officer neglecting his duty? It was my experience when I was a teen to have allowed my registration to expire. Not only was I ticketed, but my car was towed as the police couldn't allow me to continue to drive and unregistered vehicle on the public roads.

[JB in TV]

Seems to me that it doesn't matter if the reason for speeding in a golf cart is beacuse of a big hill, it is still speeding. If you are on an Interstate highway and the speed limit is 70mph, and you encounter a long down hill, and your previously cruise-control set speed has crept up to 80 mph, and you get stopped and cited for driving 80 mph, you were still breaking the law. A ticket is written, you grumble, presumably you pay it and thats the end.

Please enlighten me, as I don't understand the comments regarding the hill and the speed limit of golf carts. As I think I understand it, the ticket becomes for an unregisterd vehicle...which would seem to indicate that there is not really a speed limit for golf carts....???? So, if your golf cart isn't modified to go over 20mph, and you get stopped for over 20 mph on a down hill, you still need to pay (a golf cart store?) to get it certified that it can't go over 20mph????? Then go to court, and probably pay the fine for driving an unregistered vehicle, as well as court costs?

I must say that wife and I are new to Florida, and have not yet purchased a golf cart. With this kind of issue at hand, we may not, and just continue to drive our Camry Hybrid, which is paid for, gets 41-44 mpg in The Villages, and keeps us cool when it is hot out, dry when it is raining...and I don't have to worry about getting stopped for 2-3 mph over and getting a ticket for driving a non registered vehicle, and all its apparent side issues.

Trust me, I am not for over-regulation, but it seems to me that the rules for golf carts, at least in the Villages, need to be clarified....OR people need to complete an approved course before being allowed to sign and take possession.

EDIT: added thought, what if a bicyclist is going over 20mph? Does he/she get ticketed for an unregistered vehicle? or is there no speed limit for bicycles.

[johmer1]

Originally Posted by eremite06

Many many carts exceed the speed limit. If we didn't have rules and laws, I guess we'd have anarchy. Police uphold the laws as they should. That tired, worn out gripe about don't they have better things to do and higher crimes to stop, really bugs me.

I got my very first speeding ticket in my truck just 4 months ago after I've been driving nearly 50 years. I was in the wrong, I was speeding, paid the ticket and took the driving class. End of story!

you didn't get my point. speeding ticket for a car is speeding ticket. small fine. speeding ticket for a golf cart is driving an unregistered motor vehicle mega bucks for the court system. When is a chicken a duck? when the law says it is.

[eremite06]

Originally Posted by The Buckeyes

You.ve been driving for 50 and had to take a driving class?

I took the driving class online to avoid points on my license.