[Dotneko]

I did a search and may be using the wrong keywords, so i apologize in advance if this has been asked before.
We took our brand new 4 seater club car out and floored, it was doing 19 mph according to my speed app on the phone. We were regularly being driven up on and/or being left behind. Are we extraordinarily slow? I thought 20 was the max speed on the multimodals?

[CWGUY]

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[CWGUY]

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Multi-Modal Path Information and Safety

[Nucky]

I had to sign something yesterday at The Villages Golf Cart that said I knew my cart goes over 20mph. I declined to sign it. I don't speed anyway but after waiting a while for the appointment I would think that repairing the cart would be the first priority. I know it was for me. Telling the person who checked me in to pull their mask over their schnozzola was actually the top priority.

20mph is fast enough after you've witnessed a speed-related cart rollover. It's not good.

[UpNorth]

2 for 0mph is the maximum speed for a golf cart according to federal law. If you drive a cart that can go over 20mph on a public road, you can be ticketed for driving an unregistered motor vehicle. Around $250 plus a trip to court, where they will make you take the cart to a mechanic to certify that it can go no faster than 20mph. It doesn't matter if you were driving below 20mph or not. If you get into an accident, your fault or not, you cart may be checked by the police to see if has been tampered with to go above 20mph. And you cart insurance will not cover you if it can.

All that being said, their are loads of unregistered motor vehicles in The Villages. Most are gas carts with their governors altered. There are some "street legal" electric carts around, which are licensed and insured with added equipment. My cart can not go faster than 20mph, but I constantly get passed by idiots that come up to my bumper from nowhere and pass me going 2 or 3 mph faster.

[MickeyStevens]

Our golf cart can hit 27 mph. For us we just enjoy cruising around 18 mph. Honestly now what's the hurry? We are retired and have all the time in the world.

[Dotneko]

Thanks! That's what i thought, but I didnt want to be the one holding up traffic if our new cart was set to slow for some reason
Hubby keeps wanting to pull over to let them pass, but I want to just keep on keepin on if I am doing the speed limit or very close.

[John_W]

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[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by Dotneko

Thanks! That's what i thought, but I didnt want to be the one holding up traffic if our new cart was set to slow for some reason
Hubby keeps wanting to pull over to let them pass, but I want to just keep on keepin on if I am doing the speed limit or very close.

While it is DEFINITELY NOT LEGAL I rarely (yes, of course there are some) see a golf cart traveling at under 20mph where I travel unless they are in the process of STOPPING or going up a steep hill. I'd bet 1/2 dozen donuts that probably 80% of the PRIVATELY OWNED not rented carts around here can do more than 20. Even if they are set to MAX of 22 it's just as illegal as if it was set to go 28. My "cart" has a real speedometer so it is easy to fairly accurately be able to tell speed. While there probably aren't more than a few tickets issued for non-reg vehicles (ie. golf carts CAPABLE of EXCEEDING 20mph) every year they are quite expensive.

[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by John_W

If you're on a MMP (Multi-modal path) the police will not give a golf cart driver a ticket for speeding because it is private property. However, they will and can give you an open container ticket if you have an open container of alcohol while operating a golf cart on the MMP. The police have also been known to ticket the driver in a golf cart sitting parked at the squares while the driver has the engine turned off and is only listening to music. If you decide to go the square and have a alcoholic drink take a chair and sit next to the cart and not in the cart, you'll be OK.

If you're driving in a cart on a public street such as Hillsborough, Pinellas or St. Charles for example in the golf lane, they will give you ticket if your cart is going more than 20mph. It's not a speeding ticket, Florida law states the definition of a golf cart is

"Golf cart” means a motor vehicle that is designed and manufactured for operation on a golf course for sporting or recreational purposes and that is not capable of exceeding speeds of 20 miles per hour.

Because of the way the definition of a golf cart is written, if you are exceeding the speed limit of 20, they don't consider you a golf cart, but a LSV (low speed vehicle) in layman's terms, a street legal cart. In which case you need a Florida license tag, full auto insurance, windshield wipers, seat belts and one piece windshield. Since you're operating as LSV but are NOT licensed as such, you'll receive the unregistered vehicle ticket. Also, you do not need to be going more than 20mph, if your cart is simply capable of going more than 20, such as 27 mph mentioned by a poster, that is an illegal cart and be ticketed even if you're not speeding.

From past violators who have posted on TOTV, we've learned that you must appear in County Court in Bushnell and need to bring a letter from a certified mechanic that cart has been dialed back to the appropriate speed for a golf cart. You probably will pay a fine and court costs that are about $450 and if by chance you show up wearing shorts in court, you'll stay until the last case of the day, about 4:30 to be heard.

Holy cow!! You’re not speaking from personal experience, are you? LOL.

[tophcfa]

Both our carts are set to not exceed the maximum speed limit and we often get passed by other carts like we are crawling along. That being said, getting passed is rarely very dangerous. What is dangerous are carts going 10 - 15 MPH, causing long backups behind them, resulting in people getting frustrated and taking unnecessary risks to get by the logjam. Why can’t everyone just drive along at the legal speed limit?

[kathyspear]

I have two related questions:

(1) If you go faster than 10 mph on the Lake Sumter bridge going over to the square what, if anything, might the penalty be? Is there someone who might give you a ticket? Or is it just an issue that might affect an insurance claim if you were in an accident? [We were tail gaited on our way back from dinner tonight by someone who seemed very unhappy that we were driving the speed limit.]

(2) If you are driving in the golf cart lane on, say, Morse Blvd. going north and there is a slowpoke in front of you (SLOW by your standards, which could mean "below 20" or maybe just "going 20 but that isn't fast enough for me") are you allowed to temporarily move into the car lane in order to pass the slower moving cart?

Thx.

kathy

[Garywt]

We have 2 carts, one came set at 21 and a used on we got was set at about 23. I have not touched them but they can be adjusted. Many have adjusted to go about 25 and some to over 30. It can get crazy if people start flying by you with carts coming the other way. I am fine at 21 knowing it is 1 over but I do not pass or run up on slower carts.

[rhood]

[QUOTE=UpNorth;1916656]2 for 0mph is the maximum speed for a golf cart according to federal law.

What federal law is this ?

[MorTech]

I had an electric cart that did exactly 19.5 MPH and every cart in The Villages wanted to pass me...It got to be dangerous as some people have poor judgement.

The Villages Golf Car use to set the carts to 22 MPH...Do they still do this?