golf carts illegal on public roads / bike path

[Joe Complete]

The vehicle you pictured can be licensed and insured and hence driven on Florida roads with a speed limit of 35mph or less. You can cross roads with a speed limit of up to 45mph but cannot drive down any road with a limit over 35mph. The vehicle must have a license plate and be insured to be street legal.

 

[hnooe]

I happened to see 2 police cars stopped by the bike path today, talking to a golf cart filled with kids. The kids looked like they were about to cry. They had the golf cart on the bike path near The Retreat in BMB.

Thank you police..where the heck are the darn parents? I hate to say it but, mark my words, there is going to be a serious accident one day created by an underaged Golf Cart driver somewhere on 30A! At that point, painfully but hopefully, it will put a COMPLETE stop to it!

 

[wrobert]

Thank you police..where the heck are the darn parents? I hate to say it but, mark my words, there is going to be a serious accident one day created by an underaged Golf Cart driver somewhere on 30A! At that point, painfully but hopefully, it will put a COMPLETE stop to it!

There are no cities in south Walton, thus no police cars that have jurisdiction. But I do know what you mean.

 

[wrobert]

The vehicle you pictured can be licensed and insured and hence driven on Florida roads with a speed limit of 35mph or less. You can cross roads with a speed limit of up to 45mph but cannot drive down any road with a limit over 35mph. The vehicle must have a license plate and be insured to be street legal.

What statute covers this? The only minimum speeds that I recall in Florida are on Interstate Highways.

 

[Joe Complete]

Here is the link to the Statute:

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes...Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0316/Sec2122.htm



316.2122 Operation of a low-speed vehicle on certain roadways.--The operation of a low-speed vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01(42), on any road as defined in s. 334.03(15) or (33), is authorized with the following restrictions:

(1) A low-speed vehicle may be operated only on streets where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less. This does not prohibit a low-speed vehicle from crossing a road or street at an intersection where the road or street has a posted speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour.

(2) A low-speed vehicle must be equipped with headlamps, stop lamps, turn signal lamps, taillamps, reflex reflectors, parking brakes, rearview mirrors, windshields, seat belts, and vehicle identification numbers.

(3) A low-speed vehicle must be registered and insured in accordance with s. 320.02.

(4) Any person operating a low-speed vehicle must have in his or her possession a valid driver's license.

(5) A county or municipality may prohibit the operation of low-speed vehicles on any road under its jurisdiction if the governing body of the county or municipality determines that such prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.
(6) The Department of Transportation may prohibit the operation of low-speed vehicles on any road under its jurisdiction if it determines that such prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.