Category: Low Speed Vehicle

Lowspeed vehicles • Golf cart • Accident • Parking lot • Golf community • Sun City • Hillsborough County • Mainlands • Pinellas County • Pinellas Park

According to a recent article published by the INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY, in 1998 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) established a limited set of safety standards for low-speed vehicles (LSVs) intended to apply to vehicles used “to make short trips for shopping, social, and recreational purposes primarily within retirement or other planned…

GOLF CARTS & LOW SPEED VEHICLES (LSV)

GENERAL INFORMATION If the operator of a golf cart of LSV were to commit a traffic infraction like running a stop sign, crossing over two lanes of traffic to make a left turn, speed greater than 20 mph (golf cart) 25 mph (LSV), the operator could be issued a traffic citation. Remember, golf carts and…