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Article: Lady Lake, Fla.-Area Residents Want to Cruise in Modified Golf Carts.

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March 8, 2003
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By Robert Sargent Jr., The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 8--LADY LAKE, Fla. -- More than 24,000 vehicles zoom through The Villages every day along U.S. Highway 27-441.

The crowded, four-lane roadway is among the busiest in the state. And traffic is growing every year as the area continues to develop.

Now a group of residents in The Villages wants to add another type of vehicle to the bumper-to-bumper grind: a faster, modified version of golf carts called low-speed vehicles.

The issue has drawn concern from state transportation officials who consider low-speed vehicles on U.S. 27-441a deadly ...

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