A town next to mine just adopted a new ordinance that seriously restricts ATV usage in the borough. According to the ordinance, anyone operating an atv on any public street (this includes the simple act of crossing a street from a path and goes against the ¼ mile rule for registered atv’s in the state of PA – it states that any registered atv can traverse public roads for up to one ¼ mile as long as they obey speed limits and traffic rules.). Any way the fine for getting caught is $300-$600 and/or 90 days in jail plus they take your atv. All this because some riders like to rip down streets that little kids are playing on, speed down roads, refuse to stop for officers that were giving out warnings and informing them of the rules for public road usage on an atv, and younger riders running over cops legs trying to escape from beer parties. Now on that last one, any cop who gets in front of a quad that’s rip’n down a path toward them need his head examined. But still, I just think that we as riders should put out some good examples so these kinds of ordinances don’t end up common place.
What do the rest of you think?

 

It only takes one bad apple to ruin the barrel. Find the ones that are causin or doing the bad things that bring undue attention to atv's and "make them realize" they aren't the only ones that enjoy wheeling!!!

 

cops should only catch the idiot that speed and the the guyz that go slow speeds should be ignored!!!!!!!!!!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

 

Hey ROOK give them a little bit shipboard justice[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

I was out riding the other day with my Wife and 2 boys we were on the trails but tried to cut through a street to get to some other trails. Well this older man in a van pulls up and starts yelling he is gonna call the police! Mind you we were driving over to the side in first gear just putt putting along! Some people will just be A$$holes no matter what you do. People like this old man really **** me off! If we were driving fast or on someones property I could fully understand but we could not have been going any slower! Some people love to Biatch just for the sake of Biatching!

Well my rant is done!

Nocando

 

Cops always find it easier to fine law abiding citizens because they will stop and it is easier to give a ticket to a stopped ATV than it is to chase them down trails. Only the responsible ATVer will stop because he or she is licenced and insured and feels the nothing will happen to them. So kids maybe the moral of the story is not to stop. (It wouldn't help here everybody knows each other)

 

dam thats right near me i wonder if i had anything to do wit.............