Laws never correct problems. They just make more income for the state. If they wanted to fix the issues, training of people is what is required. I would rather see a safety certificate or something than that garbage.

 

 

Fits off, It is toatally up to the parrent on what there childern do on there own land. Its there land, they bought it with there money that thy workde for. Thats why some ppl buy land to escape all the rules and alll the goody to shues ppl. I ride a scrambler 500 4x4, are you saying i shouldnt be riding that cause uts to fast. I dont care if it does 70, i dont care if it does 100, i have the class and certificcate that states that i went through propper training to be eligible to ride a atv of any sort.

 

Rieds, you are just up 71 from me. Have you been to Harlan County, KY to ride? It is similar (but not nearly as developed) as Hatfield McCoy. The town is ATV friendly and Kentucky law leaves that up to the municipality.

The ATV park there on Black Mountain is regulated by the county as of May. They require helmets and supposedly uphold the KY cc/age limits. But, there are no patrols and we were the odd ones out because we actually wear helmets. None of the locals wear helmets either on the street or trails. I even saw a couple 10-11 year olds riding a Yamaha YZ80 with no helmet.

Anyway, that town is one that has no intention of following the over regulation trends. Someone needs to step up and teach the parents how to be parents. But, over regulation isn't the answer.

Now one is going to tell me that my 15 year old isn't qualified, more so than many, to ride his Trailblazer 250!! Although, he always wears a helmet, boots, gloves and goggles.

 

The only way to fight back is through the political process. Vote!!! Educate yourself about canidates and issues and support the pro-offroaders. Join the many fine organizations that are fighting the good fight for us - Blue Ribbon, Commission, AMA, CORVA, etc. Bear in mind that the anti-atv lobby in the form of the Sierra Club et al has a lot more money, political experience, and political clout than we do. We are playing catch-up (at best).

 

That is a great point! Our lobby is going to need to grow significantly in order to affect change with the spineless politicians. It is too easy to demonize our sport and pass laws that non-riders wouldn't think are bad.

 

Ha! You should live in NJ!!! No child under 15 can ride - period. You need to take a driver saftey course and carry a certificate (the course is about $150). You have to have the unit registered and insured. Oh, and did I mention that even though you pay the state the registration fee there is no state land where it is legal to ride? In fact, you don't even need all of the fingers on one hand to count the legal places to ride in the entire state. Politics boys. We can't even find out what happens to the reg monies here - forget about the laws.

 

Another example of politics gone wild in the North East!!

Scottso, I feel for you brother. To make matters worse, you guys get taxed up to your eyeballs.

 

Well, it would be nice to let everything be up to the parents without having to have guidelines. That isnt possible however. These "LAWS" I think you will find are not enforced very well anyway. I mean, I highly doubt a cop would ever pull up in someones yard to see if the kid riding was old enough. If that were to happen, that would annoy me, no doubt.

These rules are kind of like seatbelt laws or helmet laws. Shouldn't that be up to each person? Problem is, when someone gets permanatly disabled, which unfortunatly happens all too often, its the government that is stuck paying for those people the rest of their lives.

 

Looks like the hunters did a good bit of lobbying for me.


The cc restriction is what is funny. They don't consider a dirtbike as part of any of this.