ORV?S LEGAL ON MOST MICHIGAN ROADWAYS, MAYBE?????????..

By *wanger* Ranney, Facilitator, Michigan Motorized Recreation Council



On February 22nd, 2007 House Chair of Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Department of Natural Resources Joel Sheltrown (D) District 103 will introduce a Bill that will make it possible. On the same date, Senator Mike Prussi (D) District 38 will introduce the same in the Senate. Plans are for the Bill to have a number on February 27th.

Without doubt, some of the most exciting news in the history or ORV activity in Michigan! We have read the ?blueback?, the last step of a Bill before introduction. WE SEE NOTHING IN THE BILL WE CANNOT LIVE WITH! We will hold our detailed comments until we see what is presented on the 22nd.

The intent of the Bill is to erase any shadow of doubt, it is legal for a county, township or municipality, the option to permit ORV use on their roadways. It has long been the position of those in leadership of the ORV community and supported by many others, we need this legislation for the purpose of convenience, increased recreational opportunity and as an economic generator for Michigan?s economy.

The Bill in its present form limits the option to those North of Townline 12, ( primarily a line East/West of Bay City and the southern boundary?s of those counties).

For this Bill to pass, YOU must be involved and it is very easy. You need to write three short letters of support. Simply punch in Michigan House of Representatives, send your Representative a letter, then look under Committee?s in the House, you want Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Department of Natural Resources. Choose one or all, send an e-mail of support.

Punch in Michigan Senate, find your Senator, send a short note of support. To all, simply state you support Representative Sheltrown?s and Senator Prussi?s ORV Bill.

It is up to YOU! There are 346,000 ORV users in Michigan, we need a 10% or more response to Lansing for the most favorable ORV legislation in Michigan?s history. For further information, check out your favorite ORV user groups web site.


PLEASE DO THIS! if we get enough support we could get these things street legal!

 

im not in michigan but god luck on that

 

LOWELL MI ... THAT WOULD BE FRICKEN SWEET...

 

This would be sweet, MI. tourism is going down hill fast, shoot all of MI. is going is going to the dogs, this would bring in alot of money to the state, with all ATVs and ORVs there is, not all of them have an ORV sticker, if this passes, those who dont have stickers will and that would be alot of cabage for the DNR,and if you have to have a LIC. plate too that would be even more for the state, then people would get out and ride, buy more gas, food and ATVs, it would be a big boost for MI. economy, if sled can run on the roads ATV should be able to also.

Srambler, if you haven't done it yet, you need to post this on the other forums

 

i love to jump on cruise down the road like a motor cycle, hell i do now !!! i have always said some people ride their harleys to relax , i ride my polaris...all you would need to be legal is a plate and a set of turn signals(that simple) and it would be alot of money going to the state .. would they be allowed on just the secondary roads or highways to? iam half excited about this ,i hope it happens>

 

you could do that right now in maine as long as it was street legal and pass an instection and register it for the road. but it would be a catch 22 that you cant drive road registered vechicals on the trails. lol. good luck w/ it though.

 

no sh*t, what a catch 22!!!

 

hey scramblerXLE, can u pass this info on to some of the michigan atv web sites
like www.atvoffroad.net & the michigandirtslingers.com, I did not see anything
about it on those sites. Maybe u have put the info on some other sites already.

 

i got it off of michigandirtslingers, but am not a atvoffroad.net member... i'm gonna spam it in all the forums here today, and atvriders.com, if someone else could do atvoffroad.net that would be great! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

It's really nice, all you need in Wyo is head, tail ,brake ligts, a horn and a mirror and you license them like a car and drive away.