Nebraska made it legal for each community to enact a law to allow atvs to be driven on the street this last January. The rules say can't be over 50" wide must be tandem seat, 3 or 4 wheels, safety flag must be 5' tall, must have liability insurance, must have headlamps, tailamps on. operational brake lights, must have valid drivers lic. can only be driven between sunup & sundown cannot be driven on 4 lane streets.No plate is needed. Guys with Mules, Razrs, Rhinos & golf carts are mad because they were excluded. Our town voted yes to the law, it goes into effect May 15th.
I have all 4 of my atv's registered in AZ. 3 quads and Rhino. I'm paying over $1200 in insurance and close to $400 for the plates. I do this so I can ride anywhere in the National Forest. The city is just way to busy for atvs.
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New law allows “street legal” ATVs on some streets, highways
By Craig Bigler, contributing writer
Apr 30, 2008 - 2:56:34 PM
A recently passed state law that creates a new class of “street-legal” all-terrain vehicles and allows them to be operated on streets and two-lane highways has Moab and Grand County officials concerned about its impacts. Aside from exceptions for Salt Lake County, municipalities within Salt Lake County, and municipalities with more than 7,500 population, no language in the new legislation allows jurisdictions to prohibit use of street-legal ATVs. The law takes effect Oct. 1, 2008.
The new law states that even ATVs that are not street-legal may operate on certain streets and highways in any county or municipality that designates such streets or highways as open for “general off-highway vehicle use”.
Similarly, all counties and municipalities may allow limited use of streets or highways for non-street-legal ATVs to gain access to open areas, according to the bill, which also re-affirms existing rights for ATVs to cross streets and highways at right angles.
To be licensed as street-legal, ATVs must comply with essentially the same requirements as motorcycles. The one difference is the bill states they may not exceed 45 miles per hour on highways, even where the posted speed limit is higher.
Local officials remain uncertain about potential legal interpretations. “Non-street-legal ATVs are still illegal on city streets,” Mayor Dave Sakrison said, adding that the Moab City Council is waiting for a legal opinion on the bill so it can understand the ramifications.
“We follow the state law,” Grand County Council Administrator Shawn Warnke said. The county council is working with Sheriff Jim Nyland to understand the ramifications, he said.
“I don’t think it is going to be a major problem in the county,” Nyland said, noting that the Utah Sheriffs’ Association unanimously endorsed the bill. “Most people are not going to go to the expense of making older ATVs street legal.”
Nyland complained that Bureau of Land Management parking areas at trailheads are not large enough to accommodate large rigs hauling ATVs on trailers. A consequence, he said, is that ATV riders use county roads to ride from trailheads to their condos, traveling fast to avoid detection. Street-legal ATVs would not have this problem, he said.
An advantage from Nyland’s point of view is that SB 181 carries a reciprocal provision allowing ATVs registered as street-legal in other states, such as Arizona, to operate on Utah streets and highways.
The bill also states that it “exempts insurance policies purchased to satisfy the owner’s or operator’s security requirement for an off-highway vehicle or street-legal all-terrain vehicle from the requirement to include personal protection on the policy.” Noel did not return a call asking for an explanation of this provision.
Regarding operator age, the bill states, “A municipality or a county may adopt an ordinance requiring an operator who is under 16 years of age to be under the direct visual supervision of an adult....”
Street-legal ATVs must pass safety inspections that verify compliance with a variety of requirements, and must be licensed and display a safety sticker.
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Equipment required to make ATVs “street legal”:
• one or more headlamps
• one or more tail lamps
• lamp to illuminate the registration plate
• one or more red reflectors on the rear
• one or more stop lamps on the rear
• amber electric turn signals, one on each side, front and rear
• a braking system other than a parking brake
• a horn or other warning device
• a muffler and emission control system (emph. added)
• rearview mirrors left and right
• a windshield, unless rider wears goggles
• an illuminated speedometer
• for two seater vehicles, the second seat, footrests, seatbelts, and handholds must be installed
• vehicle must obey speed limit, but may not exceed 45 mph
It has, here you go. He's in Castro Valley (Bay Area) and I've seen it on the street. CA street legal ATV
Not exactly an off-the-shelf quad. THat guy obviously went to a lot of work to modify the machine to make it CA legal.
3 wheels = motorcycle registration
Not many of us are willing to do this.
Very interesting. A little too weird for me though. What would that aparatus be called?
If it had the 3rd wheel on the other end, I would go for it. If 3 wheelers where street legal here, could get some practical transportation use out of my ATC250R!
BensBox wrote: Back in the day me and my friends all had street legal 3 wheelers in AZ. It was a site riding down the black canyon fwy on 250Rs. Mine was a converted Kawasaki triple. Some of the guys even would ride from Phoenix to Buttercup.
That must have been way back. When I inquired about registering a 3 wheeler around the late 80's or early 90's, I was told 3 wheelers were not allowed.
Our governator got a ticket a while back. Seems he removed the side car, thus converting from three wheels to two wheels. He had a class C license with no M1 endorsement.
Apparently, more than two wheels does not require any special endorsement to drive.
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SoCalDesertRider wrote: That must have been way back. When I inquired about registering a 3 wheeler around the late 80's or early 90's, I was told 3 wheelers were not allowed.
1985 to be exact...
I moved back to California in 1986.
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SoCalDesertRider wrote: That must have been way back. When I inquired about registering a 3 wheeler around the late 80's or early 90's, I was told 3 wheelers were not allowed.
1985 to be exact...
I moved back to California in 1986.
Ben
That would be right before the days of the national 3-wheeler ban...
BensBox wrote: Back in the day me and my friends all had street legal 3 wheelers in AZ. It was a site riding down the black canyon fwy on 250Rs. Mine was a converted Kawasaki triple. Some of the guys even would ride from Phoenix to Buttercup.
That must have been way back. When I inquired about registering a 3 wheeler around the late 80's or early 90's, I was told 3 wheelers were not allowed.
Not sure about AZ, but CA has some pretty tough regs and three wheelers are definitely legal. There are a few available from small MFRs, the Can Am Spyder is the newest one that you can buy:
SoCalDesertRider wrote:
If it had the 3rd wheel on the other end, I would go for it. If 3 wheelers where street legal here, could get some practical transportation use out of my ATC250R!
It would be cool to see some ATC's out there...but I think you'd have a tough time meeting emissions!
At any rate, two wheels in front is significantly more stable. It just looks goofy.
PopBeavers wrote: Our governator got a ticket a while back. Seems he removed the side car, thus converting from three wheels to two wheels. He had a class C license with no M1 endorsement.
Apparently, more than two wheels does not require any special endorsement to drive.
Three wheelers are classified as motorcycles. I don't know for sure, but I would think that you'd need a MC endoresement to ride something classified as a MC.
CA DMV code:
400. (a) A "motorcycle" is any motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider, designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, and weighing less than 1,500 pounds. Clicky
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