ATV question

  • Buzz
    Minneapolis MN
    Posts: 1814
    May 27, 2014 at 10:05 am #1355164

    What does a 21 yr old need to operate an ATV on a county road? A friend was ticketed for not having a safety certificate but has a drivers license and motorcycle endorsement.

    francisco4
    Holmen, WI
    Posts: 3607
    May 27, 2014 at 10:13 am #1412391

    Our local ordances do not allow ATVs on the roads. We have farms less than 4 miles from our door too.

    FDR

    sgt._rock
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2517
    May 27, 2014 at 10:19 am #1412394

    Anyone born after July 1, 1987 and who is 16 years or older must successfully
    complete the ATV Safety Training CD before operating an ATV on public
    lands, frozen waters, public road rights-of-way, or state or grant-in-aid trails
    and may choose to attend an ATV Safety Training Class.

    out_fishing
    Moorhead, MN
    Posts: 1151
    May 27, 2014 at 10:23 am #1412397

    How much was the ticket? Dont get me wrong safety is important but its a joke that anyone over the legal age to drive a car needs the additional certificates.
    watercraft safety, snowmobile safety, ATV safety.

    This is from the DNR:
    Effective January 1, 2006, anyone who operates an ATV and is born after July 1, 1987 must complete the ATV CD Training Course before operating an ATV.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18621
    May 27, 2014 at 10:39 am #1412402

    Quote:

    How much was the ticket? Dont get me wrong safety is important but its a joke that anyone over the legal age to drive a car needs the additional certificates.
    watercraft safety, snowmobile safety, ATV safety.

    This is from the DNR:
    Effective January 1, 2006, anyone who operates an ATV and is born after July 1, 1987 must complete the ATV CD Training Course before operating an ATV.

    I agree but it sure is nice being old enough to be grandfathered in all those rules.

    Buzz
    Minneapolis MN
    Posts: 1814
    May 27, 2014 at 11:37 am #1412407

    Thanks all. Sounds like he should have known this and taken the course. $180 ticket.

    out_fishing
    Moorhead, MN
    Posts: 1151
    May 27, 2014 at 12:20 pm #1412426

    Ouch, thats crazy. I missed the window to be grandfathered in on the snowmobile safety one. I better start putting some money aside for that ticket one day…

    the_grump
    Le Center
    Posts: 612
    May 27, 2014 at 2:19 pm #1412463

    Consider himself lucky he did not get another ticket for riding on the road. There are only a couple of counties in Mn that riding on the road is legal.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18621
    May 28, 2014 at 6:31 am #1412554

    Amazing how different the ATV and sled laws are between Wi and Mn. Wi is definitely the more ATV friendly state.

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