Multi What states allow ON ROAD use of OHVs?

[AMink]

I live in Nevada which has very limited on road use. You have to have insurance and get a sticker with stars on it to ID. You can ride two miles to trail heads if your municipality allows it. Anyway, in looking at going to Moab in Utah sometime it has become apparent that with a real license plate you can ride the streets and roads in Utah. If your state doesn't have one you're SOL in this matter, requiring trailering. What are rules for UTV on roads and streets in other states? And why can't they all be the same like driving a car from one state to another? (Don't answer that, I know why!)

 

[Admin]

 

[ChadD]

Michigan allows them on back roads with ORV stickers in certain counties. My neighbor used to have a plate and insurance on his mule in Tennessee when they had a place down there

 

[906UP]

To add to @ChadD , in the Upper Peninsula of MI most roads are open with the exception of US Interstates (I-75) and M highways but there are a few sections of state highways that are open to allow travel from one trail section to another. All that is needed is an ORV sticker, speed limited to 25mph while on public roads, must ride the shoulder & yield to vehicle traffic.

 

[Backwoods]

Road legal in Georgia. Speed limit 45 mph or less.

 

[NewHere2]

Can be licensed for the street here in South Dakota.

 

[AMink]

Can be licensed for the street here in South Dakota.

We were in SD a few summers ago around Rushmore and that area. SxSs all over the place. Can out of staters ride there or do they need plates from their home state?

 

[906UP]

We were in SD a few summers ago around Rushmore and that area. SxSs all over the place. Can out of staters ride there or do they need plates from their home state?

@Squeegee can answer, he's been out there a couple times

 

[NewHere2]

We were in SD a few summers ago around Rushmore and that area. SxSs all over the place. Can out of staters ride there or do they need plates from their home state?

I don’t know for sure. I believe there is a temporary permit that a nonresident can purchase if you don’t have your home state plates. Plus you need the Federal Forest Service permit for their trails.

Maybe @Squeegee or @-Bear- or @Vikes79 can help

 

[Prntckt]

We were in SD a few summers ago around Rushmore and that area. SxSs all over the place. Can out of staters ride there or do they need plates from their home state?

I rode there last year. The road pass for out of state riders was $50 annually

 

[Squeegee]

We were in SD a few summers ago around Rushmore and that area. SxSs all over the place. Can out of staters ride there or do they need plates from their home state?

Yes you just need insurance and get a SD liscence plate. Also a forest service permit.

 

[GovtMule]

Road legal in Georgia. Speed limit 45 mph or less.

Same in the Vol State.

 

[John Mc]

In Vermont, not allowed on the roads unless a municipality has specifically designated certain roads as OK for ATV use. Some towns have designated a lot of roads. My own town has none (which does not stop some people).

Other than that, the only legal on-road use is to cross the road at at 90 degree angle.

 

[AMink]

So basically OHV rules from state to state and municipality to municipality are as annoying as firearm laws!

 

[Barracuda]

Washington state has limited street-legal side by side access for on-road use, all of the on road accessible riding is 35 mph max and is allowed via city ordnances (but that doesn't mean all 35 mph roads are available for use in a street legal side by side so be careful where you drive).
Legally they make it kind of confusing, but in many rural areas many drivers don't pay close attention to the rules and they ride where ever they want - enforcement is lax from what I have seen...

 

[NewHere2]

So basically OHV rules from state to state and municipality to municipality are as annoying as firearm laws!

Not here, ya can open carry.

 

[AMink]

Not here, ya can open carry.

I can open carry in NV but if I drive about 15 miles west I'll have to leave half my guns on the side of the road and the other half will have to be in a box in my truck with the bullets in a different box. Ridiculous.

 

[Vikes79]

We were in SD a few summers ago around Rushmore and that area. SxSs all over the place. Can out of staters ride there or do they need plates from their home state?

In the Black Hills you can get by with just the forest service permit in that area only.

Any where else in the state you need to be road legal…rear view mirror, brake light, headlights and lighted license plate bracket as well as proof of insurance (same as a car). The rig must be capable of 45 mph. You can drive anywhere except for the interstate highways.

If your state doesn’t plate SXS’s you can title and plate your SXS or any vehicle in SD…it’s not a hard process…there are a handful of threads on this as well as articles on the web.

My rebuild thread shows what I used for mirrors and rear lighted plate. My rebuilder already came with turn signals….they aren’t required, but you should consider as not everyone knows or remembers the proper hand signals.

 

[Bad_bowtie]

Pretty much ride anywhere here as long as you stay off the interstate.

 

[John Mc]

As I posted in reply #12, in Vermont, ATV use on the road is not allowed, unless a municipality has designated specific roads where they are permitted.

Many ATV owners ignore this in our rural area. I think most people, including law enforcement, would be willing to let it slide if it were just the farmer driving his ATV out to his field to hop on his tractor, or someone otherwise following the law riding their ATV down to the local ice cream stand on a back dirt road. Unfortunately, we have a few whackos whose actions really call attention to the activity: Kids racing ATVs down the road (often with their parents blocking the road from other traffic for them), well above the posted speed limit, blowing through stop signs, etc. People using the ditches as ramps to jump out into the road. Riding wheelies down the middle of the road. We had a couple of underage kids killed in a neighboring town riding double on an ATV coming home drunk from a party. They blew right through a stop sign without slowing and were hit by a car. We've had other close calls. We've had other bad behavior: riding across private property without permission, vandalizing public parks and playing fields for youth sports.

It's really unfortunate. If the ATVs were following the same rules that the cars do, most of the locals would continue to look the other way and never say a thing about the illegal on-road operations. As it is, the irresponsible behavior has given ATVs & their riders a bad name in the community. many locals have had it, and no longer hesitate to cal the sheriff. Any chance there may have been to convince the town to designate a couple of key roads as OK for ATVs has been shot to hell.

 

[AMink]

As I posted in reply #12, in Vermont, ATV use on the road is not allowed, unless a municipality has designated specific roads where they are permitted.

Many ATV owners ignore this in our rural area. I think most people, including law enforcement, would be willing to let it slide if it were just the farmer driving his ATV out to his field to hop on his tractor, of someone otherwise following the law to ride their ATV down to the local ice cream stand on a back dirt road. Unfortunately, we have a few whackos whose actions really call attention to the activity: Kids racing ATVs down the road (often with their parents blocking the road from other traffic for them), well above the posted speed limit, blowing through stop signs, or driving home from a party at a friends house, etc. People using the ditches as ramps to jump out into the road. Riding wheelies down the middle of the road. We had a couple of underage kids killed in a neighboring town riding double on an ATV coming home drunk from a party. They blew right through a stop sign without slowing and were hit by a car. We've had other close calls. We've had other bad behavior: riding across private property without permission, vandalizing public parks and playing fields for youth sports.

It's really unfortunate. If the ATVs were following the same rules that the cars do, most of the locals would continue to look the other way and never say a thing about the illegal on-road operations. As it is, the irresponsible behavior has given ATVs & their riders a bad name in the community. many locals have had it, and no longer hesitate to cal the sheriff. Any chance there may have been to convince the town to designate a couple of key roads as OK for ATVs has been shot to hell.

Another sad example of the few screwing it up for the many. It happens in shooting, hunting, mountain biking, skiing, boarding, whatever. The tool is different but the TOOL is the same.