ATV Florida Forum

I heard on the radio that atv are going to be alowed to
ride on the street  but the tires would have to be changed to
street tires. Has any one else heard of this ??? ??? ???
or are they pulling my leg...

yea. add rear view mirrors,turn signals,hiway approved lights(front and rear). go through a safety inspection. pay MORE money for a hiway tag and oh yea i almost forgot hell has to freeze over too. or you can move to montana
p.s. : dont forget the dice to hang from the rear view.

i have heard this rumour years ago,,,can't see it happening though in south florida.....now you could go to west virginia,,some areas up there it's legal,,,ask grizz,,,he posts picturesin photo gallery about trail system up there where it's legal to ride down the street and to the gas station etc...

Because of the handling characteristics, ATVs are not approved for highway use by DOT. This is also why the M151 military jeeps, which were repaced by hummers, were not sold to the public. Unlike the Willys military jeeps, the M151s IRS was too unstable.

hey duputy. i'v read your input before and i gotta tell ya i usually dont like you guys but you sound allright. i am pretty sure that if you get a set of dice you can ride them on the street.

gery350, I heard the same thing about the dice too. I'll run it by my sergeant to confirm it.

thanks deputy. i will sleep better knowing theres hope.

i think ya'll are day dreamin'..ain't gonna happen!!!!.is that plain english for you

Thanks for the responses I didn't think so.
Who knows one day it happens ;D

unstable!!...that didn't stop Ferd from selling 'bout a zillion Bronco II's ;)

aint that the truth,,,,I was behind one yesterday on I-4 that I thought for sure was gonna turn over with every stiff breeze.

Id@

Its an accident waiting to happen [smiley=Dead.gif]

Good Stuff  [smiley=laugh.gif]

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]

Forget the dice!!! i wanna hang a cd from my grab bar, put a coffee can over my pipe and a couple glow lights underneath.

cool dude [smiley=laugh.gif]

glow lights. now we're talking. how about the night-rider light in the front. my quads name is "kit". and yes you can call me michael(david hassellhof)

Don't dog the Baby Broncos I had one lifted on 33s that I put a bored-out 302 in. I did two 360s @ 80 mph in the median after hydroplaning in the rain on I-75. It never rolled over though. I loved that thing, hated to get rid of it.

i wonder if the would legalize golf carts?they look awesome lifted..and you can hang fuzzy dice and c.d.'s off the mirror and have a bass-hitting stereo  lol

Did ever wonder how older folks get away with riding golfcarts along the sides of roads and on side walks in older "golfing type" communities. And don't mean gated communities. I have seem the drive 2 or 3 miles down a side walk next to a four lane road to get to a 7-11. I just don't understand the double standard.
Of course I have never seen a 80 y/o woman cat-walking down the black top on a modded out Raptor. Maybe that has something to do with "The Law's" strict ATV policies.

you can street legal a golf cart no prob. look up Golf Cart Depot in Pompano they do'em

I never heard of that :o

Check out some of the previous Dirt Wheels mag and you will see a couple of street legal 4 wheelers. One traveled from Califonia to Florida (I believe). They were converted to three wheelers, with the single wheel in the back. It looks kinda neat.

that one long ride

I'm going to check it out :)

    just got back from over seas got to ride a street artic cat 650 . It was awesome didn't feel it would rollover at all.I would like to ride the steet Yfz 450,they say it handles like better then most cars.
   Now my freind has a honda goldwing trike they are the most dangerest thing I ever been on.
   lets look at pikes peak there are more then 120 turns the top motorcycle was 10 second behind the top quad time.look at stopping ,my frenld has cbr600 and my yfz450.We were both doing 60mph then stop I had three feet on him.
  maybe the government were comparing quads built in the 80's
   

Even if ATV's were  street safe, I cant see the government legalizing them for street use (at least here in Florida). Heck, they are trying to get rid of us from our established riding areas, why would they want us on the streets?  LOL.  

can't believe this thread is still going :-/

 :-X

I rather ride a quad on the road than a kia.

IDA SAID "STIFF" ;D

when my family went camping there was all kinds of those.. we asked aobut one and they run abot 7k+

yes u can ride them on the stree my friend does. you have to det a speedometer,mounted mirrors,taillight,motorcycle tag, turn signals are recommended but u can use hand signals. thats all he has on his and hes ben pulled over a coulple times in the past year but never ne tickets.

I used to ride dirt bikes on the road. It only took a little modification. I had a Suzuki PE 250 and a Kawasaki KDX 250. Ya, I used to get pulled over a lot at first. But once a cop had pulled me over and saw that everything was in order (Registration, inspection sticker) off I would go.

Just a hint... Vermont will register ANYTHING for you and you don't have to be a resident! Check the Vermont DMV website. They even have an online form.

Register it in Vermont. Make sure you have DOT approved tires. Make sure lights work, including brake lights. and have signals and a rear veiw mirror and then cruise Main street. Nothing they could do.

As a Florida resident, it's mandatory that your vehicles are registered here unless you own a snowbird residence and reside primarily in the other state. FL Statute 316.2074 (5) defines and strictly prohibits ATVs on public roadways. Regardless if it has a tag from another state or country, it does not supercede state law.

Your wrong there! There a motorcycle hang out every last thurday of the month. And there a Quad with a tag and drives it in the street. The police are there too checking tags and the bikes. So what up with that?

http://www.atvsport.com/output.cfm?id=860995

Here's the 3-wheeler guy that rode across the US INCLUDING FLORIDA!

Here is his website. STREETLEGALATV.COM! LOL
http://streetlegalatv.com/

And Fl Statute 316.2074 (2) says:  As used in this section, the term "all-terrain vehicle" means any motorized off-highway vehicle 50 inches or less in width, having a dry weight of 900 pounds or less, designed to travel on three or more low-pressure tires, having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering control, and intended for use by a single operator with no passenger.

SO make it 51" or wider and  change the low pressure tires for regular DOT approved tires and you should be legal!

intresting....

crazy..........i wouldn't ride on highways down here on a quad,,to many idiots in cars,,could you imagine the idiots in cars alongside idiots on quads............thats ok,,,,i'll drive my truck on street and quad off highway and not be labeled an organ donor as are the guys on crouch rockets

spelling error= crotch rocket,,,,,,,,,,,,long day :-/

Big-daddy, If the quad you mention does not meet the definition of an ATV, defined in 316.2074 (2)(5), then it's not an ATV, thus not part of this discussion. I'm concerned about someone putting an out-of-state tag on a defined ATV and thinking they can ride legally on the roadways. If you modify an ATV beyond the the states definition, it becomes a motorized vehicle. Then it must meet motorized vehicle standards to operate legally on roadways.

If you read 316.2074 further, you'll see sub-section (7) that allows law enforcement to operate on public roadways/lands. My ATV is fully marked, lights/siren, turn signals, rear view mirror, ect....Even with all that, it's no fun riding on the roads. I usually avoid the roads by loading it in the back of my patrol truck and unloading near my patrol areas. I like the one on that "streetlegalatv.com" site. That's what everyone needs!! Dual-purpose ATVs.....

Is doing a willy on the street with a motorcycle legal if you are doing the speed limit. Would be nice if atv's were legal on the streets. I'm tire of doing willy's off road to many hole. 8)
I could just see my self going down SW 8 street on two wheels.

I ride know on the streets less cops telling you not to ride on the streets.the trails that are
left are  [smiley=Dead.gif]

You aren't the only one, I heard about it to but the bikes would also need side mirrors and turning signals.

Do you remember the radio station  [smiley=BigSmile.gif]

I didn't hear it on the radio, I heard it in the news!

Cool see ya in the mud ;D

 ;D

TRUE!!! Bronco II's were rolling death traps!!! I was in one in 1990, the lr tire blew out at 65mph on I-4, we flipped it 5 times I am told by the drivers behind us, all 3 of us survived, but our surfboards were crushed. Now we are all starting to see the back & neck problems from being pinned inside of it, upside down.