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these are the notable points I found after reading through the laws (sections 20-34)
1.) you can get jailed up to 60 days and/or fined $50-$300 for riding on state, county, or city roads, public ways, right of ways, or controlled access highways or breaking a rule a director made from a public hearing
2.) otherwise there's a $20-$100 fine for not being registered, not having safety equipment (not having lights @ night, muffler, spark arrestor), being too young, harassing wildlife, being drunk or on drugs, carrying a rifle if you're not a cop, or not reporting a crash over $50
on the other hand...
you MAY ride across public ways (except controlled access highways) and you MAY push it across or adjacent to any way
I didn't see anything about impounding. Anyone know? If not, I would assume that legally, you don't have to get your bike impounded if you're accidentally off the trail and stopped
Hmm..I don't have the statutes, but I'm pretty sure if the ELE (or MSP) catches ya, its fines to 1500$ & impound.
this is what I pulled:
it doesn't say anything about $1,500 and an impound...is that just ELE ticketing and punishing you because they want to?Originally Posted by law
It was on the back of the ticket - the statutes and the possible penalties. That was awhile ago so I don't remember the infractions vs cost.
The big question is what are you looking for statutes on, just riding illegally or riding without a plate?
I have heard of ELE's showing up to a known illegal riding area with flatbeds and wreckers and just towing your shit away then they just wait. Impound doesen't only apply to bikes but if thats how your violating and all you have on you, then yes they aren't going to go home and make you give them your truck.
I've had a couple run-in's with ELE's and never pissed them off enough to want to jack my shit, but I have given them several hundred dollars.
I was curious about both, based on what I found in MGL chapter 90b sections 20-34.
but if what I read is wrong, where else can I read it?
that sucks about the towing...I've heard rumors about this as well
what were you fined for?
and the worse it gets to ride ORV's around here, the more jobs in ME sound appealing to me
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The one time I went I had a ds mass plated bike.
People we were with parked their van at a back road gate and rode their 2 smokes.
We rode out a different exit and the 2 smoke riders found rangers at their van when they returned.
They got $100 ticket and $200 impound fee.
wow, i dont need to worry around here when i jet into the powerlines occasionally but those fines are STEEP. that would pay for my season membership to CH!
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Goffstown PD was nice. They let me walk my race bike home from the gas station. A little over a mile. They were even kind enough to let me put my helmet, gloves and jacket in the back of the cruiser.
The smile on my wife's face when I came around the corner dripping with sweat, with the cruiser following ~15 feet behind me was priceless.
A scolding, a handshake, and he was on his way.
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hmm...interesting...it looks like some of these laws were recently revised ~10/29 of last year. Here are the highlights that stand out to me (this does not reflect all the revisions)
Registration
-by definition, the words "recreation vehicle" and "off-highway vehicle" now include the terms:"all-terrain vehicles" and "dirt bikes"...so no more ambiguity if the MA "ATV" technically includes dirt bikes...
-they also added a section that technically says you can't loan your registration to anyone else
...so is it now required to paint or sticker our registration numbers on both sides of the bike?Originally Posted by laws
sound ordinances
-it is now the law that you can't sell an ORV manufactured 1998+ that makes more than 96db from 20" away, and over 101db for pre-98 manufactured bikes
operation on public ways
-prior to 10/29/10, technically you could cross any public road as long as you stopped, gave the right of way to traffic etc. Now the road has to be marked, and if you're under 18 you technically need 18+ supervision to cross (and a driver's license)
-and the section that used to state that it was okay only for snow vehicles to ride on public ways to get from the parking lot to the riding area, now includes "recreational vehicle".
-all those age restrictions for kids you might've read about are now posted...
Last edited by breakdirt916; 02-06-11 at 01:59 AM.
hahaha, yeah...plated dirt bike seems like the best way to go...
I found a pamphlet on the DCR website:
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dle/ohvpamphlet.pdf
so yeah, technically before, we were allowed to cross a public street w' an OHV plated bike, but after the changes that loophole has been removed, and the public street needs to marked in order for us to cross
what surprises me is that they actually still include a headlight and red taillight as part of the safety equipment...it's very uncommon on mx bikes...
not sure if it's been mentioned but i just noticed Pittsfield SF changed over to a 'limited daily permit' arrangement in 2010 to limit the number of ATV/OHMs in use.
they're free of charge and available to the PSF headquarters
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/recreate/ohv/pittsfield.pdf
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