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Anyone with more experience with ATV and ORV laws? Trying to make sense of this new mess.
House enrolled act HB1200 now requires all people under the age of 18 to wear helmets when riding an "off road vehicle".
https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1200#document-6b8a705c
IC defines an off-road vehicle as several things:
Indiana Code 2016 - Indiana General Assembly, 2017 Session
What I am concerned about is the "All-terrain Vehicle" and its broad definition.
Indiana Code 2016 - Indiana General Assembly, 2017 Session
My daughter has something that is:
- Motorized (12 volt)
- most certainly off-highway
- about 40" in width
- about 75 pounds
- has 4 non highway tires
- recreational-only for max 2 people
SURELY this is not an ATV?
House enrolled act HB1200 now requires all people under the age of 18 to wear helmets when riding an "off road vehicle".
https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1200#document-6b8a705c
IC defines an off-road vehicle as several things:
Indiana Code 2016 - Indiana General Assembly, 2017 Session
IC 14-8-2-185"Off-road vehicle"Sec. 185.
(a) "Off-road vehicle", for purposes of IC 14-16-1 and IC 14-19-1-0.5, means a motor driven vehicle capable of cross-country travel:
(1) without benefit of a road; and
(2) on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh,swampland, or other natural terrain.
(b) The term includes the following:
(1) A multiwheel drive or low pressure tire vehicle.
(2) An amphibious machine.
(3) A ground effect air cushion vehicle.
(4) An all-terrain vehicle (as defined in section 5.7 of this chapter).
(5) A recreational off-highway vehicle (as defined in section 233.5 of this chapter).
(6) Other means of transportation deriving motive power from a source other than muscle or wind.
(c) The term does not include the following:
(1) A farm vehicle being used for farming, including, but not limited to, a farm wagon (as defined in IC 9-13-2-60(a)(2)).
(2) A vehicle used for military or law enforcement purposes.
(3) A construction, mining, or other industrial related vehicle used in performance of the vehicle's common function,including, but not limited to, a farm wagon (as defined in IC 9-13-2-60(a)(3)).
(4) A snowmobile (as defined by section 261 of this chapter).
(5) A registered aircraft.(6) Any other vehicle properly registered by the bureau of motor vehicles.
(7) Any watercraft that is registered under Indiana statutes.(8) A golf cart vehicle.
What I am concerned about is the "All-terrain Vehicle" and its broad definition.
Indiana Code 2016 - Indiana General Assembly, 2017 Session
IC 14-8-2-5.7"All-terrain vehicle"Sec. 5.7. "All-terrain vehicle", for purposes of IC 14-8-2-185,means a motorized, off-highway vehicle that:
(1) is fifty (50) inches or less in width;
(2) has a dry weight of twelve hundred (1,200) pounds or less;
(3) is designed for travel on at least three (3) nonhighway or off-highway tires; and
(4) is designed for recreational use by one (1) or more individuals.The term includes parts, equipment, or attachments sold with the vehicle.
My daughter has something that is:
- Motorized (12 volt)
- most certainly off-highway
- about 40" in width
- about 75 pounds
- has 4 non highway tires
- recreational-only for max 2 people
SURELY this is not an ATV?