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SweetLou
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Mar 15, 2020

Some ATV rules Help

A little off topic here but I was wondering if anyone has heard that if you have your licensed ATV for public roads in your state, that they may not be honoring them in other states. Currently, I knew it to be that if you were licensed in lets say WA for public roads as well as off road, that ID would accept it as an example.

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  • States honor drivers licenses from other states. So if you have a valid vehicle drivers license it is valid in all the states.

    This is not the same for motor vehicles. It may be legal to drive an ATV in one state and not legal in the adjoining state. Furthermore within a state there might be counties or cities that allow the ATV and other cities or counties that do not.
  • In Wisconsin we can use our ATV's on private property, ATV trails, and any public road that is posted as being an ATV Route. ATV's must travel with the headlight and taillight on and the ATV must be equipped with working brake lights.
  • If the sister state doesn’t allow any, or limited, ATV use on highways, that’s the rule(s) you must follow. Similar to double towing, weight limits, speed limits etc.