ATVs or ORVs in Campgrounds?
Anyone experience a clash in their area between ATV/ORV owners and private campgrounds? Up here public campgrounds have prohibited them for years but private campgrounds were still open to them. M...
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We own a lot in a private campground where ATVs and golf carts are allowed and almost everyone has at least one. Only golf carts are allowed to be driven during quiet hours 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. and nobody is supposed to ride around a loop over and over but those seem to be about the only rules. Every vehicle is to have a plate on the back with the owner's lot number so if there is a problem, it can be reported.
The biggest issue I have is young children driving golf carts without an adult. The only rule about age is that children under 18 must wear a helmet when riding an ATV. I have seen a child who looked to be about 8 years old driving a golf cart without an adult. Way too young to understand rules of the road, etc. It seems that a child is always accompanied by an adult when riding an ATV but not a golf cart. Apparently some of these parents think a golf cart is harmless. With all of that said, we enjoy riding our ATVs on the park trails and cruising the campground in our golf cart. If they banned them, we would probably sell our lot.
The biggest issue I have is young children driving golf carts without an adult. The only rule about age is that children under 18 must wear a helmet when riding an ATV. I have seen a child who looked to be about 8 years old driving a golf cart without an adult. Way too young to understand rules of the road, etc. It seems that a child is always accompanied by an adult when riding an ATV but not a golf cart. Apparently some of these parents think a golf cart is harmless. With all of that said, we enjoy riding our ATVs on the park trails and cruising the campground in our golf cart. If they banned them, we would probably sell our lot.
