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wenestvedt t1_jdy24o1 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Providence Police Officer Surrounded by ATV Riders—Pulls Weapon, One Arrested by buddhamanjpb

Street-legal bikes are both less cool and more expensive (because they have things like blinkers, etc.).

These kids buy dirt bikes knowing full well it isn't legal to ride them on city streets.

As far as I know it's not legal in parks, either, or most publicly-owned woods, but they don't seem to care about that, either. Pretty much these are for privately-owned land.

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[deleted] t1_je1limg wrote

If they were legal on city streets, do you think they’d still buy them?

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wenestvedt t1_je1v9gr wrote

As long as they are loud and can be used to misbehave, I think so, sadly.

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[deleted] t1_je1ypbq wrote

Then why not collect some tax revenue from it?

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wenestvedt t1_je272sm wrote

My guess is because the DMV is only charged with managing vehicles for use on roads.

Tractors, for example, are only subject to their requirements when they are moving from field to field -- and even then they kind of get a pass, running with their flashers on.

Again, that's my understanding from growing up in an ag state.

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