RCMP cracking down on off-road vehicles following increase in complaints

“A lot of people don’t realize the dangers that are involved because you’re entering farmland that’s got seeded crops on it. You go flying through with a razor that drives as fast as a car and you hit a field roller or a set of diamond harrows, and you’re going to be in for a world to hurt. You’re going to go to the hospital. When people don’t ask for access and just trespass on your land, you can’t warn them of those kind of things.” added Dewaal.

Corporal Jennifer Cooper with the Prince George RCMP says that the consequences for violations are severe with a long list of fees and fines that you could incur as the driver or as the parent of a driver of an off-road vehicle. Cooper adds that if the vehicle is uninsured it could be opening the driver up to civil liability and also states that trespassing on private property is a criminal code violation that could lead to other charges.

“If you are on an off road vehicle that’s uninsured, as in not insured to be on the road and not equipped with turn signals and all those other things that you need to be equipped with to be considered able, you need to be on an approved off road use trail. We’ve been getting lots of complaints about this summer, both in and outside city limits of off road vehicle users coming onto people’s private property in order to have a bit of fun. While off road vehicles are a lot of fun, not if it’s risking the safety, or livelihood of other people in Prince George. That constitutes a flagrant disregard for our rules and safety limits.” added Cooper.

by Nick Dube

RCMP cracking down on off-road vehicles following increase in complaints

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