# A sure sign **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601 "2021-05-06T14:22:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/21 "2021-05-08T03:38:08Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Someone must have complained. How would the police know otherwise? He was stopped at a turn lane on the highway so pretty noticeable but who knows where he came from. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/22 "2021-05-08T03:41:46Z")
> [@wolyrobb](#): > > Depends on State laws Pretty sure kids can drive ATVs on trails without a license just like a snowmobile. They can be driven on the road too by a licensed driver. Kid didn’t look old enough for a license. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/23 "2021-05-08T03:55:19Z")
On the trails or private land the kid wouldn’t need a license here either, A licensed driver can operate on on the road in this county on roads that have a 35mph limit or lower, such as the dead end one my parents still live on. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/24 "2021-05-08T12:12:28Z")
On a road like that, I’m not surprised the police stopped him. If it had been a road with a 25 mph speed limit, maybe it’s ok, but not a highway. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/25 "2021-05-08T12:36:09Z")
> [@bing](#): > > I checked with the Police on whether it was ok to run the lawn mower on the street for 3 blocks. I got a lot of hemming and hawing but no firm answer. In my neighborhood, there are 3 or 4 different lawncare companies that have contracts with homeowners, but those homes/lawns are rarely adjacent. As a result, every Thursday & Friday (the prime lawn-cutting days), there is a fairly common stream of commercial riding mowers (the kind that the operator stands on) going back & forth down the streets, in order to reach their next account. In some cases, they are driving 2 or 3 blocks between houses, and I have seen cop cars drive right past them w/o batting an eyelash. Either it’s legal around here, or it is the second least-enforced ordinance. (The first least-enforced is the collection of sales tax on out-of-state purchases. 😉) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/26 "2021-05-08T19:21:08Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > Either it’s legal around here, or it is the second least-enforced ordinance. Probably why I never got an answer. This was before lawn services and zero turns got popular. ---
**Author:** ![Jules-15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@Jules-15](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jules-15)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/27 "2021-05-10T14:37:21Z")
the answer is to raise revenue . . but you should be complaining to your local representative. not here. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/28 "2021-05-10T14:44:18Z")
> [@Jules-15](#): > > but you should be complaining to your local representative. not here. This is a forum and as long as the subject does not violate the forum rules then one can post something like this. ---
**Author:** ![B.L.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@B.L.E](https://community.cartalk.com/u/B.L.E)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/29 "2021-05-11T00:50:27Z")
It seems that half of my neighbors have golf carts or UTV’s that they use for going to the homeowner’s park or just cruising around the neighborhood so it’s either legal or nobody cares. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/30 "2021-05-11T01:38:31Z")
Unfortunately legal in my area, Kids drive them to school and the mall. I think as young as 12, might be 14 years old. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/31 "2021-05-11T02:06:39Z")
> [@B.L.E](#): > > It seems that half of my neighbors have golf carts or UTV’s t I think around here there is an ordinance where you have to buy a permit to use them on the streets. That is if you are licensed. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/32 "2021-05-11T02:49:05Z")
Here you have to be at least 16 and have gone through drivers education if not licensed. Only legal in golf cart zones that are supposed to have signs telling you when you’ve reached the end. Low Speed and Medium speed vehicles are legal otherwise but still need some sort of registration. ---
**Author:** ![wavyonwheels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wavyonwheels/32/17969_2.png) [@wavyonwheels](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wavyonwheels)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/33 "2021-05-15T17:37:25Z")
My question is are they insured?? ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/34 "2021-05-16T02:53:35Z")
doesn’t say that they have to be here in Washington state ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601/35 "2021-05-16T16:46:49Z")
These sorts of law enforcement questions are what consumes hours of law school. People learn how to think and reach solutions to questions with no simple solutions. Usually the answer is that the law enforcement person needs to use discretion, and then we get into the weeds when human nature takes too big a role. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-sure-sign/176601.md?page=1)