Street Legal UTV's?

ArcticCatDaddy · Jan 4, 2011

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To My Fellow UTV Enthusiasts,
I am a Texas dealer of ATVâ€™s & UTVâ€™s.
One of the most frequent questions that I get from customers who come in looking for a UTV is; can I make it street legal?
At this point in time, my only answer to them is â€œIâ€™m not sure why, but NOâ€.
I am at a point where I am looking for an ally or allies to challenge this.
A UTV can easily be outfitted with turn signals, rearview mirrors, lighted license plate holders, etc.
Considering everything from motorcycles, to some of the tiny little â€œgreenâ€ three wheeled death-traps that are being licensed daily, I can see absolutely no reason why they cannot be made street legal.
As a dealer, I can easily provide & create a UTV that fulfills every safety requirement that the State of Texas requires for a car. If I can find an ally (lawyer?), I will provide the vehicle and more, if you might be willing to take this issue up with me.
Case in point- In the early days of the HOV lanes for Houston freeways, two passengers was the law. A local attorney set out to deliberately be ticketed in order to form a basis for a challenge, based upon a little known federal law. He pushed the matter through the courts, and succeeded in opening these lanes to single rider motorcyclists, since the bikes are registered vehicles, and meet all legal and safety requirements.
I am in the process of researching the â€œcatchâ€ that makes a DMV clerk say no. I believe that I have it narrowed down, at least partially, and it is simply a trivial little bit of wording in the DMV code.

If anyone can help with information and/or guidance, please feel free to contact me.

Jeff Weimer
Brazos Cycles & Motorsports
714 Hwy 90A-East
Richmond, Tx. 77406
281-342-1806- Shop
832-744-8388- Cell

facteryfmf · Jan 4, 2011

theyre street legal here in az

Rusty5150 · Jan 5, 2011

I like the concept. You can always just relocate to AZ and drive them around all you want. Imagine a street legal R1 powered car.

chad59 · Jan 5, 2011

Rusty5150 said:
I like the concept. You can always just relocate to AZ and drive them around all you want. Imagine a street legal R1 powered car.

Drive mine to the store all the time and gas station

http://www.ezturnsignalkit.com/AZOHVLawsRulesandRegs.pdf

howyadoin · Jan 6, 2011

Rusty5150 said:
Imagine a street legal R1 powered car.

It's been done many times.

My whole family drives sxs's on the street pretty frequently.

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