Minnesota House of Representatives: ATVs could go to town under bill proposing to expand access to some roads

EXCERPT: “‘Takin’ It to the Streets’ may have been the title of a Doobie Brothers tune from the 1970s, but such an action is prohibited in Minnesota for drivers of all-terrain vehicles. You can ride those four-wheeled, open-air vehicles on designated trails and private property, but can you take your ATV to town? Not if you need to get there via a road or the shoulder of a trunk highway. But that would change under HF566, a bill sponsored by Rep. Roger Skraba (R-Ely). It would permit a city or town with a population under 25,000 to adopt an ordinance that allows a person to operate an ATV on a roadway or trunk highway’s shoulder, if: the speed limit is no more than 45 mph; it is only to access businesses and residences and to make trail connections; and there is no alternative public access for an ATV.” FULL STORY: https://fluence-media.co/42cuTYl