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Raptor8 Proficient

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we have to outrun them or they could get seized in Oregon. Fortunately the cops are usually someplace warmer than a patrol car and know they can't catch ya anyway haha

they have given up chasing snowmobiles who they KNOW they can't catch... it's great fun to go get a six pack after dark this way....

quadnut20 Grand Master

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cmon quadnut...they just give me dirty looks and tell me to take it home.

Wild concidering you live by the cop shop in old town !!!! I have a lady on my street that calls the cops on me every time I fire up the beast

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I say it's legal as long as they don't catch you.:biggrin: All kidding aside, I have been riding my ATVs on the snow covered roads around here since I was a kid, I have yet to have any problems with cops telling me that I can't do that. I even ride on the bare roads to get to a local trail system near my house. I have even passed cops on my way. I figure as long as I am not riding like a jackass, I will be ok. I just keep it at a safe reasonable speed, use hand signals, wear a helmet and I don't have problems. When I reach the dirt however, safe reasonable speeds are no longer necessary.

Ajmboy Grand Master

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In lower NY, don't get caught! Lst year I pulled out of my driveway and down the road...cop lights went on. I took off and went back home that night. They'll impound your atv. Like DD said, don;t get caught!

Some places upstate NY allow for it though, so check with local authorities.

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