I think some counties (maybe most?) do require registration of orv’s to use on county roads. That’s probably ignored by most though.
Not sure how registration changes anything though.
That's the problem with the ORV's. Once you let them on the road, it's carte blanche. The door is open to foolishness. I have watched helmetless little kids on four wheelers blast around with total disregard for traffic laws, signs, etc. The riders and their "parents" all know that cops are spread so thin these days that there is never an officer on patrol just to watch for traffic violations. Even if the cops come, (which they don't,) they are so far out that the perps are long gone. And or they all look the same as the rest of the ORV's.
Registration points to who is responsible for the vehicle. Everyone has a camera in their pocket, sometimes already mounted up to capture traffic problems.
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