Niles is going after dangerous ATV drivers

Written by WFMJ-TV

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

NILES, Ohio - Niles City Council is going after dangerous ATV drivers.

Councilmen say they want to toughen the penalties for offenders who are caught driving all-terrain vehicles on city streets. The crackdown is in response to several complaints councilmen have received about young people driving 4-wheelers at high rates of speed at all hours of the night.

Niles Councilman Edward Stredney said that offenders ride through people's yards and run from the cops. Stredney said that riders are traveling at speeds up to 70 miles per hour on side streets in residential neighborhoods.

If the proposed legislation is passed, fines for first and second offenses would be increased and police could confiscate ATVs from third time offenders.

Source: http://www.wfmj.com/Global/story.asp?S=12412820

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“During the past decade, I have personally had six out of seven elk hunts ruined by the careless intrusions of ATV operators. This epidemic has forced me to abandon one prime hunting area after another, only to encounter the same situation elsewhere. The shameful part of this picture is that the overwhelming majority of these ATV’ers are young and healthy, not decrepit or physically challenged. Maybe these riders would be more respectful of other people's outdoor experience if they knew we could ID them."

- Bill Sustrich, Colorado Backcountry Hunters and Anglers