OREGON OBSERVATIONS 21 AUGUST 2022 Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By admin I can see the battle lines being drawn on this one, which is similar to the one we see on the national stage. The forces on the side of sending our manufacturing facilities and jobs to China are the corporations and business owners chasing bigger profits due to China’s cheaper labor costs. In Lakeside, the pro ATV people are after the higher profits their expanded access will bring. However, this is one where the voices of common sense and reason need to take over. The interviewees are right. If the measure becomes law, in no time at all, they’ll be inundated with unlicensed kids ignoring the restrictions, coming into town from the dunes to get a smoothie in an uninsured ATV. Besides the insurance issue, there’s the matter of safety features required to operate a vehicle on Oregon roads. I found this info while researching this post: “Can your quad or side-by-side become street legal? No. They do not meet federal highway emission standards, do not have the proper equipment and cannot be retrofitted with equipment to become street legal. License plates issued to ATVs from other states are not valid for street legal use in Oregon. That is a common scam run by internet companies that claim to be able to get you a street legal ATV.” 3
