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SBSO REMINDS RESIDENTS OF LAWS INVOLVING THE USE OF 4-WHEELERS
Now that school is out for summer, the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office wants to remind residents about the laws involving the use of 4-wheel all-terrain vehicles, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.
The number of calls the Sheriff’s Office sees during summer months usually increases when it comes to complaints about ATV drivers riding not only illegally on streets and highways, but also illegally on private property and the Mississippi River levee system.
The Sheriff said citations will be issued by deputies when riders are found riding 4-wheel all-terrain vehicles illegally, and the ATVs could be impounded when the rider can’t present proof of ownership.
Anyone who witnesses someone driving a 4-wheel all-terrain vehicle illegally in St. Bernard Parish is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (504) 271-2501 or the Traffic Division hotline at (504) 278-7677 to file a complaint.
“Parents should know what the law says: ATVs are not legal on streets,” Sheriff Pohlmann said, “and their use by both adults and juveniles is getting out-of-hand, prompting numerous complaints from people who don’t want to hit the riders or be hit themselves by one of the vehicles.”
The Sheriff realizes in most cases kids are just trying to find ways to entertain themselves during summer months, but it still will not be tolerated.
“We cannot allow them to be riding vehicles that aren’t street legal on our parish roadways and levees just because they are bored,” the Sheriff said. “They are unsafe in many situations, particularly when driven carelessly, and we don’t want someone to be severely injured or our levee systems damaged.”
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