Riding with off-road plates?

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Anyone know the skinny on this. You get off-road plates for your dirtbike and ATV, where can you ride? The MTO site indicates you that you can ride on the shoulder at 20 in a 50 and 50 in an 80. Is this municipal or provincial? In your experiences do the cops give you a hard time even tho you're plated and insured?
 
There are municipal by-laws as to if it's allowed or not. They might say you can't do it at all in a particular township, only allow it on certain roads to allow you to connect to trails, or some places let you ride pretty much everywhere.
 
01cbr said:
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/orv.shtml

Off road plated dirt bikes are not allowed to travel on the shoulder of roads.
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Right from your link:

"ORVs can operate on shoulder; move to travelled portion of highway if shoulder is impassable/unsafe
Speed limit lower than posted limits:
  • 20 km/h - highways where speed limit is 50 km/h or less;
  • 50 km/h - highways where speed limit is over 50 km/h."
 
I live in a small town where it is perfectly legal to drive your Quad or snowmobile anywhere on the street as long as its plated/insured and traffic laws are obeyed. On the other hand, anything with 2 wheels are not allowed anywhere near the road (trail use only) Unless it has a blue plate.
 
jeffjones said:
Right from your link:

"ORVs can operate on shoulder; move to travelled portion of highway if shoulder is impassable/unsafe
Speed limit lower than posted limits:
  • 20 km/h - highways where speed limit is 50 km/h or less;
  • 50 km/h - highways where speed limit is over 50 km/h."
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Read the definition of the vehicle that applies to.

ATV's and snowmobiles.
Green plated dirt bikes, I wish.


Off-road vehicles (ORVs) now have more access to the shoulder and paved portions of some Ontario highways. These new regulations, effective July 31, 2003, apply exclusively to one category of ORV. This is defined as an off-road vehicle that:

  • has four wheels, the tires of which are all in contact with the ground;
  • has steering handlebars;
  • has a seat that is designed to be straddled by the driver;
  • is designed to carry a driver only and no passengers; and
  • meets requirements of federal Motor Vehicle Safety Act (MVSA) and American National Standards Institute (ANSI standard).
New regulations do not apply to other types of off-road vehicles such as mini-bikes, dirt bikes and moto-cross bikes.
 
Seems logical to have dirtbikes made legal with plates rather than running from the police in a constant cat and mouse game. So you have an offroad plate and an M license and insurance anyone lnow what would the charge be and if carries demerit points?
 
Checked with ByLaw and OPP in Georgian Bay area. ATV's not permitted anywhere, not even shoulder. Even if you cross the road you will fall victim to the HTA. Even if you have off-road plate and insurance.
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