DriveSmartBC

Most motor vehicles need a licensed driver, a license and license plate and insurance in order to be operated on a highway. This is not always the case with a farm tractor or other motorized implement of husbandry. The driver may not need a license or license plates depending on how the vehicle is used.

I would like to know of laws and regulations for off road vehicle use on residential roadways. My neighbours frequently use their dirt bikes to race up and down our street (drivers age from about 6 to grown adults) while other children are playing and there is traffic. Some drivers wear the protection, others not.

Rules for off-road vehicle registration and licensing, helmet use, youth safety and environmental measures will be implemented under a new off-road vehicle (ORV) management framework, announced Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Kevin Krueger today.

Commercial Vehicle Safety & Enforcement is aware of provincial vehicle inspections being conducted on manufactured Restricted Use Motorcycles (RUM). These vehicles are identified as vehicle type ‘RUM’ on the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS) compliance label.

My friends are calling me a fool for buying license and insurance for my golf cart to operate it across the road. They don't license and license and insure their golf carts, and think I am wasting my money laments a reader.

It is almost impossible to use a snowmobile without encountering a highway in British Columbia. Can a snowmobile be legally operated on or across a highway? If all required conditions of the Motor Vehicle Act and All Terrain (Motor Vehicle) Act are met, the answer is yes.

Can I drive my ATV on the road if I licence it?

The answer to this question is a qualified "yes." If you are operating the all terrain vehicle for farm, industrial or law enforcement purposes, have an ATV licence plate issued by ICBC and a permit issued by the police force having jurisdiction where the ATV will be operated, then you are good to go.