Recently I purchased a pocket bike (mini motorcycle)
It's engine is 49 cc so supposedly it does not qualify as a motorcycle, yet I was pulled over and ticketed as if it could have been a legal vehicle.
I am resident of Ontario
I recieved four (4) tickets
Fail to signal turn - Highway Traffic Act (HTA) sect. 142 (1)
Drive motor Vehicle - No plates - HTA 7 (1)(b)(1)
Drive motor Vehicle - No permit - HTA 7 (1)(a)
Fail to Surrender Insurance - Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act (CAIA) 3 (1)
Here are some links to the HTA and CAIA sites
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Statutes/English/90h08_e.htm#BK18
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Statutes/English/90c25_e.htm#BK2
If anyone knows of any previous cases like this and whether these actually can apply to pocketbikes or how they can be fought, please respond. Thanks.
2007-05-10 09:16:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
I understand that it is not a street legal vehicle, and, yeah, it was kinda dumb, but I'm just a kid (21) and was having a bit of fun. I only ride it on unused back roads, and try to drive it safely.
What I really want to know is do the tickets he gave me actually apply to that situation?
A pocketbike is not a legal vehicle, so I can have no proper licence or plates for it. Giving it those tickets is like ticketing an electric wheelchair thats on the road.
2007-05-10 09:29:27 · update #1
I think the message the officer is giving you is: Stay off public streets with your goofy pocketbike. They should not be intermingling with street traffic because they are not big enough to be seen by other drivers. They also do not have the required safety lighting.
With the money you will pay in fines, you could have bought a real bike.
2007-05-10 09:25:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A person riding a bicycle can get a ticket if not following the rules of the road. Failure to stop at a stop light, riding on the wrong side of the road, bicycle not equipped with reflectors. The list goes on.
Any vehicle on the road without turn signals, the driver is required to use hand signals when making turns.
Hell, even a pedestrian can get a ticket for J - walking.
I think the officer was just giving you a warning. He had every right and would be acting in accordance with the law, to impound your pocketbike (opperating a motorised vehicle without registration or insurance - even a moped (motorised bicycle) needs to be registered and have insurance). Take it like a man and pay the fine.
2007-05-10 23:15:08 · answer #2 · answered by guardrailjim 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are 21 years old and bought a pocket bike! 21 really?
21 years old anywhere in this world is an adult, so that defense will not work.
I understand having a little fun. Believe me, I to have infracted my share of laws when I was a teenager and I had to pay for it as well. I found out that there is a lot less trouble if you just play their game their way.
You had no license for the bike, no permit to ride, and no insurance to ride on public roads, a bike that is not legal for public roads to begin with. Can't you see the humor in all this-
You screwed up, admit it. You won't get out of this. Take your licks and learn from all that has happened to you.
OK, now..., look for a good lawyer if you have to go to court. If there is no court, just pay your fines a be done with it.
2007-05-10 20:06:56 · answer #3 · answered by csburridge 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are not a kid. 21 is an adult for everything. If you were riding on the street then you can be ticketed for every street requirement that you do not meet including plates, insurance, lights and turn signals.
The person in a wheel chair is considered a pedestrian it is in no way the same thing. Unless you have 49CC wheelchairs in your area your kind of an *** for comparing the two.
2007-05-10 21:36:10 · answer #4 · answered by Molliemae 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Answered your own question. You were ticketed as if it were a LEGAL vehicle. I don't know about Canada but everywhere I do know of in the U.S. the bike must have a headlight and turnsignals to be street legal. In California your bike probably would have been impounded. Plates/registration and insurance requirements vary. I believe in Ca. 49cc would not require either, no license either. ( I THINK 50cc or larger do, but I have not lived in Ca. for 14 yr. )
I suspect you are stuck with the failure to signal. The others would depend on local law.
2007-05-10 16:31:34 · answer #5 · answered by Charles C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heres your sign
have you ever seen more than one pocket bike on a state owned road. You know like people driving them to work regular. I am guessing no.
Start saving your money stupidity costs
2007-05-10 16:22:29 · answer #6 · answered by 51 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Brother - if you ride on the road you have to obey the road rules, no matter if you ride a bicycle, pocket bike or a tracktor. COME ON!!!
2007-05-10 16:53:43 · answer #7 · answered by Drago 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Buy a 125cc + dirt bike, that way next time you can run.
2007-05-10 17:08:01 · answer #8 · answered by j p 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋