SCOOTERS, ATVs and "GO PEDS"
Motorized scooters also known as "Go Peds", "Go Carts" and ATVs that a lot of kids and a few adults are noisily buzzing otherwise quite neighborhood streets with are by Florida law prohibited from being operated on the public streets or on sidewalks.
The scooters, ATVs, go-carts, etc. are defined by statute as motor vehicles but, since they can't be registered, they can't be driven on the street. Since they are motor vehicles, they can't be driven on the sidewalk either. That leaves only privately owned parking lots, driveways or other similar privately owned places. If it has a motor on it and does not have a license plate, it's illegal to operate anywhere but private property.
The illegal use of these motor vehicles on public streets may be reported to the Leon County Sheriff's office 922-3300. or on-line. |
