18 and under now required to wear a helmet while riding

I want to know if a youth is involved in an accident without wearing a helmet will the parents be charged under this law. Also, how heavily will it be enforced without involving an accident.

Did you guys know that every ATV sold after 2004 are supposed to be registered and not just those being utilized on the road? The officers just enforce that law on those on the roads.

It is a public law which is very important. H 04/24/2017 Public Law 141

Yes, I know they can, I wonder if they will.

I know my local CO will. He is also one that if he catches an unlicensed rider on the road he will press necessary charges to prevent them from getting their drivers license until they're 18.

Featherduster, I suspect your first sentence covered the excuse, the second one was the reason.

ATV and UTV should not be allowed on ANY PUBLIC street, road or highway in Indiana no matter who is driving it. At any time, for any reason.

If you want to drive it on the public highway then get a plate, license plate, and insurance like any other motorized vehicle.

Here's one for you. Yesterday, at dusk, almost completely dark. Dark enough for the "auto" function on the truck to turn the headlights on. I'm going North on State Road 23, I see a blob in the oncoming lane. Turns out it is an old Honda 3 wheeler with what looks like a 5 year old sitting on the gas tank, and what looks like a young teenager driving. NO HEAD LIGHT OR TAIL LIGHTS. The what looked to be a 5 year old was in shorts, t-shirt and no shoes. Same for the driver. Of course no helmets. It looked like they were going 30 mph or better, but it was hard to tell because I didn't get a long look.

So, if they got pasted by a car or truck, whose fault would it be???

That is so much of a mess I don't know where to begin.

The link wouldn't work for me for some reason. Does one of the old style John Deere Gators count as a UTV? How about golf carts? The only time this would affect me is when my in-laws give the kids a ride on their gator. They never really exceed 5 mph, but I guess a law is a law.

I looked up the code (Indiana Code 14-8-2-185) for definition of an ORV:


Sec. 185. (a) “Off-road vehicle”, for purposes of IC 14-16-1 and IC 14-19-1-0.5, means a motor driven vehicle capable of cross-country travel:


(1) without benefit of a road;  and


(2) on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain.


(b) The term includes the following:


(1) A multiwheel drive or low pressure tire vehicle.


(2) An amphibious machine.


(3) A ground effect air cushion vehicle.


(4) An all-terrain vehicle (as defined in section 5.7 of this chapter).


(5) A recreational off-highway vehicle (as defined in section 233.5 of this chapter).


(6) Other means of transportation deriving motive power from a source other than muscle or wind.


(c) The term does not include the following:


(1) A farm vehicle being used for farming, including, but not limited to, a farm wagon (as defined in IC 9-13-2-60(a)(2)).


(2) A vehicle used for military or law enforcement purposes.


(3) A construction, mining, or other industrial related vehicle used in performance of the vehicle's common function, including, but not limited to, a farm wagon (as defined in IC 9-13-2-60(a)(3)).


(4) A snowmobile (as defined by section 261 of this chapter).


(5) A registered aircraft.


(6) Any other vehicle properly registered by the bureau of motor vehicles.


(7) Any watercraft that is registered under Indiana statutes.


(8) A golf cart vehicle.



So my interpretation is they'd need to wear one while on the Gator.