The Miami-Dade Police Department is urging drivers to watch out this Presidents’ Day weekend as a consequence of the quite a few ATVs and motorbikes driving all through South Florida counties.
On Saturday, the MDPD issued the following assertion:
“Operating an ATV or other off-road vehicle on a public road or highway is illegal. Failure to obey traffic laws or lawful orders from a police officer will result in citations, fines and in some cases arrest. These vehicles are also subject to impounding. Driving on our roadways is a privilege that should not be abused.”
Last month, dozens of arrests had been made and a number of other ATVs and filth bikes had been impounded over the vacation weekend in Miami-Dade throughout a site visitors operation that coincided with the annual “MLK Rideout,” police stated.
With many riders again on the street this weekend, MDPD stated police models, together with native and state companions have been and can proceed to patrol areas in an effort to discourage the riders and/or detain offenders.
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The division added that security stays the prime precedence and models will have interaction anybody who commits an infraction and could be taken into custody with out jeopardizing the effectively being of different motorists and pedestrians.