What states are you allowed to drive a SXS, UTV, Polaris RZR, on the road/street LEGAL?

[Long Way Home]

SXS that Is legally able to be driven on-road, I'm assuming each state would be a little different with a few modifications that need to be met. lights, mirrors, front windshield etc...to make it street-legal and drive them on public roads
AZ

 

[pixrthis]

They legally drive them in Oklahoma.

 

[Cole Trickle]

UT

 

[C-Ya]

Florida does not allow them.

 

[Bpracing1127]

Theoretically all of them. If it’s legal in Az it’s legal in CA.
we know this to be not the case.

you do need valid insurance too

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

List. Some like UT and I think AZ have reciprocity with other states.

 

[RiverDave]

Theoretically all of them. If it’s legal in Az it’s legal in CA.
we know this to be not the case.

you do need valid insurance too

There was a guy driving across the country in a can am.. I for the life of me can’t remember the name of his website.. long story short he got ticketed in all the states that didn’t allow it (multiple times in some states) and he would go to court and walk out every time with no issues.

Maybe has something to do with the interstate compacts? I’m not sure but every time he got pulled over he’d whip out a big stack of tickets and a big stack of dismissals from courts.

The cops on here said no way in California.. but I’m betting there is someway because I think that was on his list of states he went through?

 

[Englewood]

There was a guy driving across the country in a can am.. I for the life of me can’t remember the name of his website.. long story short he got ticketed in all the states that didn’t allow it (multiple times in some states) and he would go to court and walk out every time with no issues.

Maybe has something to do with the interstate compacts? I’m not sure but every time he got pulled over he’d whip out a big stack of tickets and a big stack of dismissals from courts.

The cops on here said no way in California.. but I’m betting there is someway because I think that was on his list of states he went through?

I went on a Baja ride with a guy from Prescott. He said he takes his RZR to Ventura several times per year. It is Az reg and he has AZ license. He was adamant that in that situation, CA can't stop him. I'm far from an expert but I can see the logic.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

I went on a Baja ride with a guy from Prescott. He said he takes his RZR to Ventura several times per year. It is Az reg and he has AZ license. He was adamant that in that situation, CA can't stop him. I'm far from an expert but I can see the logic.

You can probably plead ignorance on that deal if you are not a CA resident. You are getting a ticket for sure.. but I don't think they can legally impound a legally street registered car from another state.

 

[Nosocks]

Always thought it was cool seeing them run around the urban center of Nashville.

 

[RiverDave]

You can probably plead ignorance on that deal if you are not a CA resident. You are getting a ticket for sure.. but I don't think they can legally impound a legally street registered car from another state.

Ca cops on here said they would impound

 

[Ace in the Hole]

Ca cops on here said they would impound

Gotta “protect and serve” keeping the public safe from those violent looting SXS’s

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Ca cops on here said they would impound

Of course.. Impound and let the owner and judge figure it out later.

 

[n2otoofast4u]

List. Some like UT and I think AZ have reciprocity with other states.

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I was not aware it was legal in WA. I will have to look into that more now. I've always said Id own one if I could drive it to Home Depot.

 

[beerrun]

We drove ours with AZ plates full street legal windshield horn turn signals into town Ramona for the hotrod cruise on a Thursday night we made one pass and the CHP lit us up said it wasn't street legal in California no matter what AZ says ( its a CARB thing) said take it home about an 8 mile drive mrs beerrun said but he hasn't taken me to dinner yet CHP said take your wife to dinner then home

 

[Ace in the Hole]

I was not aware it was legal in WA. I will have to look into that more now. I've always said Id own one if I could drive it to Home Depot.

They are now, FIL bought one off a guy here on RDP. Quick 15 min at dmv and they've been running around Leavenworth, and Chelan with it.

 

[FlyByWire]

Gotta “protect and serve” keeping the public safe from those violent looting SXS’s

Saving lives one SxS impound at a time.

 

[Ace in the Hole]

Saving lives one SxS impound at a time.

CHP has assigned Special Officer Doofy to the Case, he will catch those predators, and get them off the street at once! It is rumored that the federal government will be assigning him an MRAP among other equipment to catch them!

 

[FlyByWire]

CHP has assigned Special Officer Doofy to the Case, he will catch those predators, and get them off the street at once! It is rumored that the federal government will be assigning him an MRAP among other equipment to catch them!
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I’d appreciate you taking that picture of me down. 🫡

 

[jesco]

I know a guy that drove his AZ plated Lothringer buggy around Mission Viejo every once in a while. It was plated with AZ car plates, not motorcycle plates, and he had it fully insured and he has an AZ DL... He only did it a few times, never ticketed, but was stopped a few times and told by OCSD to STOP or it was going to the impound lot. He use to fight with the officers saying they had to abide by AZ law and would quote the code, and they would say theres exceptions and his buggy is one of them.

 

[FlyByWire]

He use to fight with the officers saying they had to abide by AZ law and would quote the code, and they would say theres exceptions and his buggy is one of them.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Using CARB as an excuse is the same as them impounding your 49 state vehicle registered out of state.

 

[RiverDave]

Saving lives one SxS impound at a time.

But then driving them when we get home to lake havasu. Lol.

 

[25Elmn8r]

Idaho we can register just about anything. When we moved here I went to register some of our toys, one of them an older KX250 two stroke. Ended up with a street plate for it, no lights, nothing. Side by side is a piece of cake. We roll around town in ours every so often, and see others doing the same all the time.

 

[C-Ya]

FWIW……..

Every now and again I see a SxS cruising around my area of SoFlo with Wyoming plates. That’s all I know! Lol

 

[TCHB]

I would drive mine around Havasu until I saw one involved in a wreck with a car. The car had minor damage and the RZR heavily damaged. The steering wheel was pushed to the rear of the car. Not good.