Concerning incidents involving young kids on ATVs
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Provincial police say they witnessed some concerning incidents involving young children on ATVs during recent ATV patrols in northeastern Ontario.
Provincial police say they witnessed some concerning incidents involving young children on ATVs during recent ATV patrols in northeastern Ontario.
Officers were conducting proactive patrols on roads and trails in the Almaguin Highlands area July 24 and 25.
Several tickets were issued, including two incidents involving toddler passengers.
"Some of the concerns noted included an ATV with a 2.5-year-old passenger wearing only a foam bicycle helmet and a side-by-side with a two-year-old in a car seat sitting loose not occupying a seat belt position," OPP said in a news release Monday.
"Further, three ATVs were found to have unlicensed youth operators and four ATVs were towed due to not having insurance."
ATV passengers must be at least eight years old, while drivers must be at least 16 and have a valid license.
"You might think that because an ATV is not a car it means that you don’t need to have any special permit or licence. That’s not the case," personal injury lawyers Diamond & Diamond said on their website.
