Kendall County Sheriff's Office: Kendall County Sheriff's Office To Increase Enforcement In Response To Numerous Complaints

Press release from Kendall County Sheriff's Office:

06/11/2021 7:30 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kendall County Sheriff’s Office to Increase Enforcement in Response to Numerous Complaints

Kendall County Sheriff’s Office to Increase Enforcement in Response to Numerous Complaints Kendall County Sheriff’s Office to Increase Enforcement in Response to Numerous Complaints

Kendall County, IL (June 11, 2021, 8:30 AM)

The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office will be stepping up enforcement aimed at ensuring our roadways remain safe for everyone this summer.

The Sheriff’s Office is receiving numerous complaints regarding off-highway vehicles including all-terrain vehicles (ATV), dirt bikes, mini-bikes, and go-carts being operated, often by children, on public roadways.  In most cases, these vehicles are not safe or registered to be operated on public roadways.

It is the philosophy of the Sheriff’s Office to attempt to gain voluntary compliance through educating the operators and their parents/guardians about the dangers and legal ramifications of operating such a vehicle on a public roadway. Unfortunately, this approach has not been entirely effective and the warnings which have been given are not being heeded.  As a result, we will begin to take a more strict approach to the enforcement of these types of incidents.  If anyone is observed operating an off-highway vehicle on a residential public roadway it will result in being ticketed and the vehicle possibly being towed.

The Sheriff’s Office strongly encourages operators and parents/guardians to ensure the safe and legal operation of off-highway vehicles in the appropriate setting such as on private property with the authorization of the owner of the property, and at no time should off-road vehicles be operated on residential public roadways.  We would rather take these steps now than have to respond to a serious injury crash involving an off-road vehicle later.          

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Contact:          Deputy Dan Briars #95

Email:             dbriars@co.kendall.il.us

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