I was pulled over yesterday by THP and was told UTVs are illegal to tag and operate on the road period in Tennessee. Mine is tagged, insured, meets the DOT requirements to the MSV laws and was in an appropriate speed zone for MSV operation. He said that even though the MSO states off highway and my registration and such says nothing about offroad, that the frame is stamped offroad and it is illegal even though they sell the tags. I'm waiting on an MSO copy right now as I was cited for operating an offroad vehicle on the road. Every other LEO I've spoken with didn't know anything about such and the THP apparently started telling the local PDs to start ticketing anyone operating their UTVs on the road. Yesterday apparently the PD sent in a request for a ruling from the attorney general on the matter but that may well take months. Court date is just in a month. I was told alot of it came from a big Brimstone event that involved lots of drunk retards on the road and escalated the situation.
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