This doesn’t happen too often but a parent of an underage driver of an ATV operating illegally in Bay Roberts will be charged.
RCMP Traffic Services East were on patrol on Veterans Memorial Highway at about 4:00 Wednesday afternoon when they saw an ATV going with the flow of traffic on an exit to the town, at times exceeding the posted speed limit.
On numerous occasions, the ATV could have left the roadway and made use of the trail system.
Police eventually intercepted the adult-sized ATV and found it was being operated by a 15-year-old boy. The Act stipulates that operators of full-sized ATVs must be 16 years of age or older.
RCMP have been ramping up ATV enforcement after 17 people were killed in off-road crashes in RCMP jurisdiction last year alone.
