Here's what I found out about my city's ordinance...

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possibly by providing a link to the Arizona law might also help.

give them an example to look at?


Our OWN Illinois state law allows them! This is just a city ordinance......almost certainly propogated by the electric platform scooters that kids ride..

Warner
 
I'm going to anger some people here, but an ordinance that kept the ban for under the age of 16 or 17 or 18 may go over well.
 
I'm going to anger some people here, but an ordinance that kept the ban for under the age of 16 or 17 or 18 may go over well.

I would say that requiring a vaild driver's license (or "L" motorcycle license, which in IL are independant of each other) as the Illinois law does for such vehicles is adequate. If a 16 year old has a valid license to drive a car, they should be allowed to drive an MAB. But I think your point is well taken. And obviously the state of Illinois agrees with you because that's how the state law reads already. Now if we could just get these silly city ordinances fixed........


Warner
 
Warner,
I am planning on building motored bike and I will probably use it to commute to and from work which is about 5 miles each way. I live in Aurora and I just searched the codes and didn't find anything about motorized bicycles being prohibited. With gas prices being as high as they are, I hope that some of these communities take another look at their laws since there are going to be more people looking for alternative transportation.
Carl
 
Warner,
I am planning on building motored bike and I will probably use it to commute to and from work which is about 5 miles each way. I live in Aurora and I just searched the codes and didn't find anything about motorized bicycles being prohibited. With gas prices being as high as they are, I hope that some of these communities take another look at their laws since there are going to be more people looking for alternative transportation.
Carl

Well, hopefully the cops in our towns have something better to do than pull a guy on a bicycle over, right? Hehe. Actually, my commute is from Elgin to Arlington Heights, and the route that I would take is 19 miles each way. Going through Hoffman Estates is the part that would worry me at all....I don't think I'd have any trouble in Elgin. Maybe wouldn't have trouble anywhere, but who knows. I sent a letter to the officer who was involved with the original ordinance in Hoffman Estates and never got a response. Good luck and let me know how it works out for you!

Warner
 
Would be interesting to read Illinois law to see if it supercedes any local law. Usually the state gov't is interested in making things like this 1) their business and 2) uniform across the state.
 
Would be interesting to read Illinois law to see if it supercedes any local law. Usually the state gov't is interested in making things like this 1) their business and 2) uniform across the state.


Illinois law basically identifies them as mopeds and does not require them to have plates or insurance. You DO need to posess a vaild driver's license though.

Warner
 
Right but in the preamble to the motor vehicle code, or somewhere they might say "no local municipality may counteract state law."
 
Local municipalities can make stricter laws, but not more lenient ones. I agree with Hough's idea of the age restriction. These laws were mostly drawn up to keep kids off the roads with their mini-bikes, gopeds, and go karts.
 
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