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Here in Suck Hole, Pennsylvania, it is against the law to run your nitro rc in the street because it is an unregistered motor vehicle (due to the internal combustion engine).
They threatened a 10 year old boy with a fine for writing on the sidewalk with chalk. How stupid is this? Are the cops like this anywhere else? Don't they have something better to do?

Sorry, just had to rant.

D'oh...I thought "motor vehicles" implied those that had human drivers inside...

This makes me wonder, if I'm drinking a beer(s) and running my nitro rc in the street, am I DUI?

You're probably speeding and stunting, too.

Yah, that goes without saying.

Unfortunately, It's the same here - small town low crime yada yada yada.

It's all really about revenue though - harass people, write tickets to buy things like fugly police car graphics

Must be a small town PA thing. The cops here are the same way. They're more worried about people riding bikes without reflectors than the bigger drug problem that has been happening lately.

shane wrote:Here in Suck Hole, Pennsylvania, it is against the law to run your nitro rc in the street because it is an unregistered motor vehicle (due to the internal combustion engine).
They threatened a 10 year old boy with a fine for writing on the sidewalk with chalk. How stupid is this? Are the cops like this anywhere else? Don't they have something better to do?

Sorry, just had to rant.

If you get a ticket pay it. The PPA ( garfield) will come and boot it.

So you can't cross the street with a running lawnmower to mow the neighbor's lawn either?

lpddpd wrote:So you can't cross the street with a running lawnmower to mow the neighbor's lawn either?

Someone did get a DUI on a lawn tractor, though.

I could be riding a go kart down Main street while drinking a beer and pissing out the side and the Evansville cops might give me a warning...


Please don't take this as promotion for drinking and driving.

shane wrote:Here in Suck Hole, Pennsylvania, it is against the law to run your nitro rc in the street because it is an unregistered motor vehicle (due to the internal combustion engine).

I'd pay the fine with Monopoly money, toy car, toy money and then see how it played out in court.

On a further note I'm guessing it doesn't need to be an internal combustion engine to attract this treatment, an electric powered vehicle is still motorised

I seem to recall a case where a guy was prosecuted for being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle when he rode his child's electric ride on toy car back from the pub

Synergy wrote:

shane wrote:Here in Suck Hole, Pennsylvania, it is against the law to run your nitro rc in the street because it is an unregistered motor vehicle (due to the internal combustion engine).

I'd pay the fine with Monopoly money, toy car, toy money

Now that I like!

at least you guys can run nitro. where I am its very quiet, im sure i'd get complaints for disturbing the peace

proffesso wrote:at least you guys can run nitro. where I am its very quiet, im sure i'd get complaints for disturbing the peace

hehe