{"id":7709,"date":"2024-08-19T16:40:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=7709"},"modified":"2024-08-19T16:40:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:40:29","slug":"queens-rcmp-to-rev-up-patrols-to-monitor-underage-atv-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/08\/19\/queens-rcmp-to-rev-up-patrols-to-monitor-underage-atv-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens RCMP to rev up patrols to monitor underage ATV usage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Queens District RCMP plan to step up patrols in North Queens after complaints of underage off-highway vehicle use. (RCMP NS Facebook page)<\/p><\/div>\n

RCMP in Queens County are cracking down on underage ATV operators in North Queens.<\/span><\/p>\n

Queens District RCMP officers will be stepping up patrols in the area after getting numerous reports from residents over the past several weeks of minors illegally operating off-highway vehicles at high speeds and often late at night.<\/span><\/p>\n

RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Carlie McCann says it\u2019s all about safety.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Members are making sure that there are police officers who are out there in order to enforce these laws, but also to ensure that people are being safe,” McCann said in an interview Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The big reason that laws like this exist is to make sure that people are safe when they’re out operating their off-highway vehicles and using the trails in our communities. So the biggest reason is to make sure that we aren’t seeing peple doing things that are unsafe on their OHVs.”<\/span><\/p>\n

McCann did not know how many calls the RCMP received or in which specific areas of North Queens this is happening.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Any type of report like this is too many when it\u2019s unsafe behaviour, like driving too fast and at night. The number of calls that have been received have been enough to promote some concern.”<\/span><\/p>\n

RCMP say that Queens County has no designated roads or highways yet listed under the Nova Scotia Off-Highway Vehicles Act. And operators must have a valid driver\u2019s licence and wear helmets. Children between the ages of 6 and 15 must be supervised by a parent or guardian.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I think the biggest thing to remember is that you have to be thinking about safety all the time on things like this,” McCann said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s really important to use common sense, so making sure that all riders have helmets, making sure that people are using (the vehicles) safely and know how to use them properly, making sure that your vehicles are well maintained and making sure that you are having common sense when you’re picking areas you’re riding in and picking who’s going to be driving the vehicles.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the Off-Highway Vehicles Act, offenders can be fined up to $2,000 and have their vehicle seized by RCMP.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen below for the Aug. 19 news update<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/newsupdateaug1924.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RCMP in Queens County are cracking down on underage ATV operators in North Queens. Queens District RCMP officers will be stepping up patrols in the area after getting numerous reports from residents over the past several weeks of minors illegally operating off-highway vehicles at high speeds and often late at night. RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Carlie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[1950,29,241,1612,1375,1196,1197,2568,2567,49,1583,94],"class_list":["post-7709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-atvs","tag-north-queens","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nova-scotia-rcmp","tag-off-highway-vehicles","tag-off-highway-vehicle","tag-ohv","tag-police","tag-ppl-carlie-mccann","tag-queens-county","tag-queens-district-rcmp","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7712,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7709\/revisions\/7712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}