Downtown Dallas’ ATV problem is out of hand | Opinion
After decades of thoughtful planning and efforts to draw residents to the city’s core, this is a disturbing development and one Dallas police must get under control. This isn’t downtown bustle or eccentricity; it’s a nuisance that residents shouldn’t have to tolerate.“The big problem we have is the drag racing and stunt shows after hours, at 2 or 3 in the morning,” said Krause, vice president of the Downtown Dallas Residents Council and chair of its public safety committee.
Dallas City Council member Paul Ridley, whose district includes part of downtown, is also peeved. “Some of these vehicles are being driven recklessly, ignoring traffic signals and driving on sidewalks, creating a danger to motorists and pedestrians alike,” he said in an email. How did this become a problem? A dizzying array of amendments to the state’s transportation code and other laws in recent years have allowed the driving of ATVs, golf carts and other off-highway vehicles on city streets with speed limits of 35 mph or less in certain circumstances.Their use on city streets is generally restricted to daytime, to within 2 miles from where they’re usually parked and for transportation to or from a golf course, according to the transportation code.
Meanwhile, the residents council’s public safety committee is meeting Aug. 8 and hopes to get some encouraging news from police and city officials about progress being made to control this problem. We do, too. Downtown’s resident population will soon surpass 16,000, including many families with children, and it’s expected to keep climbing. These residents deserve the same assurance of a peaceful and safe quality of life as those in any other neighborhood.
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