Texas UTV Street Legal Campaign

As a Side-by-Side Utility Vehicle enthusiast, I would like to ask you to consider offering legislation that would define these vehicles in the Texas Transportation Code and like many other states allow for their registration for on-road use once specific safety equipment requirements have been met.
These vehicles are enjoyed by tens of thousands across the State of Texas in farming, ranching and entertainment endeavors. Most Side-by-Side vehicles are manufactured to exceed 25mph and therefore cannot be legally registered as a “slow moving vehicle” as can most golf-carts. In fact most of the newer of these vehicles can easily reach 50 mph, putting it in the arena with most Jeeps manufactured through the 60’s and the like that are readily registered for street use.