Off-Road Vehicles

Fall River could enact an ordinance this month to give police more tools to deal with illegal ATV and dirt bike riders. Should New Bedford do the same?

The man is accused of driving his ATV on private property, smashing a house window, gunning the vehicle at a person who confronted him, and resisting arrest.

Off-road vehicle use has come under greater scrutiny after a New Bedford Police Officer was hospitalized after being struck by a motorbike on Halloween night.