Well, the deal is, I live on a dead end street. At the end of the street is a canal that goes into a local lake. My son has been riding his 4wheeler down the road to the canal for like 4 or 5 years now to go fishing and a lot of times pulls his boat down there and docks it in the canal and gets to the lake to fish and set jugs. Just last week him and a couple of the neighbor boys went frogging and did pretty good. A few of the next door neighbor kids have 4 wheelers also, along with a few other neighbors a lil further down. We all ride down the road from time to time. Well, about 3 months ago, one of the neighbor boys was riding down the road,and another neighbors dog ran out right in front of the 4 wheeler. Needless to say, the dog got run over. Didn't kill it,but got hurt pretty good. Well the Man came out cussing the boy like a sailor for running over his dog. (mind you,we have a leash law in our area) The boys parents went and met the guy and apologized and even paid the vet bills. since then Ive witnessed another one of the guys dogs running loose and get hit by a passing car,(that didn't stop). Ever since then, every time one of the kids rides down the road, the police seem to make a drive by not long after. Yesterday, the police stopped by the house and kindly told us that it is illegal to ride the 4 wheelers on the road,and next time the kids are "caught" they or us will be ticketed. Just sucks for the boys,cuz now they are cut off from the canal.
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