While it was a fairly routine agenda for Tuesday’s Christian Fiscal Court meeting, they did hear from a group of citizens who are looking to legalize side-by-side type vehicles for more use on county roadways.
The group known as Christian County For Side-By-Side Legalization is looking to include golf carts, high speed UTVs and similar vehicles among those that are legal on Christian County roadways, and Jason Hale spoke on behalf of that group Tuesday. He clarified that while some exceptions are currently made for farm vehicles, that comes with heavy restrictions, including distances traveled.
He says counties around us, including Trigg County, have already passed similar measures that require individuals to register those vehicles just as you would any other.
Hale says no one in their group is looking to put these vehicles on the interstate—they would be sticking to local roads with speed limits of about 55 miles per hour or less.
Magistrates brought up liability and safety concerns, but Hale contends that it would be no more dangerous than operating a motorcycle on the road, which is already legal.
He says they’ve also been in contact with numerous officials, both local and state, about permitting, regulations, what might happen in this year’s session of the Kentucky General Assembly and more, and says that if any ordinance making side-by-sides legal on county roads would only benefit Christian Countians.
No action was taken on the topic Tuesday, with future discussion and consideration likely.
In other action, the Fiscal Court approved the 2025 Christian County Road Program, along with declaring numerous items from the Christian County Sheriff’s Department as surplus.