If you are like me (and you know you should) you wear a helmet when going on “Big Boy” fast rides and when you have your family onboard. If you are in a recreation area or even on Forest Service lands, there is always a law enforcement officer or two running around and pulling over the guys without helmets. But what if you want to go for a little putt putt around camp or down to the water without a brain bucket. You will most assuredly get a ticket for it. (Especially in Cali). But I recently found out thats not the case if you own a RZR Pro R and roam around Cali. There is a law that states that your RZR isnt classified as a ROV but rather a sand car. I never advocate riding without protection but you may want to have a look at this in case Ranger Rick decides to get the ticket book out on you.

A bulletin from California State Parks appears to define the Polaris RZR Pro R as a “sand car,” not an ROV. According to the memo, the Pro R’s 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine is too big for the rig to fall under ROV rules and regulations. In California, an ROV must have an engine that’s 1,000cc or smaller. Because of that, the Pro R isn’t subject to ROV enforcement under section 38600 of the California Vehicle Code.

That means that California’s ROV laws concerning helmets, seatbelts, grab bar, and seating do not apply to the Pro R. Instead, California Parks officials have taken the California Air Resources Board’s lead and defined the Pro R as a “sand car,” which means the machine will need a green sticker to play at Glamis.

This is an article by UTVDriver:

A bulletin from California State Parks appears to define the Polaris RZR Pro R as a “sand car,” not an ROV. According to the memo, the Pro R’s 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine is too big for the rig to fall under ROV rules and regulations. In California, an ROV must have an engine that’s 1,000cc or smaller. Because of that, the Pro R isn’t subject to ROV enforcement under section 38600 of the California Vehicle Code.

That means that California’s ROV laws concerning helmets, seatbelts, grab bar, and seating do not apply to the Pro R. Instead, California Parks officials have taken the California Air Resources Board’s lead and defined the Pro R as a “sand car,” which means the machine will need a green sticker to play at Glamis.