Ashland to Northfork

can you drive a utv on county road 17 between ashland and northfork?

yes
most of the roads there allow atv's
yield to cars and stay off the main roads

yes. Just drive on your side of the road and don't act like a baboon and you will be ok. Main roads are ok as well. I went down 52 to welch one time and the cops waved as I waved back.

you must be special, they told us to stay off 52  :)

these were county cops

I had a JBS sticker on my Sxs so that's why they let me roll. You probably had a pissy pussy posse sticker. That's why they ran u off.

I got a JBS sticker, too. Musta been one of the others they didn't like.........

Thanks guys, it help will help save us some time.

I made two trips over the weekend and never had an issue.

  The most that I was impressed was the time a group of us were in Northfork at the fuel stop and the Local Constable On Patrol (COP) stopped by the group and talked to us about highway safety on ATV's.  He said their mission was to "stop anytime they seen a group gathered in a parking lot or the gas stops, stores, and eateries to stop by, welcome them, encourage them to return, and make sure they understand staying to the right and the 25 mph suggested speed limit".

It really impressed me, especially the safety part.  He was actually the Police Chief in Kimball and worked part time with Northfork.

SO, I would certainly agree that doing what you are suppose to do will get you and uninterrupted ride most anywhere in that area.  Several of us road all the way from Matoaka to Ashland by road one time very uneventful.  One County Mountie did look twice at us, but we waved and he waved and we never slowed up...MD

TBONE21 wrote:

I had a JBS sticker on my Sxs so that's why they let me roll. You probably had a pissy pussy posse sticker. That's why they ran u off.

LMAO!!!!!!!

WV law allows you to ride the edge of any road to go from one trail to another under 10 miles.

I've never heard of that wv law.  It's probably a courtesy.

here's the code:
CHAPTER 17F. ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES

Yep an actual law. Down towards the bottom.