"Mini-trucks" on Arkansas roads

Legislation may be filed in the next legislative session that would allow mini-trucks,which are sold as off-road vehicles, to legally be driven on state roads. Farmers have begun using the vehicles because they get good gas mileage. The proposal was brought before yesterday's Transportation Committee meeting by Rep. Scott Sullivan (D-DeQueen). Here's more from the Arkansas News Bureau.

The proposal would prohibit these trucks from being driven on the interstate. These mini-trucks are currently street legal in some form in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming. They can be purchased for around $5,500, and they get around 40-50 mpg. The proposed Arkansas legislation will be patterned after Oklahoma's law, which is one of three states that does not impose a speed restriction (other than the posted speed limit). Most other state with a mini-truck law impose a speed restriction of 35 mph and restrict use to city streets.