Here's the real world ... VT doesn't "ban" ATV's. There are tens of thousands of them in the state, both for recreation and work. Get your facts straight.
What the state of VT does is ban them from trails on public land, where the erosion issues can be huge. (Just see what Irene floodwaters did in those steep mountain river beds!)
If you buy something like that, you'd better have a place you can legally ride it without causing other people to pay for the damage you cause. Just like if you buy a firearm - you'd better have a safe place to shoot it and not just set up targets in your neighbors yard. Legal to buy is not the same as legal to operate. Too many ATV owners think that because they bought it, it must be ok to ride it everywhere. They've been agitating for public land access for a long time - that ATVs came in handy in an emergency doesn't address the root problems with indiscriminate use. Lots of things come in handy in an emergency that you wouldn't want going on all the rest of the time.
Ignoring the real issues is just entering the fantasyland of ATV-socialists who think they should be able to do whatever they want - regardless of who else pays the cost. It isn't liberal to protest paying taxes to provide a public playground for ATV owners.
Even the VAST snowmobilers ban them from their trials, which are on a combination of public and private lands. The trails aren't at risk when they are snow covered and the ground frozen, but any other time, it's a real world problem.
So, you can prove they devesatate land...that most are ridden in contravention of good judgement or are you just another mind-numbed anti ATV zealot. That a few may violate good judgement makes all a threat? Is the article a lie?
Somehow I think you're just hostile to anything that offends your environmental extremism...
Here's the real world ... VT doesn't "ban" ATV's. There are tens of thousands of them in the state, both for recreation and work. Get your facts straight.
ReplyDeleteWhat the state of VT does is ban them from trails on public land, where the erosion issues can be huge. (Just see what Irene floodwaters did in those steep mountain river beds!)
If you buy something like that, you'd better have a place you can legally ride it without causing other people to pay for the damage you cause. Just like if you buy a firearm - you'd better have a safe place to shoot it and not just set up targets in your neighbors yard. Legal to buy is not the same as legal to operate. Too many ATV owners think that because they bought it, it must be ok to ride it everywhere. They've been agitating for public land access for a long time - that ATVs came in handy in an emergency doesn't address the root problems with indiscriminate use. Lots of things come in handy in an emergency that you wouldn't want going on all the rest of the time.
Ignoring the real issues is just entering the fantasyland of ATV-socialists who think they should be able to do whatever they want - regardless of who else pays the cost. It isn't liberal to protest paying taxes to provide a public playground for ATV owners.
Even the VAST snowmobilers ban them from their trials, which are on a combination of public and private lands. The trails aren't at risk when they are snow covered and the ground frozen, but any other time, it's a real world problem.
So, you can prove they devesatate land...that most are ridden in contravention of good judgement or are you just another mind-numbed anti ATV zealot. That a few may violate good judgement makes all a threat? Is the article a lie?
ReplyDeleteSomehow I think you're just hostile to anything that offends your environmental extremism...