Whenever I hear someone talk about land owner's being liable for trespassers I have to calls them as I sees them.... That's got bleeding heart liberal written all over it.
For the fourth time, What was being discussed wasnt the simlpe act of someone getting hurt on someones land, it was the issue of delibertly setting traps referenced to here.....
The wire at neck level was though of and may be used if the trees and a visit to the police doesn't solve it.
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Besides, the fight you and others have is not with the riders, but with your state.
Ill expand on this later, right now I have to go riding.
Now, goof was the only one to inquire about this, which shows hes atleast thinking so ill expand.......
This part of my second post was designed to make you think. Instead, people let their emotions run amok and started veering into areas that were never mentioned.
Lets try to stay focused and discuss where the problem lies.
My statement that this problem has more to do with your (My) local government is a valid one, but one that is largely overlooked and one that can do some good if you will think about it a little bit.
Lets face it, this is a real problem. Dose anyone here have any idea where their local state approved riding area is?
I know where mine is, its 4 friggin hours away! To make matters worse, there is somewhere in the neighborhood of 1500 OHV's per mile of trail in the entire state and in NJ there are over 3000!
Think about this, the state lets the vehicles be sold, they gladly collect the taxes on the bike, clothing, safety equipment etc. Then they take the funds generated by the sale of thousands on OHV's and spend the money BUILDING ROADS!
Wouldnt it make more sense and greatly alleviate this problem if the people were given more places to ride? Face it, people are going to get away with whatever they can, legal, illegal, what have you,
This is basic human nature.
OHV enthusiasts have been clamoring for this for decades. the only problem is that the states wont listen to the riders.
I have a feeling that if the landowners could see another side of this and petition their state for legal riding areas
They could get something done about this problem. The states will listen to the landowners. $$$=POWER
The states need to either give people places to use these vehicles, or they need to ban the sale/ownership of them, which their not likely to do as this is a billion dollar a year industry.
To sum up my point, By allowing the sale of these vehicles and gladly collecting the taxes without providing proper venues for their use, the states are as big a part of the problem as the riders.
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As to the property damage mentioned in the beginning of this thread, it would appear to me that this is a case of a poorly laid out GNCC course.
Look up GNCC, bet you didnt even know that these things existed. Cutting and marking trails isint the kind of thing that Weekend Warriors would do, this has all of the hallmarks of a Legitimate temporary offroad course gone wrong.
These courses are generally set up by volunteers who may or may not know how to read a map. In many states the forest rangers will help set up these courses to prevent these types of things from happening, but not all states do this.
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