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ATV to Help the Economy? Yes! But Not in My Back Yard
Filed in archive ATV , ATV Statistics , Legislation/Environment News , OHV Areas , Rants on September 18, 2007
They want it both ways, but get mad if they don't get their way Wheeler News Service reports that a Wisconsin Department of natural resources plan to add riding trails for ATVs is a great idea o...
Another Small Group Being Inconsiderate Threatens More Closures
Filed in archive Rants on September 12, 2007
Throw Out the Whole Carton for One Bad Egg When you've got one bad egg in the carton, do you throw out the whole carton? No. You smash the one bad egg into a thousand pieces as an example to the...
Defiant ATV Course Stays Open Despite Court Ruling
Filed in archive ATV , Legislation/Environment News , Motorcycle , News , Off-Road , OHV Areas , Rants on September 4, 2007
Kunkletown Kids need safer recreational areas to ride ATVs, and they thought they had it. The Weekend Warroirs Motocross Club have an off road course off Silver Spring Boulevard that's opened on...
ATVers in Collier County Duped by Bureaucrats
Filed in archive ATV , Legislation/Environment News , News , OHV Areas , Rants on August 28, 2007
ATV enthusiasts have been duped again. This time in Collier County, where the Picayune state forest was recently shut down to ATVs. Left without a place to ride, officials promised to open a permanent...
This Isn't Childs Play
Filed in archive Accidents , ATV , Legislation/Environment News , News , Rants on August 18, 2007
The Washington Post did an article called This Isn't Child's Play where they, like so many others, mis-used stats to make a point based on an agenda. More than 100 children die every year in ...
Doctor Quits ATV Committe Because it's Not Hard Enough Against ATVs
Filed in archive Accidents , ATV , Legislation/Environment News , News , Rants on August 16, 2007
Dr. Mike Howlett of the Colchester Regional Hospital quit a committee created to oversee changes to the use of ATVs. He quit because the committee wasn't being strict enough with the rules governi...
Protecting Our Public Land From Enviro Whackos
Filed in archive Rants on August 14, 2007
Every time I turn around, there's something somewhere slamming ATVs because they do damage to "critical habitats" and "destroy natural resources". Right. And all you hippy typ...
ATVers Fined/Jailed Because No Laws to Enforce OHVs
Filed in archive Rants on August 13, 2007
I don't know how I missed this one, but Jim, the 4x4 Guide over at About.com caught it... Seems there's a beach in Hatteras, Virginia that a Federal Judge has assigned fines and jail time to f...
USDF Squeezing ATVs Out of Forest
Filed in archive Legislation/Environment News , News , Rants on August 13, 2007
Redding Record Searchlight reports that Lassen and other national forests are restricting All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) to "curb environmental destruction." But according to some, that's ...
Debate on Proposed ATV Park Gets Green Panties in a Wad
Filed in archive Rants on August 9, 2007
In response to a comment stating that ATVs are responsible for broken glass, destroying entire eco-systems, and indeed, causing global warming on Mars, I was going to say something to The effect tha...
ATV Misinformation: Where's the Outrage?
Filed in archive Rants on August 7, 2007
ParentWonder is helping spread more false information about ATVs and kids vs ATVs and bicycles. They're saying that a group of pissed off mothers had a study done tracking accidents by kids. So I ...
ESA Adds Another Species to the Endganered Species List
Filed in archive Rants on August 3, 2007
That's right, this time it's a serious (and real) problem with a species that is quickly becoming the main target for extinction. The species? OHVers. Duners. ATVers. And just about anyone ...
Canadian Medical Journal Gets in on the Statistical Smoke Screen
Filed in archive ATV , Legislation/Environment News , News , Rants on July 30, 2007
Canadian Medical Journal is jumping on the mis-information bandwagon. They headlined an article titled: ATV injuries rise 50% as other types decline In the article, they state that ATV related hospi...
More Laws Governing Your Use of Your Land
Filed in archive ATV , Legislation/Environment News , News , OHV Areas , Rants on July 30, 2007
Germany Township in PA wants to govern how and when tax paying citizens from riding on their property. More legislation taking away your rights to do what you want on your own property. New riding h...
ATV Legislation, It's Never Enough for Some People
Filed in archive Rants on July 12, 2007
Oklahoma's Ada Evening News is saying new helmet laws are not enough. They want more. They won't say what, except that the new helmet laws in Oklahoma should apply on, wait for it.... private...
ATV Park Proposal Sparks Enviro-Meltdown
Filed in archive Rants on July 6, 2007
So New York State bans ATV riders from all of it's 3 million acres of public land, and they don't expect OHVers to be mad? It seems like every attempt to get off roaders a place to ride is sho...
ATV Safety: Changing the Bad Image
Filed in archive ATV , ATV Safety , News , Off-Road , Rants on July 5, 2007
There is a growing amount of misinformation being spread about atv safety in an effort to attempt to close down this quickly growing off-road recreational activity. I keep reading (and now hearing on...
OHV Group Watching the Watchdogs
Filed in archive ATV , Legislation/Environment News , Motorcycle , News , Off-Road , OHV Areas , Rants on June 29, 2007
The Shasta Trinity National Forest is doing a study on the impact of ATVs using national forest areas which are the home to spotted owl, a federally protected and endangered bird. The BlueRibbon Coali...
Man Threatens to Shoot Next ATVs That Run Him Over
Filed in archive ATV , ATV Safety , News , Off-Road , Rants on June 25, 2007
...And quite honestly, who could blame him? Bill Burgund is a retired cop who lost his left leg in the line of duty. He lives in Montana and hikes along Lost Horse Road near lake como regularly. On a...
ATV Hatred Morphs into New Math
Filed in archive ATV , Legislation/Environment News , News , Off-Road , OHV Areas , Rants on June 19, 2007
In this image, you see a home owner attempting to measure ruts in the mud near his driveway which are claimed to be 18 inches deep by John Myers, reporter for the Duluth News Tribune. The article talk...
Riverside Sheriff Shoots at Un-Armed ATV Riders
Filed in archive ATV , Legislation/Environment News , News , Off-Road , OHV Areas , Rants on June 19, 2007
Press Enterprise reports that a Riverside County California Sheriff shot at an un-armed fleeing ATV rider at Canyon Lake on May 12, 2007. Sheriff's claimed the person on the ATV (a rhino side by...
Bias FOR ATVs in Garfield County: Enragement Ensues
Filed in archive Legislation/Environment News , News , Rants on June 13, 2007
The Salt Lake Tribune had an editorial the other day that was basically slamming garfield County, Utah for being biased in favor of ATVs. Biased in favor of ATVs. It doesn't happen much, but when ...
ATVs Banned on Private Property
Filed in archive ATV , Legislation/Environment News , News , Rants on June 7, 2007
Remember my post a few weeks ago called Shooting Yourself (and the Rest of Us) in the Foot where I was ranting about ATV usage being banned on private property? Well guess what... phillyburbs.com repo...
Carbon Credits: A Sucker Born Every Minute
Filed in archive Legislation/Environment News , News , Rants on June 4, 2007
Roden over at IfEnergy brought up the fact that his friend is into carbon credits as an investment, and is doing quite well at it. I know Al Gore would be proud. I kind of chuckled to myself knowing t...
CBD Mad: No Species Added to Endangered List in a Year
Filed in archive Legislation/Environment News , News , Rants on May 31, 2007
The Center for Biological Diversity is in an uproar because the evil President Bush and his administrative cronies haven't added anything to the endangered species list in over a year. They claim ...
Alaska ATVs Make Ruts on Trails
Filed in archive ATV , Legislation/Environment News , Motorcycle , News , Off-Road , OHV Areas , Rants on May 30, 2007
That's right, folks! ATVs are making ruts on some trails somewhere in Alaska. Lets find who's responsible and jail them, impound their ATVs and ban anyone else from ever riding an ATV again! ...
Eco-Terrorist Jailed for 13 Years
Filed in archive Humor , Legislation/Environment News , News , Other , Rants on May 30, 2007
Another dilemma for me today... I don't know if I should post this in Humor or Enviro/News... Seems a member of the Earth Liberation Front was sentenced to 13 years in prison for arson. My first r...
Cindi Scoppe: Ignorant "Journalist" with Bad Priorities
Filed in archive ATV , ATV Safety , Legislation/Environment News , News , Off-Road , Other , Rants on May 29, 2007
South Carolina's The State.com ran an article by Cindi Scoppe today called Somebody's got to stand up for the rights of 6-year-old driversthat made me want to puke. In it, the Cindy Sheehan o...
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