If you're driving, pull over... if you're standing, sit down.... Who'd have thunk it, a jailer AND a judge on the side of ATVers? That's Kentucky, folks. The state where most land is...
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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...
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It's alarming how many people don't know how dangerous it can be to ride an ATV. People still routinely take off without a helmet, without proper training, riding 2 or 3 up on a 1 up quad,...
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by Matt on August 27, 2007
September 10, 17 and 24, Wisconsin is offering up free ATV Safety courses, something I highly recommend for anyone who rides quads. I've been riding for, well, a long time, and when I took one...
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by Matt on August 27, 2007
If you live (and ride ATVs) in Oregon and would like to help make a difference, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is looking for a volunteer to represent ATVers and other off road enthusiasts...
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by Matt on August 23, 2007
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering voluntary sound testing for off-highway vehicles including off-road motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), Rhinos/Mules or other vehicles used on...
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by Matt on August 23, 2007
As of July 1 2007, Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreational Areas will require whip with a flag on your ATV. (why not motorcycles?) Hrmph. Oh well, here's the specs: The whip shall extend at...
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by Matt on August 22, 2007
The US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command is extending it's contract with teched out Polaris ATVs for 3 years. The ATVs are used widely in Southwest Asia and other mountain, urban, desert...
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by Matt on August 20, 2007
Some good news coming out of Harrisburg, VA. Fire and rescue crews are using three All Terrain Vehicles to assist them in their efforts throughout the county. The six-wheeled ATVs have been key in...
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by Matt on August 20, 2007
Kelly Jo Evans from Char-leston Area Medical Center is providing a free presentation for ATVs and how to avoid traumatic injuries through education. As both of my regular readers here know, ATVs can...
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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...
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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...
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Working to Eliminate ATV Use on Private Land Recent legislation in Harris MN, defining what an ATV track is, snuck in a nice tidbit that keeps the lines of legal ATV use blurred. The legislation was...
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by Matt on August 15, 2007
Jericho Mountain, (a State Park in Berlin, NH) will increase the number of available ATV trails from a total of 18 miles to 33 by next month, with more to come (50?) by year's end. They're...
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by Matt 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...
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by Matt on August 14, 2007
Have you or someone you know been in a serious ATV accident? If so, I'd really like to talk with you about your views of ATVs now. I'm working with a couple of news outlets for stories and...
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by Matt 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...
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Kate Fratti of PhillyBurbs.com writes about an ongoing battle for a place to ride ATVs near Playwicky Park in Pa. ATVs have long ridden there illegally with little effort to stop them. Now that more...
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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...
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Santa Rosa County Florida lawmakers voted 3 to 1 to overturn a ban on ATVs on dirt roads. The only opposition came from Commissioner John Broxson who said They're very dangerous. They're very...
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