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by Matt on May 7, 2008
Stroud Township, police promise to crack down on illegal ATV riding - poconorecord.com - The Pocono Record
Police are asking people who see violations for help. If you can identify a driver, police...
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by Matt on March 31, 2008
Eco-terrorists like ELF have no problem torching your property
Since the 1990's, radical environmental groups like the earth liberation front (ELF) have been destroying property in the hopes of s...
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by Matt on March 27, 2008
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Restricting this 4 year old from riding is not fair, he's been riding for 2 years
So yesterday I went off the deep end about the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee lying about ...
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by Matt on March 26, 2008
Senate Transportation and Housing Committee Flat Out Lied About ATV Data in a recent bill proposed to enact restrictions on ATV users. You can read the entire bill below, but the jist is this:
1.Pu...
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by Matt on March 25, 2008
Several Environmental Extremist Groups have been using emotion to get OHV areas shut down despite scientific data that clearly points to the opposite conclusion. The Center for Biological Diversity (...
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by Matt on March 15, 2008
Think an ATV can damage a trail? Go Lab or Go Home
I recently had a conversation with a nice old fellow about ATVs destroying topsoil. He assuredly and smartly informed me about how much "damag...
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by Matt on March 4, 2008
Despite the very liberally biased view that the LA Times is trying to trick you in to believing, the vast majority of dune users don't think closing the dunes is the way to fight illegal border cr...
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by Matt on February 22, 2008
We don't always expect complete honesty from lawyers.
2 days ago I told you about an article that flat out lied about ATV death statistics. Here's another that's ignoring the fact that d...
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by Matt on January 21, 2008
Taxation without representation
The BLM, at a time when more and more movements to eliminate existing fees to use our PUBLIC land in the ISDRA (Glamis, Gordon Wells, Buttercup, etc) are beginning to...
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by Matt on December 19, 2007
Concerned Families for ATV Safety, a group that uses mis-information to try to enact legislation banning children from riding youth ATVs, is now taking to insulting parents by claiming that "Pa...
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by Matt on December 18, 2007
Ohio Doctors: Helmets Don't Do Much Good
A group of doctors in Ohio have come to the conclusion that helmets don't do much to protect kids from injuries while riding ATVs or other recreation...
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by Matt on December 7, 2007
This reply is in response to a comment I received on an earlier post discussing ATV Safety.
In this country there are age limits on kids driving vehicles. Why should it be any different with ATVs? An...
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by Matt on December 3, 2007
An un-named author at Newsday.com cries for parents to "Just Say No" if they ask for an ATV for Christmas. He cites the usual dangers associated with ATVs while completely ignoring other ac...
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by Matt on November 28, 2007
I was researching all the different ways news outlets like CBS and US News were reporting on a study about ATVs, when I found a certain MD essentially informing parents that the use of helmets by kids...
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by Matt on November 19, 2007
This is David Himmel, 16 years old and a highly experienced motorcycle rider
David Himmel, 16, died Sat at Glamis Dunes when his motorcycle crashed into a dune buggy at high speed. The accident was ...
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by Matt on November 9, 2007
An apparent failure of an ATV resulted in the death and injuries of several individuals, including fire fighters in the Harris Fire in San Diego County last month.
In conflicting reports from from s...
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by Matt on November 8, 2007
In my daily trudge through the muck that is misinformation about ATV safety, I came across an article saying to "keep kids off ATV"s.
The article starts off by saying that this lady'...
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by Matt on November 7, 2007
For at least the third time, the proposed Collier County ATV park has been put on hold. This time because they found a crested cara cara's nest at the site north of Immokalee and federal guidelin...
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by Matt on November 3, 2007
Did any of you know that when you buy a home you could be sending money to the green radicals who are trying to close your trails, trying to prevent your kids from riding ATVs, and any other number o...
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by Matt on November 1, 2007
I've been away for a couple of weeks. One week during a fire related evacuation from my home in San Diego, and the second week recovering and getting things back on track.
The fires were incredi...
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by Matt on October 11, 2007
They are using fuzzy math, but the West Virginians are trying to reduce the number of ATV related deaths and accidents. ATVs are a large part of West Virginia's tourist income, and having too ma...
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by Matt on October 8, 2007
A Baltimore Councilwoman felt the pressure. Complaints about dust, damaged crops and noise from people riding ATVs built up over three years, and when veronica Chenowith decided it was time to take ...
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by Matt on October 4, 2007
Today the CBC ran an article that obviously tries to mislead the public about ATV accident statistics. I know, I know, you've heard it before. Seems that's all I ever talk about any more. Bu...
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by Matt on October 3, 2007
ATV safety is a big issue with me. As a father of 2 toddlers who have wheels on their feet instead of toes, and an avid off-roader and ATV owner, I'm even more sensitive to ATV safety where kids ...
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by Matt on October 2, 2007
In a recent post I ranted about extremists claiming ATVs destroy "ground".
Someone commented that
Response from: Dave
Well- I have been hiking on some trails near my house for over 20 ...
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by Matt on September 29, 2007
environmental extremists will do just about anything to close public land, any public land, and private land, to ATVs and off roading. They'll even go as far as to say that "ATVs destroy th...
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by Matt on September 24, 2007
It's something that I see all over in today's society... legislation being created to combat issues that previous legislation was created to combat, but is not being used. And it's not ju...
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by Matt on September 21, 2007
Chump Change
If you've been here before you can tell; I'm not so much in favor of government regulations regarding ATVs. But there are certain areas *cough*safety*cough* where I think there ...
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by Matt on September 20, 2007
Here, Collier, you can have an ATV park. Yeah, right there in that muck. No problem, you're welcome. By the way, we're going to increase your ATV registration fees to maintain the park.
No, ...
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by Matt on September 19, 2007
Most parents care about their kids. Most parents want them to be safe and not get hurt. But it happens. Such is the case with Dominick. He died tragically in an ATV accident in which he was riding as...
