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by Matt on May 07, 2008
© swanksalot 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...
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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...
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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 what...
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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:...
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by Matt on March 24, 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 07, 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 03, 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...
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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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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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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...
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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's...
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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...
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by Matt on November 03, 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...
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by Matt on November 01, 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...
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