I read the previous posts, and i admit scanned a bit of them, but noone mentioned the history of ORV, or more easy ATV's. I seriously doubt ATV destruction is even near the levels indicated, but to be honest, its the history of ATV's that i agree with the banning of them. As a teenager in the mid 90's, we who had ATV's were mixed, it was us farm boys, or people living near farms (or girls, trying to not be sexist). There was no "utility quad" or that stuff then, and most people didint own ATV's, they were some odd thing that certain people owned to go around, and rip up trails (trails made of SAND, not plants), and farmland. When i was riding, people had places to ride, either illegal, or legal, but places available to be driven from their homes on the ATV itself. Now illegal was not into crops, or forest, just sand trails, or back roads, it was more of a fun transportation machine then anything else. The real problem is, which i know people, is people having a house, with a backyard i could in all seriousness, piss across to the neighbors yard from any direction, owning ATV's. These people are the ones going out to these places, and are just going bezerker, and getting mad when they cant drive over someones soybeans, or go into the local baseball field, or into a state park. These people have no reason to own an ATV, but they can, but should not be supported by the State of New Jersey in tax money for them to ride. Anyone can own one, but i see no reason in state support for "riding places". The ATV/Dirt Bike market has totally exploded since the late 90's, and you can see it in the price hike of the same ATV in just 5 years, its insane, but demand allows it. ATV's or whatever dont need to be supported by tax dollars in any way, if you own one, and if you want to do doughnuts in your 5' by 5' yard, then thats your choice, not to go riding on my farm, or in the pinelands because you think you have some right just because you spent $7000 for something that cost $3000 new less then 10 years ago. To hit the insurance issue, its all about idiots injuring themselves, others, or property that has drove this need for insurance, but its really because of the expansion of unneeded ownership. I am against insurance for any ATV/ORV, because people can own them for their own purpose, and be covered by homeowners insurances, health insurance, etc, you punish them to support people who sue/claim when they dont need an ATV, but cripple themselves or run over someone, let their estate, and future estate be liable. As for the pollution problem, this is outright stupid to compare an ATV or "ORV" to an automobile. When you drive you auto down the road, most likely when it leaks fluid on the road (they all leak something) it is washed into storm drains. Storm drains lead direct into creeks, streams, and eventually into the Delaware or Atlantic. They are just pushing pollution into water sources, when leaking fluid in anywhere else is just put into the top layer of ground, and not concentrated into an ecosystem. As for air pollution, this two cycle, four cycle debate, lets put it into autos, a weekend of ATV riding is less then most people pollute just driving to work, so the pollution argument is outright idiotic, and yes, i did not mention, lawn care, or the products you buy that create pollution from their creation, or the electricity you will use to make some stupid response to pollution, fix the real problems, not a boom ATV sales to hammer on the pollution they create.
