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ATV riders out of control

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Written by Laurel Leader-Call   
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
To the editor:
 
I know this may seem strange, but aren’t “off road vehicles” meant to be driven off road. Drive around Jones County or any county for that matter, and you will encounter children too young to get a driver’s license speeding down a county road on an ATV.
 
Drive past our numerous trailers and homes sitting on relatively small lots and see how many four wheelers you can count in the yard. Its evident that there is no where for most ATV addicts to “ride” except on the road, other people’s land, streams, and creek beds. As soon as the school buses drop off the little munchkins in the afternoon, one can hear engines crank all over the county.
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“Farmers as a group rarely tend to want more government regulation. But the growing problem of trespassing caused by illegal riders spurred our membership into action to pass common-sense visible identification and ORV enforcement measures. We are proud that we were able to work with rider groups to find a solution that all sides could agree to.”

- Christopher Henney, Director of Legislative Relations, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation