http://www.dpcinc.org/blog/2009/05/14/huge-defeat-for-orv-lobby/ News and Views from the Desert Protective Council. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:31:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.dpcinc.org/blog/2009/05/14/huge-defeat-for-orv-lobby/comment-page-1/#comment-1594 Jim Morehouse Fri, 15 May 2009 19:19:24 +0000 http://www.dpcinc.org/blog/?p=216#comment-1594 Allowing ORVs on city streets is about as ludicrous an idea as I've ever heard. They should be outlawed entirely. The people who use these machines have proven time and again that they are irresponsible and destructive. The machines themselves, even when used "responsibly" are destructive because of unregulated emissions, dust, noise, and they promote erosion and compactions of the soil, and they disturb the land such that weeds and non-native plants take residence and drive out native species. So I posit that there is no such thing as "responsible" use of these machines. Allowing ORVs on city streets is about as ludicrous an idea as I’ve ever heard. They should be outlawed entirely. The people who use these machines have proven time and again that they are irresponsible and destructive. The machines themselves, even when used “responsibly” are destructive because of unregulated emissions, dust, noise, and they promote erosion and compactions of the soil, and they disturb the land such that weeds and non-native plants take residence and drive out native species. So I posit that there is no such thing as “responsible” use of these machines.

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