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Riverside Co. has proposed regulations that would prohibit you from riding ON YOU OWN LAND!

 

Coming soon to a area near all of us if we don't start to stand togeather.

 

Go find some *** with a super loud pipe and thank him.

 

I think that guy with the loud pipe is the sameone who does doughnuts in the road and 90 mph in front of my house.
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Let them posture all they want, they will never be able to ban you from riding on you own land.

The only thing they can limit are the sound levels. Those that argue that they could just limit the sound level to "zero decibles" or some unattainable limit to ATVs are right on some level. However, that would also elimnate all lawn maintenance quipment, and that would not fly in an actual residential zone. Perhaps a "gated" development with rules and regulations like a condo is the exception. But the moment you move into a place like that you give up your right to do anything.

The moment that you are forbidden from expressing your option to ride an ATV on you own, residential property, without damaging you neighbors property in ANY way possible (and I mean ANY because some lawyer out there is looking at roost that flies onto his cliens lawn as damage) the moment that happens, America as we know it no longer exists.

 

they cant ban you on your own property, its just not possible.

 

I wish that were true....and it damn well should be true, but there are an alarming number of people are not only banned from riding an ATV on their property, they can't even set foot on their property. Not to long ago I watched a program which showed how a rancher was forbidden to even walk on his property because some environmental extremist group said his land was home to some sort of sand flea. This land had been in his family for many generations and now he can't even enjoy a stroll on the land much less run his ranch (which was how he made a living). Sadly, there are cases like this across the country.

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They can also use zoning to keep you from riding on your property. If your property is not zoned for Ag or recreation (say it's commercial or residential) then you are violating zoning laws. This is one way neighbors can force people to stop riding on their own property.

I can't seem to find anything, but I seem to remember there was a law that forbids operating an OHV within a certain distance of a dwelling (much like the laws limiting discharge of a firearm within a particular distance from an occupied dwelling.)

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The point is this.... the environmentalists and the squeaky wheels in this country are winning this war... and people like you and me let them by not getting involved and giving the other side of the fence argument to the local authorities as they are considering what their action should be.

Go ahead and sit in your easy chair while we lose everything... but don't complain when you find out it is too late.

You need to get involved, and get other locals involved as well. Otherwise you will end up like a lot of us who have to travel several hours to enjoy thier sport. Coming to a field near you...

They had better ban all gas powered lawn mowers, chain saws, basket ball courts, and any form of stadium sports at the same time and throw in loud stereos in cars too... they all generate the same amount if not more noise than an ATV with open pipes. It sounds like targeted discrimination to me.

I will not however defend the use of loud pipes... I have said before that the guys that put them on don't give a rat's you know what for your riding rights.. they ruin it for everyone and then either move on, or continue to ride and be a problem while only the law abiding citizens are affected.

 

only if your land is under 5 acres, Their currently going through a court battle over this. I ride in the badlands between Gilman springs road and jack rabbit trail off of the 60 freeway, that whole are they are trying to make into an off road park,, ride RED