Good questions on noise controls. There is a committee hearing on Tuesday, January 25, at 3:30 p.m. regarding SB 5089 restricting riding and associated noise. The hearing is before the Senate Water, Energy and Environment Committee.

On Wednesday, January 26, at 1:30 p.m. the Senate Transportation Committee is holding a hearing on SB 5031, enacting new age and other restrictions on ATV riding. The industry views this bill as particularly onerous.

As you can see, there is a multifront attack on ATV and ORV riding in Washington state. What we may gain from Rep. Hinkle's bill could be offset by new restrictions enacted by other bills. ATV riders must be dilligent in responding to all of these bills. It is important to talk to your legislators about issues impacting ATV riders.

You can get more information on the bills and find your legislator at http://www.leg.wa.gov

 

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]$ 5.00 fee to director.....$10.00 fee to director.......... I see the true reasons now for sb 5031 wrapped up sweetly in "PC" concerns of safety.
As for the other bill I believe the "critical areas" ordinances of king county are NOTHING compared to this one as for restrictions for land use one your own property. 600'????? You could own 50 acres or more and potentially not be able to ride any of it!!
OH the joys of living in a "blue" state............................

 

We use ATV's on our farm daily to check on our livestock. It's going to be hard to see the pigs if I can't get within 600'.

 

There are a lot of mildly handicapped and elderly persons who depend on ATV's to provide them access to the outdoors. What many do not realize is that legislation like this may affect their ability to recreate... Perhaps involving the handicapped lobby may be in order.

 

This would SEEM to make sense, But then Why do the supporters of the Wild Sky wilderness proposal CLAIM to have the handicapped lobby (or whatever) on thier side?? Maybe they have the mentally handicaped?[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

I think I can answer that with a little story. I just received a note from the Sierra Club yesterday. In it, they talk about how the Bush administration is considering allowing logging in the sequoia national forests... and that this means 300,000 truck loads of "virgin" forests would be lost, and talked about all the damage that the equipment would do to the environment yada yada.. and they wanted me to send them a check so they could continue to fight against this.... Nowhere did they say that the actual seqoias would be put at risk, only that there was going to be some logging in the area. They claimed that there would be a truckload every 3 minutes... What a crock....

Anyway, they use sensational methods to get a donation, then use the funding to fight many different battles.. like getting rid of ATV's.... so you never know where the $ is spent. They do the same with alliances with other lobby groups. They get them to agree on one subject, and all of a sudden, they use the affiliation on all their projects.... which is a little deceptive... but it happens.

Needless to say, they are going to get an empty envelope to go along with their empty claims.....

 

There is a hearing before the House Natural Resources, Ecology & Parks Committee on Friday, February 11, at 1:30 p.m. to enact severe new restrictions on the noise generated by ATVs and other off-road vehicles. The bill is HB 1455. To read the bill go to http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/billinf...1455&year=2005.

This is one of several bills mentioned on this sight already that would negatively impact ATV riders. This bill was introduced to specifically

Also, a report in The Olympian, last week indicates that the Thurston County ORV park may be closed permanently. Senator Karen Fraser (D-Olympia) is proposing to rob $1.3 million out of the state's ORV fund to pay for the costs to close the park. You can read the complete article here:

http://www.theolympian.com/home/news...nd/80927.shtml

 

the proposal to pay off thurston county coming from a a democrat does not surprise me in any way. that's no solution at all IMO.
the article then goes on to lie... that the money comes from gas tax, it did at one point but after the enviros gutted our funds from that, we had our ORV tabs more than doubled in cost... to save the riding areas. and now this D wants to take 1.6M from what we have and pay it to thurston county so they can pay it back to the state... in the general fund! and we, the end users, get the shaft coming & going.


if this was some liberal fund/cause they were killing, they'd be screaming bloody murder!

 

When is it going to end??? Why not attack chain saws... or lawn mowers.. Heck, soon we will all be using goats to keep the grass down, and beavers to cut down trees. Not very efficient, but a good reason for justifying the cost of wood products. These damn environmental nut cases will eventually ruin this country. What started as a good idea, has become an organization run by the insane, idiots that used to carry their furry rabbit stuffed animal around in their toy wagons as a child, while people like me grew up with a cork gun in my hands planning ambush attacks from behind the couch. Those floppy eared fuzz ***** didn't stand a chance...

I got into really big trouble when I field dressed my sister's new pink stuffed bunny that she got in her Easter basket one year... My mom didn't have much in the way of a sense of humor...

 

Have any of the rest of us here in the socialist state on Washington recieved our ALERT letter (Via USPS) from the BRC with 2 pages of issues detrimental to OHV users yet?? If you haven't you will be soon and the news is not good. As above.....Safety???????My butt!!!!