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Originally Posted by Rhino
Great forum!
Just a couple of questions:.....#3) Has anybody in the UTV/SXS world gotten beyond talking about mods and planning outings to delve into how our machines fit politically into the orv mix? True multi-use trail systems are definitely not a 'given' in today's "every machine for themselves" leadership-less local/national organizational level and the subject is definitely not coming up in forestry travel manangement workshops sponsored by these very same people. (with the most recent "closed unless posted open" policy most likely being the most important subject manner to ever affect this sport).
Thanks for your thoughts,
John
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"wow".....I either just talked
way over the basic understanding of current events few care about....or simply made the mistake of 'how dare you' questioning those who presently lead/divide our sport into single vs multi-use factions.
Is this why attending get-togethers in the (cough) 'united' orv community is like "walking on eggshells"???
For example:
Who goes to Windrock events with the hope of gathering folks together in regards to
basic safety issues or changing state-wide double-em-up/helmet-less laws to mirror what our national orv leaders portray us to be?
How about southeastern Kentucky in regards to finally bringing the concept of 'pay-to-play' to not only that region; but every
other in the Appalachias not publicly calling for the same type of H/M-like system to be put in place for the sake of our kids?
As I said....it looks like getting together with folks in the "we're all just one big happy family" orv world requires one of two things:
That you either be dumb as a rock and not care about the political issues affecting both your sport
and your kid's ability to enjoy it when you're gone (similiar to the familiar "I just want the bumper sticker/t-shirt" mentality prevalent in many local clubs and national organizations).....
....or that you have 'half-a-brain'; yet simply sit there
and keep your mouth shut as the price of admission into a potential 'family' where only the most pleasant of items are ever pointedly discussed.(I don't discount the camaraderie factor here whatsoever....it's just that when I travel hundreds or thousands of miles to be viewed as 'united' and there isn't even a damn local charity event planned or
business to be tended to affecting our ability to ever gather again elsewhere....).
Not knocking this rally or any other out there; just commenting on the fact that very few give a damn about turning around the perception of us by others or holding even our
own leader's feet to the fire for many years of flat out running
away from what I've brought up above.
If you can't get these people to even include "Q and A" periods at orv group sponsored public meetings in a state with the largest maintained trail system out there....with 100% of the orv community supporting same and obviously
no questions of their own....who are we to
blame when OUR kids never choose to get involved at levels
beyond "who's going to bring the weenies?" anymore than
we ever did?