Clark
Well-Known Member
i think the term buggy is just a generalization of highly capable wheeling rigs. The old generalization was jeeps. Even though they weren't all jeeps, and even though now a days it's not all buggies. The point is their word for capable offroad vehicles is buggy. toyotas, jeeps, chevy, ford, all fall under the term buggy as far as the ranger is concerned. the issue here shouldn't be what terminology is being used. If they shut something off to buggy's best believe no jeeps or toyotas are allowed either. No one is saying hey let's kick out buggies only. It's an unfortunate stereotype with Buggy written all over it, but that's a null point, it is what it is, what can we do to fix the real problem?
Education will be the best way to fix these kinds of problems. even then there will always be "that guy". I know for a fact there is not enough education. When i got into wheeling no one talks about being a responsible wheeler. no one discuss' trail etiquite. go to an event, no one promotes responsible wheeling. People don't learn well from lynch mobs hunting them down. they need to be talked to rationally, and without fear of reprocutions. Hell i never knew how much passion is behind someone doing brodies in a field til all the recent threads on taking pictures and turning people in. The word must be spread, and not just on here. i'll bet this site represents less thatn 25% of people who wheel in WA, and of that 25% how many actually read all this crap? not many.
the fool who caused this damage is either "that guy" or uneducated. to the unknowing there is a blurry line between tearing up a meadow and having fun. proper trail markers would help a lot for the uneducated for "that guy" the only thing to fix him would be consequences.
get some hunting cameras that take pictures of stuff that moves, put em out where no one should be wheeling, and then if someone goes there, you should have their picture. post a warning sign of actions beign recorded at the trail head. still, there is nothing to stop "that guy", even shutting everything down, making wheeling illegal, and confiscating rigs, that guy will always be there. hunt "that guy's" ass down, put someone under the bus and make an example. no one ever gets caught. if no one gets caught people will continue to think, "**** it who cares, they'll never catch me"
bottom line, the problem isn't Mikki, Jim, Murkman, or anyone with the wrong terminology. the problem is us not educating and enforcing. instead of the next clean up day, make an education day. People who sell the parts that are used to build these rigs should also participate in education if they want to stay in business. People buy **** at the store, then bolt it on, build a rig, and go tear **** up, possibly unknowingly, and the guy who sold the part doesn't care what they do with it when they walk out the door. I've never once ever been offered a lesson on being a responsible wheeler. If no one knows the rules, how can they be followed? more people probably know how to get to reiter, than know to stay on the trail.
that's all for now:beer:
Education will be the best way to fix these kinds of problems. even then there will always be "that guy". I know for a fact there is not enough education. When i got into wheeling no one talks about being a responsible wheeler. no one discuss' trail etiquite. go to an event, no one promotes responsible wheeling. People don't learn well from lynch mobs hunting them down. they need to be talked to rationally, and without fear of reprocutions. Hell i never knew how much passion is behind someone doing brodies in a field til all the recent threads on taking pictures and turning people in. The word must be spread, and not just on here. i'll bet this site represents less thatn 25% of people who wheel in WA, and of that 25% how many actually read all this crap? not many.
the fool who caused this damage is either "that guy" or uneducated. to the unknowing there is a blurry line between tearing up a meadow and having fun. proper trail markers would help a lot for the uneducated for "that guy" the only thing to fix him would be consequences.
get some hunting cameras that take pictures of stuff that moves, put em out where no one should be wheeling, and then if someone goes there, you should have their picture. post a warning sign of actions beign recorded at the trail head. still, there is nothing to stop "that guy", even shutting everything down, making wheeling illegal, and confiscating rigs, that guy will always be there. hunt "that guy's" ass down, put someone under the bus and make an example. no one ever gets caught. if no one gets caught people will continue to think, "**** it who cares, they'll never catch me"
bottom line, the problem isn't Mikki, Jim, Murkman, or anyone with the wrong terminology. the problem is us not educating and enforcing. instead of the next clean up day, make an education day. People who sell the parts that are used to build these rigs should also participate in education if they want to stay in business. People buy **** at the store, then bolt it on, build a rig, and go tear **** up, possibly unknowingly, and the guy who sold the part doesn't care what they do with it when they walk out the door. I've never once ever been offered a lesson on being a responsible wheeler. If no one knows the rules, how can they be followed? more people probably know how to get to reiter, than know to stay on the trail.
that's all for now:beer:
