Pros And Cons Of ORV

Do you own an ORV? If so, did you know that the government along with all the states are cutting down on the amount of trails that riders can legally ride on without being yelled at by landowners or put in jail by the cops. Also too many riders - of both age groups from children to adult - are getting injured and/or killed because of cops chasing them or even just the riders not being safe enough and making intelligent decisions because they didn’t need to take a safety class. Basically, ORVs do not have a set of operation standards based upon injuries, safety, and federal laws. First of all, to rider’s, cops are the Joker to Batman. Cops make riders’ lives miserable and just always annoying. They wouldn’t have to do this if ORV’s were street legal. Furthermore, cops basically waste their time
trying to chase down drivers that usually just run away back into the woods to escape instead of trying to focus on the drug addicts, people trying to rob or steal objects, and commit federal crimes. Riders commit federal crimes or don’t listen is because the government is limiting the amount of trails for ORVs,”The Clinton administration policy of closing federal land to ORVs was discriminatory”(Off-Road 1)which are leaving riders nowhere to go so they just decide to not listen, but instead to just ride anyway as shown, in this quote“With many states and counties outlawing ORVs in recreational areas, off-roaders have increasingly looked to federal lands for a good ride”(Clayton 1). In addition, we should fix multiple laws to make it required to wear certain safety requirements and or take a safety class so they can also be street legal.
Also the laws restricting riders from federal, public, and private lands in certain areas need to be changed. “President Nixon in 1972 issued an executive order requiring federal land managers to minimize environmental damage and social conflict by designating trails acceptable for off-road use”(Clayton 1). Furthermore, whenever riding it should always be required to ride with an approved helmet - approved helmets are necessary because some helmets can have problems and be faulty so this way riders have a lower risk of being hurt in the head - on because there are so many injuries to the head from ORVs because a lot of riders don’t wear helmets. “A second report, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, looked at emergency department visits at hospitals across the country. It found that one in 10 people younger than 20 hurt on ATVs who went to hospitals had traumatic brain injuries”(ATV 1) and this just shows that riders need to wear a helmet as part of the federal laws if they wanna operate these
ORVs. ORVs are able to be street legal, but there would have to be a long hard process to make and complete: certain requirements should be enforced to each rider that rides ORVs on the street like a license, have to take a safety course, and etc. “Because driving off-road vehicles is a popular sport in desert areas, mountain passes, and riverbeds, owners and drivers of off-road vehicles defend their right to ride wherever they like. They contend that the Clinton administration policy of closing federal land to ORVs was discriminatory, since it favored recreational use of public land only for certain groups”(Off-road 1). This just proves that ORVs and their riders are discriminated against and also shows that federal lands being closed should be actually opening up more lands for the increasing amount of riders and then just make them get a license to ride it on the street.