According to one ATV supporter on Wisconsin Public Radio, that is what will happen. Self-policing worked wonderfully in reducing snowmobile noise, and and motorcycles have become much quieter with self-enforcement (does sarcasm come over the computer well?)
The trail proposed here is much too large for any self policing (And that is assuming ATV's stay on the trail.) Especially by an organization that really doesn't particularly think it has a problem.
So, the DNR says it won't have significant resources for enforcement. And we know that self enforcement is a joke. So by opening up these trails, we will be opening up the entire NHAL forest to unauthorized trail riding, and to people buying easy-to-acquire loud exhaust systems. Look in any ATV magazine to see what I am talking about.
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Mark,
Someone who has watched this process closer than I had this to say about the Trail Ambassador program:
"The tax funded Ride Smart and Trail Ambassador programs are the backbone of how they plan to prevent problems with the ATV rogues, but history has shown that these efforts are not working. These volunteers have no legal authority, there is no indication that there is a regular schedule of trail monitoring in any county, and it looks like a scam to convince county and state regulators that there is some kind of self regulation. Just because you train volunteers, doesn't mean that they volunteer their time.
"My experience is that most ATV club members want to have a controlled sport that stays on the trails and go by the rules, however there is no way that they can do this. Many of the rogues that cause damage to public lands come from outside the clubs influence, and there is no way to control them."
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