I did read that article by D Brown in MA.

I can understand his position and his recommendations ,
but only to a point.

It doesn't take a lot of effort ,time or money to identify
a wire,chain,board,etc that is used to keep things on the
other side of the fence. Simply hanging a sign,ribbon,or
painting a bright color on the "anti-crossing device " is a
easy answer that MAY prevent these types of accidents.

In my state, (Mass) I believe that a law is on the books that
dictates that chains ,ropes,boards,etc be identified in some
means,(usually bright colors)in order to prevent the exact
accident described by Mr Brown.

Now for the rest of the story.

These types of accidents have been reduced but have not gone away.
Many times the motor devices are traveling so fast that by the time
the driver see's the problem it's way too late regardless of any markings.
The risk gets multiply-ed many times when riding these devices at night.
Can you imagine trying to clearly identify a barb'd wire fence around a
350 ache farm ?

It's too bad accidents like this happen, but it happens all the time.
I'm quite sure that more than 3 people each year are killed by the
exact same scenario.

I guess this is what happens when people don't take responsibility
for things they put in motion and then expect others to look out for them.


Roby