you know i echo Roby. Our field is on state property on a prison complex, but we still see off-road vehicles headin down some trails on the property. We have been fortunate that we have not had damage to our field by these vehicles, so a deturant device has not been neccessay. HAving said that I do not think we would even be allowed to put one up.
Each year in New England we har of hundreds...HUNDREDS of incidents with people on snowmobiles and quads, etc. running into fences, wires trees, and we even had a man get decapitated on his snowmobile because he hit a MOOSE at a high rate of speed.
Now I do not hink that banning the vehicles is reasonable,I enjoy this recreation. I do think that local authorities need to be brought in to handle things like tresspassing etc. In mass. all off road vehicles have to be registered as a motorvehicle. SO when a 14 year old is running an unregistered quad on private property trespassing....he is breaking more than a few laws. This way the responsibility is off the club. However loss of life for any reason is tragic. Everyone is someones husband wife brother sister mother father daughter son. Anything people can do to minimize through responsible action loss of life while maintaning enjoyment of your particular activity should be done.
It is far too often that we get so angry and frustrated at an event or action that by the time we finally speak to the offender we are unwilling to listen to their side and are just railing on them to vent the frustration. Communication is the clarity between misunderstanding and cooperation.