
Mike Reagle
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Flashing red and blue lights sent me a strong message: I was busted.
I’d just passed a truck as I drove into a small, southwestern Oregon
town and neglected to slow down to 30 mph. I got a ticket.
Deterrents work, yet there are places where deterrents don’t
reach, and drivers of all-terrain vehicles know this all too well.
There’s not enough money to pay for effective policing on our Forest
Service and Bureau of Land Management lands, and the sad result is that
you can’t find a desert or forest that hasn’t been trashed by lawless
drivers with destructive streaks.