100 Mile Snow Safari Forum

[QUOTE=Dardevil3;1486]I dont support this law for a number of reasons.

First off.... I get out of work at 5pm so if I follow this law there is no time I would ever get to open my sled up whether its a lake, grade or trail. Why did I buy a $8000 sled when I could have just bought myself a old 440 that only goes 60?

Second... The law was pushed by the DNR with no statistics presented to what speeds the deaths of previously years where caused at. Some people loose control and hit trees at 25mph and die... some hit trees at 70mph and live. Who pulled 55mph out of thier ass?

Third.... They (DNR) spent $12,500 on radar guns this year, bought brand new sleds and 4 place trailers. All added up to over $100,000. This money was taken out of the WI state trail fund that goes to our trails! But rememeber, your taxes still pay for the overtime and extras the DNR is supposedly using to enforce. HERE'S the kicker! None of the money from the tickets written out will come back to our trail system. It is basically a DNR cash cow funded by us.

Fourth... as people have said, we are a community. Some people dont like how others ride some dont like the way others act. Regardless, we should be able to police ourselves without intervention from the state.

#5 and maybe the most important.... you can not police stupidity! People die from riding beyond thier ability.... they dont die because there is no speed limit.

Lets educate.... not legislate!

As the statistics stand we are about 4 deaths behind last years death rate. Which basically proves the law has done nothing if you take into account the late start of winter and the lack of snow in usually high snow areas of the state.[/QUOTE]

I Back you on this one!

[QUOTE=I Doo;1484]Both my Assembly man and Congress man sounded like it would be the new law next year. He said all groups already agreed on it. Groups being Wisconsin Snowmobile Association and DNR and State Officials. Good luck trying to change that![/QUOTE]


Yeah I have had talks with some of the senate members. There is a lot of ignorance out there. One guy that spoke with one of our fine lady legistlators quotes her as saying. "well, cars have speed limits. Why not snowmobiles" It's that kind of ignorance to our sport that is legislating out laws. I called the same legislator to hear her say that to me and my reply was....

"Then why dont you put a speed limit law on airplanes? Sounds obsurd huh? Well... if those jumbo jets that slammed the twin towers could only go fast enough to hit a building and stay standing we could have saved thousands of live in just one day!" After a long pause I got a explanation that the airplanes were crashed by terrorists. To which I replied "AH HA! you said it not me. Speed was not the cause of those deaths and its not the cause of snowmobile deaths. Deaths are caused by people who ride above thier ability and people who are drunk."

I went on a bit but the conversation basically ended up with me thanking her for the ingnorance involved in her legislation and not representing me as the person who is affected by this law.