Jym:
I think I can tell you and others, in a nutshell, what's going on.
DNR, decimated by budget cuts, staff resignations and position
vacancies, is looking for revenue. They sense people who sit astride
motors have the $ and the willingness to spend them, while those who
bicycle or hike do not. In my humble opinion that's why they want to
introduce motors to our nonmotorized facilities. Why else would they
propose allowing on-off road motorcycles capable of 80 mph on equestrian
trails at the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area, which is in the process of
being created from the old Badger Army Ordnance Works south of Baraboo,
or allowing any motors on our state trails, which have a wide array of
users who aren't motorized? The Nonmotorized Recreation and
Transportation Trails Council has opposed the Sauk Prairie DNR
motorcycle venture, which has been temporarily halted by National Park
Service. While DNR answers NPS concerns, we are awaiting to see the
result and what our next steps as a council might be.
Bill
On 10/6/2016 3:48 PM, Jym Dyer via Bikies wrote:
One way to deal with it is not to enforce based on how fast
they are going (I routinely go over 15 mph without assistance
if the way is clear and I'm feeling energetic), but on the
upper speed the manufacturer says it can do.
=v= Holland has different license plates depending on the
upper speed the manufacturer says it can do. These are abused;
the wrong plates are put on the wrong gadgetfietsen so that the
rider has access to pathways designed for bicycles. So now the
police have had to set up surprise stops where the motorgadget
is run on a set of rollers to see what its speed actually is.
=v= To answer the question posed in the Subject: line, access
to policies and places designed for lower speed and nonmotorized
conveyance are why marketers bother calling it a bicycle. And
why they are lobbying bicycle advocacy organizations nationwide
for buy-in.
<_Jym_>
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