Monday, August 16, 2010

Deadly crash stirs off-road racing debate - latimes.com

Deadly crash stirs off-road racing debate - latimes.com

This tragedy deep in the SoCal high desert east of Apple Valley/Victorville(Lucerne is the location) has the environmental wackos all astir over off-road desert racing. I used to be an environmentalist and in the past would have denounced this. But now i have come to accept that certain segments of Californians need to be engaged with Mechanical stuff like motorized road racing, and have outdoor recreational places to indulge their passions.
CA has already restricted large portions of scenic desert,such as the Mohave Reserve, as off-limits to off-road recreation. There are large parts of the deep desert which are not environmentally sensitive areas. CA has large regions of desert devoid of much scenic value. Ever drive from LA along rte 40 to AZ. Or rte 15 to Las Vegas. There are 100's of square miles of open empty idle CA desert which are barren straggley sagebrush & dirt: flat, featureless, and baking hot.

This is ideal terrain for off-roaders, and i don't have a problem with that. I say allow the off-road crowd to indulge in their recreation in largely empty barren desert terrain. It is a good release of testosterone for a segment of our restless population. Sure we had a tragic off-road racing Accident with 8 fatalities, but Greater LA Region Alone has 1000+ traffic fatalities each year from road accidents, but we don't ban driving right!


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NOW OUR TWIN IMBECILE LEFTIST SENATORS FEINSTEIN AND BOXER ARE CALLING FOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO THIS TRAGEDY. THIS IS JUST A POLITICAL DIVERSIONARY STUNT. THEY KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT DESERT OFF-ROAD RACING AS A DESERT TURTLE. I SUSPECT IN THE CASE OF BOXER THERE IS A HIDDEN AGENDA-TO ELIMINATE DESERT RACING ALTOGETHER. SHE HAS ALREADY CONTACTED SOME ENVIROMENTAL GREEN FANATICS WITHIN THE BUREAU OF INTERIOR WHO ARE COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING OFF-ROAD RACING ON ALL FEDERAL LANDS.



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