Washington State Senator Hates "Motorized Sports"     

Washington State Senator Adam Kline (D-37) has sent word about why he introduced legislation that would greatly impact all off-highway vehicle riding in the Evergreen State. Senator Kline has confirmed many times that he actually wrote the piece that is being circulated (and shown below).
      “I signed on because I have been annoyed, endangered, and angered one too many times by people riding motorized dirt-bikes and other off-road vehicles that have no damn business anywhere. To me, this bill is narrow--it doesn't include those "personal watercraft," seemingly jet-powered little missiles whose only apparent purpose is to risk death and dismemberment for boaters and swimmers, for the amusement of spoiled drunk teenagers.
      Yes, I am sure there is the occasional responsible person who rides one of these machines on land or water. And yes, like every human being I have been pleasantly surprized to find my stereotypes broken. But why, why, why, do folks insist on motorized "sports"? Those two words are an oxymoron. There is nothing sporting--athletic, physically demanding--about riding any machine anywhere. And it's a damned annoyance to folks who see the outdoors as a place to go for quiet and solitude and self-exploration. I would be happy to ban the use of the internal combustion engine off-road, by anyone without a handicapped sticker, subject to a stiff fine. Maybe we could call this an anti-obesity measure. Please circulate this to all motorized sports enthusiasts, so they can remember never to vote for me.” Adam Kline
      Washington OHV Association leaders and other activists are asking for no one to waste their time writing to Senator Kline but put that collective energy into defeating SB 5544. For more information go to www.wohva.org.
      For those who would still like to express their views in a polite way, Senator Kline can be contacted at 223 John A. Cherberg Building, PO Box 40437, Olympia, WA 98504-0437, (360) 786-7688, Fax: (360) 786-1999. All OHV enthusiasts residing in the 37th Senatorial District of Washington are highly encouraged to do so.

Source:  American Motorcyclist Assocation 3-7-07