Surprising findings about riding ATVs on the beach.

Save the beach

Perhaps this would be a compromise we could all live with?

Oh Man, where can I get one of those canons? It would be perfect for a new tourist attraction in San Roque...better than parasailing...for the hard core baja eco enthusiast..plus I love the suit!

pack ive been saying that for years and as far as im concernd it wasnt an issue of the turtles as they claim ,they just dont want you rideing in front of there new beach front casa. a heel print makes for a very large hole for a turtle to fall in to, my quad makes a 1/2 inch deep print.

Good one Osprey?

Here we go again.


I can almost smell the popcorn.


Ken

Oh NO, Not AGAIN !

Making an issue about it has a lot to do with the beach you know, in Baja...

Beaches in front of civilization (Rosarito, Los Barriles, whatever) is where enough people are there to make driving (or riding) on the beach dangerous. If people are there without vehicles, then vehicles are not needed to get there. The law is to protect people and careless vehicle operation on populated beaches are what makes those laws get enforced.

Another issue are the beachfront home owners who don't want to hear or see vehicles in front of their vacation homes (Gonzaga, L.A. Bay, Cape area, etc.) L.A. Bay has such a narrow beach (except the south end) and there are roads along them, beach driving is not necessary there.

Beaches that are far from civilization, unknown or unvisted by most, and only accessable by vehicle are another matter... a vehicle on a remote beach harms nobody... the next high tide or wind erases the tracks... man has a right to enjoy the planet, too. Sometimes driving on the beach is the only way to access an area for fishing or camping. Again, this is in areas with no civilization, roads or many if any people.

Natural habitat (known turtle egg nests or other such areas) should be signed with warnings so people neither drive on them or walk on them! As stated above, foot and hoof prints can go much deeper than vehicle prints.

My examples of beach driving in remote places, plus one not so remote, at the end!:

Beach driving to get to fishing spots, 1967 (Nuevo Mazatlan):


Beach driving to get to camping spot, 1978 (Shell island):


In 2001, Shell Island:


In 2005, my tracks just below the high tide line on Shell Island:


Mexican citizen driving on the beach in front of San Felipe with his mobile cantina... nobody complaing then!:


[Edited on 12-7-2007 by David K]

bottom line is that the mexican authorities dont make a big deal untill the gringos start crying. they have been driveing the beach for years(it has been a true road for them for commerce) to get there supplies and visit famillies and now with the big gringo houses along the way there has been the complaints. a large wallet will change alot.

Hey...since we got this quad law shoved down our throat...not to mention the Mexican people...by the condo builder and beach front owners,under the guise of turtle protection. Lets join forces and get a no walking on the beach law passed.........I like it.

While we are all at it, we should pass a...

that peeing on the beach is illegal too. (Yes, I do know that urinating in public is illegal in Mexico, so don't even go there. I guess you could call my example situational law abiding/breaking, but if no one was looking doesn't that make it ok? ) By the way, I would have used the word "law" instead of "Bill" but I didn't have that word in my Pee photobucket file.

This thread has become silly in my opinion. There's bad quad riders and then there's those who don't abuse the method of transportation.

I believe we also talked about this regarding jet skis.

There's fishermen/women who fish for dinner and those who fish for the freezer and for the "locals" and eventually for the trash can. There's home owners who know where their houses are and those who think that they are still in the UEA.

There's all kinds, the right and the wrong, and no one is going to change anyone's opinion on this board. There's no end to this topic as evident because we're back here again.

I've had a trailer on the beach for 19 years. If someone HAS TO drive their quad on the beach in front of my trailer trash spot instead of using the road provided right behind our trailers, then so be it. BUT, if they feel they have to go back and forth, and back and forth, and up and down and then around, because they think they have "a right" to it, they'd better have a pretty good excuse, or they may find themselves being p*ssed on, and I'm not that good of an aim.
If it were up to me, you'd find yourself with a William all over yourself instead. You're going to have to park the quad and be patient and look the other way, but most likely by the time I've finished you won't want to be driving on the beach in front of my place again.

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ps. edit: We've got two quads and I grew up racing desert Powder Puff division so I understand the eco part. It's the brainless four wheelers that I have an issue with.



[Edited on 7-12-2007 by Paulina]

Was that written in a single "session"?

Oh my!

Quote:

Originally posted by Al G Hey...since we got this quad law shoved down our throat...not to mention the Mexican people...by the condo builder and beach front owners,under the guise of turtle protection. Lets join forces and get a no walking on the beach law passed.........I like it.

You didn't choke on the Mexican people did you?

[Edited on 12-7-2007 by rts551]

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Originally posted by Roberto Was that written in a single "session"? Oh my!

yup

My therapist and I had fun with the topic.

I still have to get rid of some of my inhibitions before I can take a "peeifico leak" on the highway and shake "IT" at passersby, like the Mexicans do.