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24 THE RURAL VOICE
Nicholson does agree that the speed
limits on the trail are not in sync with
today. "Those limits were set years
ago when the maximum a machine
could go was 50 km an hour," he
says, with a slight chuckle. "There is
no indication of that changing with
Bill 101."
It is certainly an area some believe
to be still coloured a shade of grey.
Enforcement in the past, Nicholson
said, has been similar to how
highways have been enforced. Riders
are given a little leeway above the
posted limit. However, unlike
highways, there is difficulty in
determining what the right speed
should be. "The argument is that 50
km per hour is too slow, but no one
has an answer about what is right. A
lot of places on the trails 50 is too f
fast, but there are many places where
80 is safe."
The problem is the system's
diversity. "This is not like
driving the 401 where you
(can) drive consistently the whole
way. This is an off-road activity with
_twists and turns, tight corners in
some places then wide open fields.
All of that factors into the whole
equation."
Another part of the equation for
OFSC has been protection of the
OFSC 's trail liability
insurance increased
600 per cent
landowners, a facet which led them
to increasing permit fees, despite
having agreed to maintain the same
fee structure this year as in 1999.
Nicholson explained that in
September OFSC negotiated for trail
liability insurance, which covers not
just the clubs and volunteers, but the
landowners. Information was
received that there was only one
company offering this coverage and
the increase would be 883 per cent.
Nicholson blamed several things
for the increase: the mergers and
acquisitions in the insurance business
reducing competition, the companies
re -assessing their risk factor in the
wake of the September 11 terrorist
attack in the United States, but also
the fact that too many frivolous
claims are being filed by
snowmobilers.