Maine, the way life should not be at 1:30 in the morning

Since I'm short on news about the local buffoons here, here's a little gem I found, LD 940: An Act To Amend the Law Pertaining to All-terrain Vehicle Violations . Basically, it changes the language so that the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is only may, i.e. is not required, to suspend somebody's ATV license for the following offenses (quote from the text):


A. Operating an ATV on a temporarily closed trail

B. Abuse of another person's property

C. Operating an ATV under the influence under 21 years of
age

D. Operating an ATV to endanger

E. Reckless operation of an ATV

F. Operating an ATV on the land of another without
permission (there's some even more interesting stuff on this later)

G. Failure or refusal to stop an ATV or attempting to elude
an officer

Moreover, it redefines the language so that you could only get your ATV license suspended for riding on "cropland" or "pastureland" (defined in the text) without the owner's permission. If I'm reading this right, a regular field out in front of a house is not protected.

Why am I so worked up about this, when the people who sponsored/cosponsored the bill don't have even a piece of a town in York County? (FYI, it was introduced by Rep. Henry Joy (R-District 9), and cosponsored by Rep. Michael Vaughan (R-District 105), and Rep. R. Kenneth Lindell (R-District 41)) Well, have a look at the title for this post, we have a big problem here in the rural part of western York County (obviously discounting the urban areas of Sanford) with people on ATVs the rest of the year and snowmobiles in the winter going off the trails and riding through yards in the middle of the night.