Truer words never spoken
As a volunteer and director for the Moultonborough Snowmobile Club, I can assure you that Maxum and Chip are right on as far as noisy snow machines are concerned. Most of our trails cross private land owner's property, some within close proximity of their homes. In many cases, they are fellow snowmobilers, but in some cases they are not. As a club, each year we need to reach out to new landowners for permission to use their property. It is much easier to get this permission if we are all being good stewards of the trails that we use (by keeping noise down, staying on trail, not littering, using proper restroom facilities, etc).
We will never be a noiseless society, but we all have to co-exist as best as possible. Self-policing is much better than having a new law or RSA foisted upon us.
To the powerboaters with open exhaust, the snowmobiler with no mufflers and the Harley Davidson rider with straight pipes, think about your neighbors or the landowner whose property you are about to traverse. Ask yourself if the noise is excessive, and if so, please remedy the situation. Because if you don't there are plenty of people standing in the wings ready to take it to Concord.
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