Could a BLM Law Enforcement Ranger arresting a backdoor violator, handcuffing them and taking them to the local lockup be a deterrent? A better deterrent than any SCTA issued penalty could ever be?
Likely wouldn't be the first time something similar has happened to some of us.
If one believes that laws create deterrence incentives, that might just be the "ticket".
Paying a lawyer to go to Bakersfield - or Los Angeles - or Sacramento - usually the feds get to pick which court they argue in - to fight a Federal misdemeanor charge and the possibility of further Federal Government entanglement? I'd check
my brakes and be sure I wasn't flying blind.
"Yes, your honor, I was driving flat out, but the dust was so bad, I couldn't see where to stop. Then my parachute didn't deploy properly, and my brakes - well, they couldn't hold a baby buggy on a 4% grade . . ."
Of course, then the question becomes "which statute" - or "statutes" - and the possibility of an unsympathetic judge shutting down the whole operation. Hemmings reported six instances in November - that would go into a court record as well, likely implicating SCTA.
Either way, the vehicle remains in an impound not overseen by "the Mayor", and it's not free parking.
Probably best to keep it "in house" - but in order to do that, it's probably best to stay "in bounds".
I think that if the current direction - while safer for the drivers and riders - puts unwaivered bystanders at risk, then switching the direction AWAY from the bystanders is a responsible change, and in this case, provides a heightened awareness on the part of those who have signed up to take the risk, and eliminates the possibility of overshooting into areas the BLM doesn't want us in.