When I read what was happening with dirt bikes I thought here was something with a lot of potential for good that is coming out bad — an Olympics-like sport and a potential industry that's endangering both the public and the "athletes" ("The legendary Wheelie Wayne supports a dirt bike park," Aug. 13).
Perhaps the greatest harm, as things now stand, involves the police.
At least one motivation for those who join the police department is the desire to protect the public. The police are forbidden to chase dirt bike riders, however, because of increased danger to the public. So the only thing they can do is to confiscate any bikes they can get their hands on.
This generates one more area of animosity between the police and citizens. We've got to avoid such animosity. But how? A wheelie park, as proposed by columnist Dan Rodricks, is a brilliant solution if it can be made to work.
Build it and I, for one, will come.
Guy Hollyday