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Read about green laning as seen through Lauren ‘Sunshine’ Eaton's windscreen at The Green Lane Association, and find out what’s hot, or not, in the laning world each month. Enjoy!
Fun in 4WD!
It doesn’t need explaining that the Green Lane
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Association is focused on laning, but there are many alternative pass times we can enjoy in our vehicles, and some may be more suitable alternatives to what some drivers are looking for when they head out on the lanes.
These are usually followed with comments akin to, “but there’s so few alternatives”, “if they didn’t stop closing them there would be more places to drive!”, or “GLASS is just the fun police!”, yet the irony is so many lanes face calls for closure due to this very behaviour and attitude.
There have been numerous unfortunate stories on social media about ‘mud plugging’, the act of using green lanes in a manner that is either not legal or not suitable for their intended use, or future sustainability for that matter.
So, what’s the real situation? Are there so few lanes around nowadays? What is ‘acceptable green laning behaviour’? What are the consequences of using lanes as a playground? And what are the alternatives?
THE MUD LIFE MAGAZINE
