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Yes there are but they were imposed on endurance riding by the 
Australian Government. The concept of logbooks and some of the other 
things they have in place have been discussed from time to time. 
However, it seems that the logistics involved would cause quite an 
impact and probably be expensive to implement and enforce.

I am also not certain how such things would be accepted by the 
membership. What if you drive 500 miles to a ride and find out you left 
you logbook behind and the RM cannot allow you to start? Everything as a 
consequence. It would be interesting to see if the Australians would 
have implemented a such a system if they were not required to do so.

The real issues gets right down to there are a few bad apples. If those 
bad apples were dealt with - many of the problems would go away. The 
AREC is either incapable or unwilling to deal with the bad apples 
because they are still there. I expect as Jody said it has to do with 
fear of litigation. Part of this problem seems to arise because the AERC 
is not structured to effectively deal with the issues so when they do 
not - it is not done in a manner that can be effectively defended, ref: 
the positive durg test at the Canadian NC a couple years ago where 
everyone pointed the finger the other way, the drug test was really 
random and the second vial was not kept to validate the test. Basically 
everyone walked.

IMO the AERC needs to structure a system to deal with these issues that 
will fair and equitable on one hand but have some teeth on the other.

Truman


> Didn't someone just mention that there are requirements of some sort 
> for newcomers in Australia?

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“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics


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