OPP Constable Paige Whiting encourages communities to work together to educate riders to solve problems. "In rural areas kids often use ATVs at a very early age and sometimes rules go by the wayside." She recommends cottagers have a unified voice on the issue and use newsletters and local papers to spread their message. Rob Edelmann, an Ottawa mediator, suggests approaching impartial community leaders to help find common ground and reach some sort of compromise, such as restricting hours when vehicles use the road. "The challenge is to engage people in a conversation," says Edelmann. "Not with the approach that you are wrong and we are right." And, if that doesn't work, Whiting says the OPP will target areas and enforce the law - even on small cottage roads.