Now, why would I do that?
1. Way back in 1989 I noticed people were driving to the water taps, the beach, and the bathrooms. This is a small park. The longest walk in the entire place is 5 minutes. People driving to the bathroom dumped cars in the driveway, left running while they ran in. That meant someone in a cabin could not exit the campground without cutting through a campsite. Very tricky when all of the waterfront sites are occupied. Also very invasive of privacy.
Everyone is in such a hurry!
Sometimes they cut through the Doll House (overflow bunkie) cabin yard and drove over the septic field, bottoming out in the rhubarb patch.
2. People who won't walk sort of edit themselves out of the picture. I think the registered vehicles are enough traffic in the park.
3. For security purposes: if a car is not registered, I want to know when the people leave the land. If the car is parked by the house, this is easy to keep track of.
4. On a Friday night, a guy in a pickup truck flies past my front door. I go out the back door and intercept him on the campground road. Standard question: who are you and what is your business here? The person is trespassing. There is a STOP and Register sign at the front door. For all of those who think it is a nothing to enter private land and pass the front door, the Trespass Act clearly details that they have then committed trespass. Back to the guy in the truck. He asks if a little blue car came in. I say yes. He says where is it. I ask who is he looking for. He cannot give me a name. He gets frustrated and leaves, spinning gravel, because I am standing in the road (direction in) in front of him. The little blue car was from Nova Scotia, and they were not expecting any visitors.
EVERY CAMPGROUND HAS A LITTLE BLUE CAR IN IT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. What was he really up to? Empty pickup truck, unregistered, in a campground. Was he shopping for camping equipment?
5. Last night I had this request again, to go for a drive. The driver wanted to drive to the cabins, the beach, not even in to the campground. Very Loud Vehicle. One of the reasons this place exists is so that people get a break from vehicles, exhaust, dust...a distance of 70m is not really very far to walk...
6. Even police officers are required to stop at the door and not just traipse (or 'fly') through. They may not legitimately pursue anyone on to private property. I know my rights. The best cop in town stops and says hi, and what/who he is looking for. I take him there. Any officer who does not respect my land rights is given a runaround.
IF a registered person has a mobility impairment I do allow them to drive to the waterfront or the washrooms. If an unregistered person has an impairment, I do allow them to drive through the grounds "for a look", escorted by me.
As far as I know, just about everyone else could use a little more exercise...The main reason though is to preserve the quality of the experience here.