One of the men was riding an ATV and the other was riding a motorcycle.

"Most of the people who ride them use them in a law-abiding manner," Simon said. "But the people who don't are the ones who bring a spotlight onto the matter."

Mayor Craig Thomas said that he felt the issue was a concern both in their township and surrounding municipalities.

"We all received your letter and we all agree that this is a problem," Thomas said. "All we can do is continue to work with our state police to try to make things safer."

Thomas also said that he meets with other mayors in Cumberland County once a month, and said he would speak to them regarding the problems in Fairfield and the surrounding townships.

"This problem is going to get worse and worse," Simon said.

Sergeant First Class Gary Rhile, station commander for the Bridgeton State Police Barracks, was also at the meeting, and said that police have a hard time with ATVs.

"ATVs are tough," he said. "Our hands are tied with what we can do with them. We can't do motor vehicle pursuits with them because we certainly don't want to get involved with a pursuit with a teen-ager who could be injured or killed if we do pursue them."

He said that people need to realize what is legal and what isn't when it comes to ATV riding.

"Unless people are riding on private property and carrying written permission from the owner on them, they're not riding legally," he said. "A lot of the time, the problem is that they're usually kids riding them, and the ATVs are bought for them by their parents, who may or may not know, or may not care if their kids are riding legally."