Definition of lag time as related to trail J1299, and the BLM : " Lets wait, lets look the other way and let our pals keep riding this trail, despite its being closed, because this band of concerned citizens ( FOJF ) don't appear to have the ability to affect our usage of this trail, and who else is going to stop us ". The only reason the BLM finally " figured out " that trail J1299 was not legal to ride, was because of the efforts of FOJF, and the focus an article as seen in the LA Times has brought to this issue. Wouldn't you think that if there was a question of whether a trail was legal or not, this agency would keep it closed until its status was clarified? Wouldn't this agency error on the side that would keep the public from doing illegal acts? Obviously that has not been the case.