Greenlaning? Or just bloody vandalism?

The Old Macc Road is a UCR which runs between Buxton and Derbyshire Bridge, where it turns to tarmac and leads up to the Cat & Fiddle. Being close to town and well known its often busy with mountain bikers, walkers, off-road motorcyclists and 4x4s (I drive it myself on occasions). The stony surface is pretty hardwearing, not challenging to a 4x4 (a bit tough in sections on a mtb though!). But the lack of challenge seems to be a problem for some, in the past few months some fuckwits in 4x4s have been tearing up the peat verges. By the tyre tracks and depth of the damage it looks to be vehicles fitted with lift kits (raised suspension) and extreme challenge type tyres (very deep lugs), neither of which are really necessary on a Derbyshire lane. The result is a bloody mess;

Looking towards Buxton, stone road on the right.

Same spot as above, looking the other way.

The hole on the left has been caused by 4x4s, and just gets bigger. The bottom is clay.

If I tried to drive my 110 through that it'd get stuck.

Looking towards the Cat & Fiddle. This was a peat verge.

The above were all taken at approx. SK024718, and shows the worst of the damage. This carries on to a lesser degree all along the whole length of the lane.
The big hole in the 3rd photo down has been there for about a year now. Late last year I tried to help a park ranger pull a Freelander out of it, even with my 110 coupled to his 90 pulling together we couldn't shift it. As I said to the driver, the stone track is the road, that parts the verge, and you don't drive along the verge anywhere else.
There will, I'm sure, come a day when this lane is closed to 4x4s due to the damage shown above. If it happens I'll have mixed feelings. I enjoy driving along it (although seeing it damaged takes a lot of the enjoyment out), but it does need repairing and protecting from idiots, and if that means a permament TRO then so be it. A lot will say education is the answer, but I get the feeling from seeing this amount of wanton damage that the culprits couldn't give a toss. There's also the 'we have a right to be there' argument, but with rights come responsibilities, in the case of 'laning responsibility means treading lightly and respecting the terrain, the conditions and other users.
There's a very strong anti-greenlaning lobby in Derbyshire, the above damage just gives them ammunition.

Paul.