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Posted by: MrDumass
I know a guy who always says to "plan for the crash" No matter how good you are, eventually your gunna mess up. Its being prepared that helps to reduce injury. Yeah, there are alot of crazy/stupid people out there that have probably gotten away with doing some very stupid things on a quad or bike and walked away. Saftey is the key issue to practice... and to teach your son.
Posted by: BioWare
Just make sure you wear the right gear. Make sure your son has the right size quad for him. They do teach saftey courses for atv's. Just go to the nearest dealer and ask for some info on it.
Posted by: windtrader
OK. Today, my son and I go to Carnegie, Red Season opened on Oct 1, so many more riders at park. As soon as we take our first ride and head back, a ranger on a ATV is heading up the hill and a couple others are in trucks, lights flashing.
As soon as we turn the corner on the flats, we come across another set of lights at the MX course. FD is working on guy with broken leg. Ambulance shows up to cart him off to the hospital. As soon as that dies down, another ambulance is getting rady to cart off the second broken rider.
Just a few more moments pass and we see a big pile of bikes up on a trail. After some time, a ranger is escorting a kid down the hill to check him for any broken bor bruised ribs.
Folks that is just today.
Last weekend at Metcalf, I am putting along a trail and so bozo comes flying over the crest of a hill, sees me and swerves to avoid a head-on collision. Just in front and off the the side of me, he flys off his bike, which hits one of those orange plastic fences and slows down, while sending him through the air where he proceeds to land on his back and knocks himself out. He comes to in maybe 20 seconds but has no clue where he is or what has happened. He eventually is able to get up and no visible cuts or bruises or painful spots. The ranger says he has to call the FD to cover his butt. He gets a C-collar and a stretcher board then later we see he is carted off to the hospital.
Week before that, my son goes off jump at ATV/MX track and his foot slides off the peg, which makes him lean over and pull the quad sideways while in the air. He lands on his side and the quad flips but misses him and he walks away shook up and scared but no injuries.
We are new to the sport but I have to ask - Is this sport this crazy and dangerous? With the amount of serious incidents in the past few weeks, I am wondering if it is not a matter of if but when it is our turn to get hauled off to the hospital or worse.
I'm really hoping it is just the crazies who have not been able to ride for many months and are just going crazy as they are now able to ride again as of Oct 1, and hoping big time, things will settle down and get safer but geeezzzzz...
