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Supervision
Overview
You’re responsible for supervising those
who ride your ATV. Your wisdom is valu-
able... it’ll bring them all back
safely—your friends, your family, your rel-
atives, and your ATV. It’s crucial that you
consider yourself a supervisor for all riders
of your ATV. Whether you accept responsi-
bility or not, the truth is that you are
responsible for others riding your ATV.
You’re to the last letter in “P.A.S.S.”...
“Supervision.” You’ve just gone through
the manual, and you’ve seen what’s
involved. That puts you in a good posi-
tion to be confident about what you
know. So now it’s time to use your
knowledge and supervise others who ride
your ATV.
Inexperienced/
Untrained Riders
You can’t let people ride your ATV who
don’t know what they’re doing. Unless
they’ve had over a year of experience with
ATV riding, it’s your responsibility to keep
them off your ATV. It can be dangerous -
all the more reason for you to be firm.
Experienced Riders
If anyone is going to borrow your ATV,
you are responsible for their supervision.
Before they ride, have them read the
Operator’s Manual. You train them. It
doesn’t matter how you do it, as long as
you do it.
TRV’s are a little different from the han-
dling to the stability to the controls. So
regardless of how much experience your
family members have, they don’t have
experience with
your
ATV. Let experi-
enced riders get familiar with your
ATV—show them the basics before they
take off. You don’t want it on your con-
science that someone got hurt because
you didn’t tell them how to use your
ATV.
Remember that regardless of
experience, you should never let
anyone under the age of 16 oper-
ate your ATV
.
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Taking Responsibility