Arctic Cat ATV 2005, Operator'S Manual

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SUPE
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V
ISION
! WARNING
Indicates a potential hazard that could
result in a serious injury or death.
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Supervision
Overview
You’re responsible for supervising
those who ride your ATV. Your wisdom
is valuable . . . it’ll bring them all back
safely—your friends, your family, your
relatives, and your ATV. It’s crucial
that you consider yourself a supervisor
for all riders of your ATV. Whether you
accept responsibility or not, the truth is
that you are responsible for others rid-
ing your ATV.
You’re to the last letter in “PASS” . . .
“Supervision.” You’ve just gone
through the manual, and you’ve seen
what’s involved. That puts you in a
good position 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 expe-
rience with ATV riding or taken an
ATV training course, it’s your respon-
sibility to keep them off your ATV. It
can be dangerous (especially for under-
aged children)—all the more reason for
you to be firm.
Experienced/Trained
Riders
If anyone is going to borrow your ATV,
you are responsible for their supervi-
sion. Before they ride, have them take
the training course, have them watch
the safety video, and have them read
the Operator’s Manual. You train them.
It doesn’t matter how you do it, as long
as you do it.
ATV’s are all a little different from the
handling to the stability to the controls.
So regardless of how much experience
your family members have with
ATV’s, they don’t have experience
with your ATV. Let experienced riders
get familiar with your ATV—show
them the basics before they take off.
You don’t want it on your conscience
that someone got hurt because you
didn’t tell them how to use your ATV.
Remember that regardless of experi-
ence, you should never let anyone
under the age of 16 operate your
ATV .
Taking Responsibility
TESTIMONIAL
DOCUMENT#: N37023A1
CITY/STATE: MOOERSFORKS, NY
SEX: F
AGE: 5
BODY PART: UPPER TRUNK
DATE ACCIDENT: 6-29-93
DISPOSITION: DOA
SYNOPSIS: The victim of this
incident, a five year old female, was
operating a four wheeled all terrain
vehicle (ATV) in the front yard of
her parents’ house, under the
supervision of her father. The
victim drove the ATV down an area
where the only way to turn around was
around a grain silo. The victim was
executing a right hand turn when the
vehicle tipped over to the right and
fell onto her body. The victim was
transported to a local hospital
where she was pronounced dead on
arrival. Photographs of the incident
were not taken by law enforcement
officials.