Supervision; Taking Responsibility; Experienced/Trained Riders - Arctic Cat 2012 XC 4501 Operator's Manual

Supervision

Overview
You're responsible for supervising those who ride your ATV. Your wis-
dom is valuable... it'll bring them all back safely—your friends, your
family, your relatives, and your ATV. It's crucial that you consider your-
self a supervisor for all riders of your ATV. Whether you accept respon-
sibility or not, the truth is that you are responsible for others riding your
ATV.

Taking Responsibility

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
DOCUMENT#:
Riders
CITY/STATE:
SEX:
You can't let people ride
AGE:
your ATV who don't know
BODY PART:
what they're doing. Unless DATE ACCIDENT:
DISPOSITION:
they've had over a year of
SYNOPSIS:
experience with ATV rid-
incident, a five year old female, was
operating a four wheeled all terrain
ing or taken an ATV train-
vehicle (ATV) in the front yard of
ing course, it's your
her parents' house, under the
responsibility to keep them
supervision of her father. The
victim drove the ATV down an area
off your ATV. It can be
where the only way to turn around was
dangerous (especially for
around a grain silo. The victim was
underaged children) — all executing a right hand turn when the
vehicle tipped over to the right and
the more reason for you to
fell onto her body. The victim was
be firm.
transported to a local hospital
where she was pronounced dead on
arrival. Photographs of the incident
were not taken by law enforcement
officials.
! WARNING
Indicates a potential hazard that could result in a serious injury or death.
TESTIMONIAL
N37023A1
MOOERSFORKS, NY
F
5
UPPER TRUNK
6-29-93
DOA
The victim of this

Experienced/Trained Riders

If anyone is going to borrow your ATV, you are responsible for their
supervision. 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 mem-
bers 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 experience, you should never let
anyone under the age of 16 operate your ATV.
Arctic Cat and the ATV Safety Institute recommend that all ATV
operators ride the appropriate-sized ATV according to age.
Speed Limitations
Category Age (Years)
Y-12+ 12 or Older
30 - Maximum
T-14 14 or Older
38 - Maximum
G & S 16 or Older According to Local
NOTES
(MPH)
15 - Limited Operate Under
Adult Supervision
20 - Limited Operate Under
30 - Limited Adult Supervision
—
Regulations
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