Where can the owner of a private, non-profit, mx track get a copy of a general “non-liability” contract. Such a contract would be signed by all users of the free track to help avoid lawsuits.

 

I'd think the easyest way would be to go to another track and ask for one there.

 

You cannot sign away you rights. Those are just stop gap measures. Even if someone climb a fence broke into you track and rode around. IF they got hurt they could still sue you. You better check with an attorny in your state to find out more about this subject, BEFORE you let people ride.

Smitty

 

He is correct. One of our national tracks has been sued 5 times. Lost 5 times.All papers signed.

 

Obviously.

Any adult who's been in this country for any time at all realizes that it is sue happy. The laws are only a fraction of the problem. The majority of the problem lies with uneducated juries that decide with their hearts instead of their minds.

Injury = Jackpot!

The owner of a free-use track holds less responsibility than a moneymaking endeavor. Also, having SOMETHING in writing that makes riders aware of the risks involved DOES help.

Two of the local, small, free tracks have a no-liability sheet that all riders must sign. I guess I will have to ask for permission to use one of those. Do I live in the only area that uses such documentation for a free-use mx track? Does everybody else just cross their fingers and hope for the best? I'm not lucky enough for that tactic.

 

let them ride, if they crash I guess you have fill for a new jump!

 

Excellent idea. Anytime there is a serious crash I will simply turn one of the double jumps into a table top.

Problem solved.

 

That's the rules of our track,,, you should see how many humps there are in our whoops section! LOL!!!!!

 

DISS... the only real way to protect yourself, is to donate the land to a non profit oranization ( i.e. a club of your starting, etc... ), because as stated previously, there is always a way to sue you, but if something serious happened, & the owner of the property, is a non profit organization, & the only thing, they own is the land the track is on, then that is all you would lose in a bad situation... I'm not a lawyer, & you should check out the legals in your area, but I think that is typical

 

there was a post a while back that had one......

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