<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: scrambler400enoge

This sport is risky we all know that and we all take that risk when we ride.This is sad.</end quote></div>

Everything carries a certain amount of risk. You could be sitting in your living room in your lazy boy watching desperate houswives (GAG) and a200 # ice chunk from a jet could come crashing through the roof & kill you. Not likely but has happened can't remember what he was watching though. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: mywifesquad

In getting back to the topic of this thread Id assume the rider who died was not following 1 simple rule when riding on a 2 way trail or fire road.

Stay To The Right. As far to the right as possible.</end quote></div>

I've been wondering about that from the minute I saw this thread. I've seen many, many people on ATVs and dirt bikes taking the inside curve when it puts them on the wrong side of the trail. Every time they make a left they risk a head-on collision and I for one am tired of all the collisions and near misses they cause. I've been hit and run off the trail by people who don't obey the rules. If you can't stay on the right side of the trail, then stay off the trail. Just because they want to risk their lives it doesn't give them the right to put our lives at risk too.

P.S. You guys are right that eveything we do carries a certain amount of risk. But it's usually a risk that we are aware of, and not one that's placed upon us by others riding on the wrong side of the road. I actually met a car coming head-on toward me on I-75, but it was in the lane by the median and I was in the slow lane so we missed by 10 feet. I knew there was a risk of driving on the freeway but didn't expect to risk a collision at a combined impact speed of 150 mph. Sh*t happens. Sometimes it's your fault and sometimes it's not.

 

Like some of the other posters said, I just offered this as an fyi. During my working life, I was heavily involved in implementing safety programs, and I always hated it when people preached safety sermons at others. My approach was to spread awareness--let people know what was happening, and give them credit for being intelligent enough to keep it from happening to them. That's all I was trying to do here. At least several people did get the message being communicated--stay to the right on curves. Also, be aware that other riders may not fully realize the importance of doing that.

 

JumboFrank,

From what I've read, running into you would be like running into a truck! LOL I wouldn't want to hit you head-on! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

Drew