Originally Posted by FunRide

A contractor was over this morning finishing up some work.....He told me about a good Canadian friend who died a couple weeks ago. The guy's intention was to ride his utility ATV down this bank, across a small creek and up the other side, as he'd done 10x before. Something went wrong this time.....Search and rescue found him pinned under the machine with his head underwater when the big rig rolled over on him. He was riding alone. They could see the tracks where he made it about 1/4 way to the top and it came back over on him. The muddy bottom didn't give him anything to push against, and he drown. Guy had a wife and a single child.

Strange thing was, I mentioned nothing about ATVs or riding. He just brought it up out of the blue, while moments earlier I was reviewing in my mind assorted dumb *** things I've done on ATVs and dirt bikes over the years.

I'm not advocating being some kind of panzy when you're out riding, but major "risk mitigation" is something everybody needs to keep in the front of their heads. The miscalculations can be so severe. It's easy to forgot that there's a lot more going on in your life than just you.

Originally Posted by FunRide

A contractor was over this morning finishing up some work.....He told me about a good Canadian friend who died a couple weeks ago. The guy's intention was to ride his utility ATV down this bank, across a small creek and up the other side, as he'd done 10x before. Something went wrong this time.....Search and rescue found him pinned under the machine with his head underwater when the big rig rolled over on him. He was riding alone. They could see the tracks where he made it about 1/4 way to the top and it came back over on him. The muddy bottom didn't give him anything to push against, and he drown. Guy had a wife and a single child.