| Taking your four-wheeler off road is one of the big | | | | on. The common sense you or whoever drives your |
| reasons you no doubt bought your ATV in the first | | | | ATV must be well in touch with is that a |
| place. That feeling of being able to travel easily over | | | | four-wheeler is not a tank and it is possible to put it |
| very difficult terrain is why the ATV has become | | | | in a situation that it cannot handle. And if you get to |
| such a popular recreational vehicle. We don't really | | | | charging through an off road environment without |
| think about it very much but the engineering that | | | | concern for reality or safety, the outcome can be a |
| goes into a four-wheeler is pretty phenomenal. | | | | break down or accident that can be a disaster. |
| Manufacturers that provide ATVs to the | | | | Even though your four-wheeler can do amazing |
| four-wheeler markets make those machines to be | | | | things, you must know exactly what it cannot do. |
| basically "ready for anything". They know that people | | | | Only someone who has driven the ATV quite a bit |
| who own all terrain vehicles take that title seriously | | | | and knows it well should be allowed to take it into |
| and really will take that ATV onto the most difficult | | | | unexplored territory. That wisdom to stop before |
| and hostile environments and expect them to roll | | | | taking that vehicle into territory that could be beyond |
| over downed trees, ravines anything else they might | | | | the abilities of the ATV is the common sense that |
| encounter in the wild and do so with ease. | | | | any ATV owner or operator must have. |
| It is a good idea, however, to have some common | | | | In addition to common sense, preparation and regard |
| sense about how you use your ATV and what you | | | | for safety rules must also be second nature to ATV |
| are going to expect it to do for you. This principle is | | | | driver and passengers alike. Simple rules like not |
| even more important when a young person takes | | | | drinking while driving a four-wheeler, the use of seat |
| the controls of a four-wheeler and takes it off road. | | | | belts and helmets and how to prepare for an outing |
| There is a lot of power in an ATV that gives it the | | | | so you have communications and first aid equipment |
| ability to roll over brush and trees without hesitating. | | | | on hand should it be needed must be a requirement |
| Pound for pound, an ATV is more powerful and | | | | for any four-wheeler driver. If you are well in touch |
| takes on much greater challenges than even the | | | | with the rules of how to use an ATV responsibly and |
| conventional family car. | | | | you are always prepared for the unexpected, you |
| That power can give the inexperienced rider a sense | | | | can take that powerful machine out for many |
| of freedom and power that can delude the driver | | | | adventures off road knowing that you are doing so |
| into thinking there is nothing this machine cannot take | | | | responsibly and safely. |