| Patience, first of all, is required. Breathe in....breathe | | | | Secondly, kids and youth should only ride in popular, |
| out. Good. Now do that 10 times and you're ready to | | | | well-known and well-maintained trails and tracks. |
| roll with the kids and youth on your ATV training | | | | Those dangerous ones, we can leave it for the |
| program. Am I stretching the truth a little? Sure, a | | | | adults since we're in a better position to decide what |
| little. But once you start training your kids on how to | | | | to do when there are unexpected obstacles. |
| ride ATV safely and properly enough, you'll soon see | | | | For a kid, I don't mind purchasing a brand new ATV |
| that I am right on the dot for this one. It's great that | | | | or a mini electricone like those Peg Peregos. They're |
| quad riding has seen tremendous growth over the | | | | not fast enough or dangerous enough to give me a |
| years and there are more and more youths and kids | | | | persistent headache. For a youth, I don't mind getting |
| choosing to ride ATV at trails and tracks alike. But | | | | the youth a second-hand one for a very good |
| there are still the minor grouses we have to be | | | | reason (provided the second-hand youth quad is in |
| concerned about....like safety and how there's an | | | | mint condition)...youths are rough creatures and they |
| alarming rise in the number of accidents involving | | | | spoil the ATVs very quickly. For the learning curve |
| naïve kids and reckless (and drunk) youths on | | | | bit, I would use a used youth quad and then later on, |
| ATVs. | | | | when they become better at handling their youth |
| I've often thought of quad riding as a family | | | | model, I would invest in a brand new one....IF THEY |
| activity....yes, and a farming one, and it never | | | | ASK FOR IT. Where teens are concerned, I would |
| occurred to me that people could flip an quad over in | | | | rather invest in a ATV training course too because I |
| the air like those in the extreme sport thing? Never! | | | | can only do so much to knock the rules into his or |
| My father used to chase cows on ATVs and bring in | | | | her head. With a teacher and professional trainer, |
| the corn too...sheesh! But with so many youths | | | | things are a little bit different. |
| choosing them as their preferred vehicle of choice, | | | | Strange that kids and youth would rather absorb the |
| it's important for people like me and you to give the | | | | same information from a complete stranger than |
| kids proper training on how to use their ATVs | | | | learning from you, but if it works for them and the |
| properly. The youth should, of course, wear proper | | | | kids and youth are willing to learn proper ATV riding |
| protective gear....no arguments about that one! They | | | | techniques from the Pro, then by golly, it works for |
| argue and I take the ATV away from them. | | | | me too! |