Be careful out there - two fatalities in WNY in the same DAY! - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

Cleve · 02-05-2007, 11:24 AM

Two men from the greater Rochester area died yesterday on the same DAY!

Democrat & Chronicle: Local News

Drive sane, guys. Drive sane.

rgoers · 02-05-2007, 10:19 PM

Sad stuff... Rochester is my neck of the woods. Haven't done a lot of local riding yet, but folks gotta use some common sense. Sounds like both of these incidents were easily preventable. Gives the sport a black eye, nonetheless, and it really sucks for the families left behind! Please use your brains, and ride cautiously!

newcatrunner · 02-06-2007, 08:38 AM

ive disconnected my headlight so i dont do any night riding until im better aquainted with my sled and area...and i also make sure i go slow on my first run out by the lake till i know that nothings in my way...then i rip out...makes for a much funner ride in the end

rgoers · 02-06-2007, 09:05 AM

The one guy was trying to go under a gate. Now, if it were me... I wouldn't pin it to go under a gate that I wasn't sure I'd fit under. You know what I mean??? Barbed wire that you can't see is one thing; but a gate you can see plainly is a whole 'nother thing.

The other guy hit a concrete post along the side of some railroad tracks. Well, let's see... it's illegal to ride on RR-owned property in the first place, and pinning it on un-ridden sections is ill-advised.

Maybe folks should have to take an IQ test before being able to register a sled.

IndianRvrShiver · 02-06-2007, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by rgoers

Maybe folks should have to take an IQ test before being able to register a sled.

If they did that, I would have to sell my stuff!!

tamacat · 02-06-2007, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by newcatrunner

ive disconnected my headlight so i dont do any night riding until im better aquainted with my sled and area

Not a bad idea. Watch you don't fry your voltage regulator though!!!

Cleve · 02-06-2007, 12:46 PM

Ironic - I posted about being careful yesterday, and then that very afternoon, I took a took a nasty spill on my sled.

It was at a road crossing - the snow bank was a LOT higher than I expected or realized. Must have been taller than I was, and it was pretty much a cliff. My sled came down on it's nose - hard - the next thing I know I'm laying on my back in the road looking at the sky. Apparently, I did a somersault of some sort right over the handlebars.

Cracked the front plastic nose of my Sabercat. And today both wrists and my right leg are lame as hell. I was really lucky though. But you gotta respect how badly these machines can mess you up in an instant.