Watch out!!!!!!!!!!!!

[snohawk]

It's hard to get the hands on experience when most of the classes are held in fall with no snow. We always tell the parents that we teach the kids all of the laws and safe operating skills, but it is up to the parent to teach the kid or new rider how to control the sled

[Hooter]

I am also a safety instructor and currently we are half way through a class. If you read the back of the front cover of the safety manual, it states that the safety course is not designed to make you a better rider. The purpose of the course is to make you a safe, ethical, and resonsible rider. We teach safety, laws and other common sense issues. A driving test is actually optional, but we make it manditory in our classes. It is really the parents responsibility to teach their children how to ride and to monitor their abilities. Every kid developes at a different speed. From past experience in doing these classes, some kids are terrified at 20mph, while others feel totally comfortable at higher speeds. The bottom line that we tell the kids is drive to your ability and never ride at the top edge of that ability because you may not be able to handle an unexpected situation that comes up!!

[snoway]

sounds like common sense we ALL can live with!:thumbup:

[SpecK]

I remember taking my classes in the classroom of our fire dept. My father was the instructor and taught the classes and would hold the classes on the days he had to work at the station. Also built a course for us at my grandfathers farm.

[toolman]

I'd have to disagree, though that is my option. I think size and top speed shouldn't be confused, it is the parents responsibility to keep things under control, and you know that one will get just as hurt whether they are on a 340 going 30 MPH or a 700 going 30 MPH, same at 40 and 50..... so lets not confuse the issue, the real issue is allowing an inexperienced rider to use the full extent of the machine, and that should be the responsibility of the parent. In either case, everyone has thier own situation, and I was quite proud of my daughters ability to manuver and follow the rules this past week. We were able to get out Friday, Sat, Sun, Mon and Tues for some short 30 or 40 miles loops around Townsend, Lakewood, Carter and Wabeno. There wasn't a lot of traffic and we were able to get a good combination of trail and lake riding in. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: