Parent's P.A.R.T.Y.
Enforcement and Accountability
Accountability and enforcement were viewed by most as problems that should and could be solved. The 300 people surveyed showed a high level of support for putting more resources toward this part of the injury problem and increasing policing. In particular, they wanted more policing of trails, alcohol and helmet use. See also legislation discussion. Click here to see other issues participants felt were important.
- I believe Police should be out and stopping ATVs to stop drinking and driving on ATVs or any drinking and driving. There should be more Police acting on this problem.
- More check stops, to catch intoxicated drivers of all vehicles.
- No mother should drink and drive with children, or parents should be put behind bars.
- Find the kids on their racing quads that rip up and down 16 avenue Cold Lake all hours of the day, fine them and their parents. That's education the hard way but the right way.
- If the people do not have this ticket, a responsible warning then fine would bring understanding.
- Accountability and responsibility!
- ATVs and snowmobiles need to be licensed the same as cars, etc., so police can have more control over offenders that are ruining it for everyone else and would also prevent many machine thefts. All offenders charged by police would have to take the course before they are allowed on a machine again.
- Don't make laws that won't work because people will do it anyways. Laws will only work if they are enforced.
- Education and enforcement.
- Enforce and ensure safety.
- Enforce more.
- Enforce rules; more rules!
- Enforce the age limit of how old you must be to operate the machine.
- Enforcement - more power to RCMP or fish and wildlife.
- Enforcement a huge issue in Cold Lake snowmobiles and quads.
- Enforcement: Cold Lake has by-law enforcement officers. They did not even get out of the truck as a young rider without a helmet sped across the roadway. He did nothing!
- Follow specified rules: fines plus education/training prior to use, good and consistent supervision, be within view of younger riders.
- Laws are not enforced. Kids under age of 16 are riding ATVs alone, lots of times in town. No tickets are being handed out to parents.
- No enforcement in communities
- People don’t like the confrontation when trying to enforce on a personal level.
- You can put all the training/education together that you want but it comes down to attitude and consequences this will take the government to do as long as there is no enforcement and consequences people will die or get injured.
- Enforce the helmet law.
- Helmet laws must be enforced!
- Implementing helmet laws is good; trying to enforce them on private property will be an issue.
- Fire fighters, cadets, Junior Rangers: Supply policing while training on snowmobiles and ATV trails.
- Have more check stops at loading/unloading areas to reduce drinking and driving.
- Have more policing on trails especially at night
- More cops on snowmobiles and ATVs, especially during rallies and big known quadding trails. It might take a lot of the fun out of it, but it will reduce injuries and death. This would make a huge impact to snowmobile and ATV safety. Honestly, I've never seen a cop on an ATV and maybe once or twice on a snowmobile. That is why it is so easy to drink and party on trails and quadding snowmobile events. This is so simple...will it get done? Probably not.
- More police checking on riders.
- More policing
- More policing as done with snowmobiling (Ontario: bring to Alberta).
- More policing/ peace officers to maintain.
- Policing and lack of follow through
- Should be more policing.