Parent's P.A.R.T.Y.
Training
Training! Safety courses and training were talked about a lot as ways to address the injury problem in youth in our community. (Training was considered separately from Education and Awareness) As shown on the opinion page for our ATV project, the group strongly agreed that safety training was a very important part of the solution to the injury problem in youth, for both drivers and riders. The group valued experience and guidance as a means of reducing injuries. Some features that arose multiple times were that the training should be mandatory and formally approved. Click here to go back to the ATV/Snowmobile Injury page
- I think everyone should take safety courses and wear helmets.
- Make more ATV and snowmobile safety courses available.
- More approved/mandatory training courses.
- More safety awareness courses mandatory to be able to operate off road vehicles.
- Need to be more aware and to have more courses.
- There must be training and education in place!
- Training must be implemented.
- Preventing and predicting future injuries can be taught in this course.
- Virtual training not a good idea-no consequences for actions. Not virtual but real competency training.
- Far too expensive for driver training in Alberta.
- Government funding for education of youth.
- Not enough free ATV/snowmobile training for youth
- Training on the quad or sled and licensing on the quad or sled competency will prevent injuries; money made can go to policing.
- ATV training course; mentoring by experienced rider that follows the rules.
- Everyone who rides or will ride an ATV should go through a course before you are allowed to go out on your own.
- I think kids should learn young; they learn respect and control and become smarter riders.
- Inexperienced drivers cause most injuries.
- Just because a child writes a test saying that they have the knowledge does not mean that capability is there to do the task. You can't learn to ride a quad or motor vehicle on paper. You must learn hands on!
- Learn through other people's mistakes; use common sense.
- Monitor, manage before using ATVs
- Need to be more in control of our youth and teach them the do’s and don’ts.
- They should start making courses for driving snowmobiles, ATVs, etc.
- Youth aren't being properly trained in these areas.
- Kids have proper safety courses even if they are just riding with a parent.
- Parents should attend courses with children even if they don’t ride themselves.
- Must take a course prior to operating ATV showing and telling you all of what could occur causing you injury or death. No reruns! Safety first always.
- The course needs a scare factor in it, to show everyone what could happen to them.
- ATV courses a must!
- Have mandatory rider safety courses as one can register in for motor cycle safety courses.
- In my opinion anyone who chooses to ride or drive an ATV must have an approved safety ticket.
- Make safety courses mandatory, use of CSA helmets mandatory
- Mandatory ATV safety courses for youth and adults.
- Mandatory course
- Mandatory courses for ATV's. (classroom and practically) Have more safety rules.
- Mandatory driver training/certification for ATV's
- Mandatory training
- Mandatory yearly course
- Maybe for kids under the age of 16 we should put on an ATV safety course by law to imply safety.
- More safety awareness courses mandatory to be able to operate off road vehicles.
- Special training needs to be legislated before you can operate an ATV or snowmobile and proper monitoring needs to be put in place.
- We have no mandatory training or licensing system for youth operators.
- A driver's school for youth.
- Driver training for young people, a positive course.
- I think kids should learn young; they learn respect and control and become smarter riders.
- Start a junior awareness program for kids so that they have some skills controlled before they are ready to use them
- Teaching kids at the proper age, 8-10 years of age, so parents can have more influence over their children and can teach them to ride safely. The children will have then learned from an early age to respect the machines and will have the knowledge ingrained in them.