ATV Safety

Our club has 2 ATV safety instructors certified by the Canada Safety Council. 

Children and ATVs

Since October 2003 there have been 3 ATV deaths in Alberta, 2 of which have been children. ATV’s are an integral part of today’s farming and ranching community and children play an increasing role in their day to day use.

Conservation Awareness

The Crowsnest Pass, South Western Alberta, and South Eastern British Columbia are in North Americas spotlight of conservation issues. We cover the importance of Industry, Agriculture and Recreation sharing our land. We as ATV riders must observe all the rules, staying on trails, keep out of riparian areas, stewardship of the land, and the respect of use by others. 

Our First Class

October 11, 2003 turned out to be a cool and blustery day but there were two very energetic and enthusiastic Quad riders who showed up to start on the A.T.V. Safety Institute rider course training program. 

Brooke Dorge age 7 and Brock Self age 11 were the first students in the safety awareness, rider training and protecting our environment program announced by the Crowsnest Pass Quad Squad in Spring 2003. Thanks to the Hillcrest Fish and Game Club, we completed the classroom portion of the
course and then outdoors for some hands on rider training. This course is designed to improve a rider’s confidence in their own ability and that of their machine. 

Brooke and Brock will be invited to a spring 2004 training session to further improve their skills.
Thanks also to Devon Resources for their support of Safety Training.

On October 28th I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Don Peters, a retired teacher and principal in the Livingstone School Division. Don now teaches an Outdoor Education program to participating Grade 5 classes and he invited me to give three 40 minute A.T.V. Safety and Conservation Awareness presentations to three classes of students and their teachers at Canyon School in Pincher Creek. We also attended a class of 5 students at the Napi Centre where the discussion revolved around the A.T.V. rider course for employment purposes and other opportunities in the motorcycle and O.H.V industry.

School ATV Safety Education

The gymnasium at G R Davis Elementary School in Fort MacLeod was the setting for the second of our A T V Safety Training presentations for schools in the Livingstone Range School Division. Combined grades 4 & 5 classes of 130 students and grades 5 & 6 of 170 students sat through the 45 minute sessions of who is and why the Quad Squad exists, A T V safety issues, and some of the conservation issues facing the Crowsnest Pass. For the A T V Safety segment I use the 17 minute Arctic Cat training video given to me by Jim and Loreen of Crowsnest Motor Sports which I found to be the most comprehensive of all the other training videos I’ve seen. It closely parallels the Canada Safety Council’s A T V Rider Course which is being made available to Club members in the late spring of 2004. Don Peters, an out door education instructor in the Livingstone Range School Division, has lined up 5 more schools for our presentation and is working on
more for the early part of 2004.

If you have any questions please phone Don Peters at 403-687-3780 or e-mail granumfolks@shaw.ca.