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The Michigan DNR has implemented another Ride Right program, which many may be familiar with in regards to snowmobile safety, but the DNR has also begun doing a very similar campaign in regards to ORV riding.
“Basically the whole idea is to think about safety messages when you go out and Ride Right. [It] means literally, in one sense, ride on the right hand side of the trail. Watching your speed, staying within your limitations, driving sober; like there’s hazards for snowmobiling, there’s different ones that could be for off-road vehicles, which [is] mud holes and rocks. If you come to a place where there is some flooding on the trail, you want to go through the middle of the flooding, you want to go through the puddle to keep down the wear of the sides of the trail, which makes it harder to repair. Things like that, but if you’re not riding in a group and going out somewhere by yourself, you should let somebody known where you’ll be going, when you’ll be back” – John Pepin, Deputy Public Information Officer with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The DNR is doing this campaign to help make sure that riders remember basic safety rules to help improve overall safety on the trails.
