[Person on snowmobile rides down a trail in the forest in the Winter.]
JOHN BLAICHER, Go Snowmobiling - Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs >> You must always expect the unexpected. Snowmobiling happens in an off-road environment.
[Person on snowmobile pulls up to other snowmobile riders on the trail.]
JOHN BLAICHER >> It could be another snowmobiler coming over the hill, hogging your side of the trail, which wouldn't be a good thing.
[JOHN BLAICHER, standing aside his snowmobile.]
JOHN BLAICHER >> Riders often make poor choice decisions and they combine a number of those choices together. They speed, they ride too fast for the conditions...
[Person on snowmobile driving snowmobile along the side of a busy road.]
JOHN BLAICHER >> They ride off trail. When people ride off trail, they increase their risk dramatically. It's not the machine that kills people, its people's choices.
[Person on snowmobile, riding on trail in the forest.]
[MARY MAZUR, Training Course Participant, standing aside her snowmobile.]
MARY MAZUR >> I did see a snowmobile crash on Highway 26 where a snowmobiler was trying to get across the road and it looked like a car had hit him.
[Multiple people on snowmobiles, riding close together on trail in the forest.]
MARY MAZUR >> I think if you're using your common sense and some caution, it's a safe sport.
JOHN BLAICHER >> It's often a young male that gets injured or killed and those incidents are really predictable and preventable.
[JOHN BLAICHER, standing aside his snowmobile.]
JOHN BLAICHER >> There's four things they can do to reduce the risk in getting involved in a snowmobile incident. Get trained.
JOHN BLAICHER [Shouting at a group of trainee snowmobile riders] >> Hit your kill switch!
[Snowmobile riders on trail hit their 'kill switch' on their snowmobiles. John Blaicher is shown training snowmobile riders proper techniques.]
JOHN BLAICHER >> Training is very important. Wear the proper gear. There's safety equipment, for instance, the helmet. Make sure that you're wearing it.
[John Blaicher is shown properly wearing helmet.]
JOHN BLAICHER >> Stay on the trail. Ninety percent of all incidents are off-trail. And always ride with care and in control of the machine.
[Snowmobile riders are shown riding on trail in the forest.]
JOHN BLAICHER [Shouting at a group of trainee snowmobile riders] >> Left hand turn body position!
[Group of snowmobile riders are shown sitting on their snowmobiles and moving their bodies to the left in unison.]
[PATRICIA GLASS, Training Course Participant, standing aside her snowmobile.]
PATRICIA GLASS >> The lesson was excellent. It was just a good, basic start.
[Patricia Glass is shown learning lessons from John Blaicher on her snowmobile.]
PATRICIA GLASS >> This was my second time on a sled. You don't get into a car and start driving it. You take lessons and I think for the snowmobile, the same should apply.
[Patricia Glass is shown turning the ignition on her snowmobile on taking off down the trail in the forest.]
JOHN BLAICHER >> The other thing is do it sober. No alcohol or drugs. If you make those four prudent choices, snowmobiling is not dangerous. Go out and enjoy, because it's a lot of fun.
[Group of snowmobile riders ride along the trail in the forest.]
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