OHV SAFETY TRAINING - "RIDE TO RIDE AGAIN"

 

ROHVA RBDC - Exercise 4

RIDE TO RIDE AGAIN

To honor the 2025 “Ride to Ride Again” California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division’s (OHMVR) “Safety Week” effort, QWR recently taught the Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association (ROHVA) ROV Basic DriverCourse (RBDC) at the BLM’s Chappie Shasta OHV Area near Redding, CA.

 OHMVR 2025 OHV SAFETY WEEK w TIPS

https://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=31772

 

 SEVERAL KEY THEMES OF THE COURSE

 

SEE - Search, Evaluate, and Execute (SEE) is one of the many important themes stressed by ROHVA in both the online E-Course and field training.   SEE is a common sense yet powerful decision-making process where a driver looks for various factors such as trail difficulty then evaluates the risk level of the situation and subsequently executes an action such as turning around and taking another route.

 

SAFETY GEAR - Protective safety gear is also another area that is highlighted during online and field education process.  Wearing a helmet, using eye protection, gloves, long sleeved shirt/jersey, and over-the-ankle-boots with non-slip soles can help the driver have a safe and fun trail experience.

ROHVA RBDC - Exercise 3

TWO-WAY TRAFFIC - Watch for two-way traffic.   When operating an on designated roads and trails always stay to the right since you never know if there is a vehicle coming around a corner.  

 

As a ROHVA-certified DriverCoach, QWR’s Don Amador, states, “It was great to get back out in the field yesterday at the BLM’s Chappie Shasta OHV Recreation Area helping train outdoor recreationists about how to safely operate a ROV/SxS on designated roads, trails, and areas.” 

BE A TRAIL HERO - Drive Safe

 

“I always enjoy seeing students taking pride in learning some of the basic skills such as two-foot throttle/brake control to cross an obstacle, back-up, or load the ROV or SxS into a tight area such as toy hauler or small garage.  At the post training wrap up students said the online E-course was very informative and reinforced many of the safe driving techniques learned during the field exercises,” Amador concludes. 

 

QWR is a strong supporter of the focused safety efforts by our partners at CA State Parks OHMVR Division, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, ROHVA, Tread Lightly!, and the CA Outdoor Recreation Foundation to address the rapid growth of ROV/UTV/SxS use on public lands.

 

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