ATV and Snowmobile Safety

Safety Starts with you

Riding a snowmobile or ATV can be an amazing outdoor experience. It can also be fatal — in the wrong hands. Here are some tips for riding safe.

• Cross only at designated locations (it is illegal and dangerous to trespass on railway property).
• Ride on approved trails only (look for signs about approaching a railway crossing).
• Expect a train on any track, in either direction, at any time.
• Be especially cautious at night or in snowy conditions (both make it difficult to see obstacles, passing trains or railway crossings).
• Stop at railway crossings to ensure you don't ride in front of or into the side of a passing train.
• Contact the railway (using the emergency number prominently posted at crossings) or call 911 immediately if your ATV or snowmobile gets stuck on a track or railway line (a train can come at any time).
• Keep in mind that helmets, engines, wind and weather may muffle the sound of an approaching train.
• Do not ride next to the tracks (locomotives and railway cars are wider than the rails, leaving little or no room for you).