Fatality at dumont

[britincali]

Stolen from www.dumontduneriders.com

Very sad


"a passerby found an off-roader who was killed at dumont on saturday, officials said. 8am saturday someone reported a man had been found dead in an overturned sand-rail, patially ejected, according to chp. jeffery wayne ebner was his name. a 37 y/o resident of folsom"


"As for the fatality, he saw lights up at the top of one of the hills on the back side of comp (camp side). He noticed them as he was leaving Dumont to go into Baker late after midnight (about 1 am). He found out the details later from authorities. They said that this happened around midnight and the guy lay dead up there all night until someone found him the next morning about 8am. Apparently he suffered severe head trauma when his sidexside (Ranger or RZR?) overturned when he tried cresting a razor up there. No word if he was or wasn't wearing belts. He was not wearing 5 point harnesses though. He did mention that. BE CAREFULL PEOPLE and never...never ride alone! "

[sabreguy]

Bummer

[lewisclan]

Bummer

X2

[dannygraves]

[Ported&Polished]

Hopefully soon those side by sides will be banned from the dunes, they are just to dangerous. Heavy like 500 lbs., top heavy especially when the bed is fitted with a seat, and way to underpowered for their weight. I duned a Rhino before, and it is mad fun because you get to have a partner ride with. But they don't have enough power to easily crest dunes. You generally keep them pinned until they get bogged down somewhere around 3/4 up a hill. Then you either let it dig in and back it down the hill, or you quickly try to power a U-turn. That happens on 90 percent of the hills people try to climb with them. And that U-turn action is the danger. It's a fine line between succesfully making the U-turn and rolling the heap. And it's a fun time, until you roll, where it has become obvious that most folks driving them are not very dune experienced. No helmets no seat belts used, and generally the drivers are dune goers that are afraid of dirt bikes and are not quad riders. It's children, first timers, and folks that don't want to have to work hard to use a machine that are making them popular. It's just like the mid 80's when 3 wheelers got so popular, every idiot got a 250r as a first bike and there were tons of accidents due to lack of skill.

[Exnav]

250R's were a handful. I rode several back in the day, but the one that about ate my lunch had a twist throttle. Bad juju!