Teen on ATV survives close call with cable

[MikePal]

Sure hope this guy see's his day in court..he needs a good tongue lashing from a judge and possible jail time.

A teenager from Arnprior, Ont., suffered painful neck injuries after driving her all terrain vehicle into a steel cable strung across a private road she's used for almost a decade.

Sixteen-year-old Taylor Yach was thrown from her ATV and knocked unconscious after running into the three-metre-long cable on Saturday near her family's cottage in Ladysmith, Que. She was taken to hospital and her family called police.

"I didn't see it until the last minute and it was blending into the trees," Yach told CBC News. "I didn't have any time to hit the brake. I didn't have any time to duck. I thought I was going to die. I could have been decapitated. Honestly, I could have."

The disturbing close call has sparked concern among ATV enthusiasts in west Quebec, where residents say the problem of young drivers trespassing on private property is growing out of control.

Yach admitted she was operating her ATV on private property at the time of the collision, but said she's used the narrow dirt road near Highway 303 since she was a small child to tap maple trees and splash through puddles.

She said she drove along the same road with her father earlier this month, and has never been warned to stay away. Nor has she ever seen a "no trespassing" sign posted on the road.

"We had been going down there for so long I didn't think anything of it," said Yach.

Yach said she had just turned a corner and was only travelling at about 15 km/h when she struck the cable. Nevertheless, the force was enough to rip two wooden posts the cable was attached to from the ground.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/teen-atv-s...090000564.html

[rick_iles]

She is one lucky young lady !

[Bluebulldog]

Interesting case.

The owner has the right to do whatever he so chooses on his own property. However, if it was shown / proven that he was aware that other users were using the trail, and he failed to post No Trespassing signs, and / or failed to place some marking tape on the cable which was strung neck high.....it could in fact be seen as intentionally causing harm.

[fratri]

She is one lucky lady for sure but she (if you ask me) should be the one that needs to take responsibility for her actions as she was the trespasser. Don't get me wrong, maybe the owner should have put up signs or flagging tape on the cable but we can't overlook the fact that she knowingly trespassed on that property regularly....
How about if a log or some other natural obstruction was in the way and she got hurt, is it still the owners fault for not keeping that trail clear for the trespasser(s)? Should the onus be on the owner to keep his trail marked/posted in order not to be in trouble?
Anyway, glad she is alright and hopefully the owner didn't intentionally put up the cable to do harm.

[MarkB]

The big question is, why was the cable hung there? What was the purpose?

If the honest answer is to teach an ATV driver a lesson, well this person is pretty sadistic.

[fishermccann]

I wonder if you must post potential dangers to others who may be on your property, even if they are trespassing. Maybe to prevent costly litigation. Hence the 'danger open pit', signs around big holes on private property. The next question is ,whether she will continue to trespass on that property ?

[skypilot]

Here's a thought, stay off other people's property. Why should the burden be on the landowner instead of the trespasser if the trail/road closure was legit?

[gooseman]

Here's a thought, stay off other people's property. Why should the burden be on the landowner instead of the trespasser if the trail/road closure was legit?

Ya butt they have been doing it for so long even her father trespasses so it must be ok

[SIRsleeper]

I would think the landowner should have taken steps such as posted no trespassing signs before resorting to this sort of sadistic behaviour.

Not same thing but someone near me used to go out and mark rocks in a bay we boat in regularly. One day a marker floated away and a boater lost the foot to his motor when he hit the rock... The boater won in court as the onus was on the guy who marked the rocks to make sure they stayed marked as he'd been doing it for years. Pretty sad! Now there's no markers anywhere to be seen in that area


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[fishermccann]

My question is, are you libel if you do not post dangers, (open pit, ropes at neck height between trees, punji sticks, bear traps), on your property, and someone-anyone even trespassers hurt themselves? Anything similar to being charged for not marking an open ice fishing hole?