OPERATOR'S MANUAL

DIVISION I - RIDER AWARENESS/
RESPONSIBILITY
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Sound Judgment
Laws and Regulations
Any police officer will tell you that ignorance of the law is no
defense. Your best defense is to check out your local, state, or provin-
cial ATV laws before riding. It’ll also make sure that you can con-
tinue to ride in your favorite areas. The quickest way to have a land
area closed is by riding over the regulations.
Group Behavior
People occasionally do crazier and riskier things in a group than they
would consider doing by themselves. When you’re ATV riding with
others and things start to get out of hand, decide whether you’re will-
ing to be injured or see your friends injured.
SIPDE
By themselves, none of these safe behaviors and sound judgments
will go very far. But when you put them all together...when you’re
paying attention to how you feel, when you’re monitoring the move-
ments of your ATV, and when you’re constantly evaluating your envi-
ronment, then you’re practicing SIPDE. SIPDE is an acronym that
stands for:
Load Capacity Ratings Chart (Utility)
Max Load Capacity - Total weight of operator, accessories, and
cargo on front and rear racks.
SI PDE
SCAN/
SEARCH
IDENTIFY
HAZARDS
PREDICT
WHAT WILL
HAPPEN
DECIDE
WHAT TO DO
EXECUTE
THE DECI-
SION
Arctic Cat ATV Load Capacity Ratings
Item Specifications
(lb) (kg)
Max Load Capacity 175 79
Front Rack (max) 10 4.5
Rear Rack (max) 15 6.8
2012 Y-12