点评:My son and I did a snowmobile tour with Tyroparc and some friends in January, 2023. We have riden snowmobiles before so I was looking forward to it. The first half hour or so was fine. When we got to a short but steep hill our instructor stopped the tour and told us to go over the hill slowly and not use the brakes on the way down the hill as it can throw the passenger (in this case, my teenage son) off the snowmobile. This was not the first time I’ve ever driven a snowmobile, so I wasn’t expecting any issues.
When we went over the hill, we found ourselves headed towards a group of small trees. I tried to turn the snowmobile away from the tree while at the same time not using the brake. I wasn’t able to negotiate the turn and we crashed directly into the tree. My son and I were both thrown off the snowmobile. My son was okay, thank goodness, but the impact to the tree left me dazed. I sustained a minor concussion and a strained wrist. The snowmobile was totaled, as you can see from the photos.
When the guide started up the snowmobile, there was a loud explosion in the engine. Despite my dazed mental state, I was told to drive this dangerous vehicle with my son on the back for several minutes. The instructor said he asked me if I was OK to drive it and apparently I said yes, but I was in no condition to make such a decision. It could have caught fire or who knows what else. When I got back to my hotel, and told my wife what had happened, she asked how we got the snowmobile back to the headquarters, and I couldn’t remember.
To literally add insult to injury, I had to pay $2,500 for the damage because I signed a waiver saying that I am responsible for all damages incurred. While I do accept some responsibility, my son and I were treated in a very reckless manner by the instructor. He was a nice guy but it was very alarming to my friends and son that I was in no condition to be driving immediately after a heavy impact of a snowmobile into a tree, which threw my son and I off the vehicle.
I spoke with several managers from Tyroparc in the weeks after to see if we could come to some sort of compromise about the $2,500 owed, but it had already been billed to my credit card and as far as they were concerned, I was in another country hundreds of miles away, and it was case closed.
I understand that most people don’t crash into a tree and you probably won’t either. But it’s also important to know that Tyroparc’s instruction before the crash and the assistance after the crash were both in my experience, negligent at best and dangerous at worst. Happy holidays!
翻译:2023 年 1 月,我和儿子与 Tyroparc 和一些朋友一起进行了雪地摩托之旅。我们以前骑过雪地摩托,所以我很期待。前半个小时左右还好。当我们到达一座短而陡的山坡时,我们的教练停止了旅行,并告诉我们慢慢地翻过山坡,下山时不要使用刹车,因为它可能会把乘客(在这种情况下,我十几岁的儿子)甩下来雪地摩托。这不是我第一次驾驶雪地摩托车,所以我没想到会出现任何问题。
当我们翻过山坡时,我们发现自己正走向一群小树。我试图将雪地摩托转离树,同时不使用刹车。我无法转弯,我们直接撞到了树上。我和我的儿子都从雪地摩托上被甩了下去。谢天谢地,我的儿子没事,但对树的撞击让我头晕目眩。我遭受了轻微脑震荡和手腕拉伤。从照片中可以看出,雪地摩托已被毁坏。
当导游启动雪地摩托时,发动机发出巨大的爆炸声。尽管我的精神状态很茫然,但我还是被告知要让我的儿子坐在后面驾驶这辆危险的车辆几分钟。教练说他问我是否可以驾驶它,显然我说可以,但我没有条件做出这样的决定。它可能会着火或者谁知道会发生什么。当我回到酒店并告诉我的妻子发生了什么事时,她问我们如何将雪地摩托带回总部,我不记得了。
雪上加霜的是,我必须为损失支付 2,500 美元,因为我签署了一份弃权书,表示我对所造成的所有损失负责。虽然我确实承担了一些责任,但我和我的儿子却被老师以非常鲁莽的方式对待。他是一个好人,但令我的朋友和儿子感到非常震惊的是,在一辆雪地摩托严重撞上一棵树后,我的身体状况无法立即驾驶,导致我和儿子从车上摔下来。
几周后,我与 Tyroparc 的几位经理进行了交谈,看看我们是否可以就所欠的 2,500 美元达成某种妥协,但这笔钱已经从我的信用卡上扣除,就他们而言,我在另一个国家数百英里之外,案件已经结案。
我知道大多数人不会撞到树上,你可能也不会。但同样重要的是要知道,Tyroparc 在事故发生前的指导和事故发生后的援助都是根据我的经验,往好了说是疏忽,往坏了说是危险的。节日快乐!