Always keep safety in mind when using your snowmobile.

1. Ensure your snowmobile is properly registered and insured.
2. Before each ride, follow the "pre-op" check outlined in your owner's manual.
3. Stay away from snow banks near power lines and substations.
4. Utility providers discourage people from travelling over power line right-of-ways given the risks involved; however, if you do find yourself on a right-of-way, you should be especially cautious of the dangerous conditions that exist on them, such as guy wires and poles, unexpected pits and drops, uneven terrain, etc. These hazards may be especially hard to see during winter conditions.
5. Minor problems can be overcome by carrying a useful tool kit, spare parts, flashlight, first aid kit and a few survival items such as high-energy food, fire starting equipment and a compass.
6. Prepare a snow plan describing your machine and your planned route and leave one with your family or friends. Let people know you're back or have arrived at your destination.
7. Safe riders drive within the limits of their machine and their abilities. Ease up on the throttle especially when near other machines, people, trees, animals or other objects.
8. Avoid water reservoirs around hydroelectric generating plants. They are not safe for recreational activities due to fluctuations in water levels below the ice.
9. Ride on trails and never ride alone.
10. Always wear an approved helmet with an eye shield or a pair of goggles.
11. The safest snowmobiling rule is never to cross lakes or rivers. Besides the danger of plunging through the ice, you have less traction for starting, turning and stopping on ice than on snow.
12. Keep right on the trails and use your hand signals.

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