Thread: Farm bike advice please

Regardless of cross country vehicle type there's almost never just one thing that leads to an accident or fatality. This example that I became involved in reviewing was the classic example of the 'Swiss cheese' model of why accidents happen (lots of little things omitted or done incorrectly can lead to a very big end result).

https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-heral...itish-tourists

Lots of little things:

Jet lagged
Big night prior
Headed off late
No permission to be where they were
no physical route recon on the ground
little familiarity to operating a side x side
guide leading the way on a quad, when guiding 'school bus' sized side x sides
Running behind schedule

As indicated in comments above its easiest to not make mistakes when you are in charge, and you ensure you don't place any pressures on your decision making processes