Students in Blue Eye, Mo., receive lessons in ATV & UTV safety [Video]

BLUE EYE, Mo. (KY3) – Students at a Stone County school received a timely message on ATV and UTV safety.

Blue Eye Schools, Ride Safe, and Rytash partnered on Monday to provide district students with ATV and UTV safety. Students put on safety gear, including helmets, body protection, and boots, and saw ATVs and UTVs up close.

Those with the presentation say that if the lessons save one life, it is a success.

“I think for children, I think it’s hard for them to conceive what it really means,” said Kristen Almer Ride Safe Foundation. “But honestly, I don’t think adults know its seriousness. We have lost in the United States over 4,000 children that are 15 years of age and younger on ATVs and UTVs. And 49% of those are children that are 12 and younger, so that is a big number, and it really does affect little kids.”

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