{"id":61068,"date":"2025-12-04T19:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/61068\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T19:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:56:08","slug":"snowmobile-safety-tips-for-new-york-riders-avoid-accidents-this-winter-public-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/61068\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowmobile Safety Tips for New York Riders: Avoid Accidents This Winter | Public Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Snowmobile\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6931e39c46ab0.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) &#8212; The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation urges snowmobilers to prioritize safety and ride responsibly this winter.<\/p>\n<p>The office highlights that excessive speed, inexperience and intoxication are leading causes of snowmobile injuries in the State.<\/p>\n<p>Snowmobilers are advised to inspect their vehicles, wear DOT-certified helmets, and always ride with a buddy.<\/p>\n<p>Riders should stay on marked trails, avoid frozen bodies of water, and never ride under the influence, the parks department added.<\/p>\n<p>The office also recommends taking a snowmobile safety course, especially for operators aged 10 to 17, who must carry a safety certificate when riding on state trails.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/parks.ny.gov\/activities\/snowmobiling\/snowmobile-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">For more information on snowmobiling in New York, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) &#8212; The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation urges snowmobilers to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50,32613,32615,32614,1986,32612],"class_list":["post-61068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-new-york-state-office-of-parks","tag-office-of-parks","tag-recreation-and-historic-preservation","tag-safety","tag-snowmobile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}