re: GA teen dies after dirt bike hits wire strung between two trees

What about barbwire? Not as gates but as fences.

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All gates must be painted a fluorescent color too but they don't enforce it

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if you stay off other people's property you don't have a problem..

and heck the parents bear some responsibility for letting a 15 year old kid ride off on his own on a dirtbike.

dirtbikes and atvs are not children's toys.

Does anyone know if this just wasn't a wire closing off the driveway onto the property?

That looks marked to me.

II could see it riding up the tire, ripping the fender off, up the fork, and over the handlebars. There should be evidence of the height on the bike

Only thing about gates you can go around them unless the entire property is fenced.

We have cables across old logging access roads leding onto our property from the main road. We have several cables and they are well marked with flags and no trespassing signs.

I feel bad for all involved. But where does it end? If I pur an 8 ft Bigfoot with a no trespass sign in the middle of a trail and a biker hits it and dies, I'm liable?
On the other hand, it's a kid having fun. Parents bear the responsibility of training the kid what/how/when/where to ride.

When I was a kid, we did dumb things that resemble this in a way. We would pull the shiny tape out of an 8track and string it across a road at night. Car approaches, lights shine on tape, slams on brakes thinking the worst. Thank God no one ever got hurt! Dumb dumb dumb!

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8 ft Bigfoot with a no trespass sign in the middle of a trail and a biker hits it

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Bigfeet have feelings too, don't you watch those Jack Link commercials. Don't call him an "it".

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I did not know about the lack of liability though.

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I'm not so sure about the lack of liability part. With todays courts you are always liable for something.

Did it say that the kid was trespassing? Maybe it was his own families land. It's a tragic accident either way.