Snowmobile industry growing in popularity in NH, state sees rise in accidents Share Updated: 10:39 PM EST Feb 21, 2021 Share Updated: 10:39 PM EST Feb 21, 2021
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Show Transcript SNOWMOBILE CAN DO. THE TOP SPEED LIMIT ON NEW HAMPSHIRE TRAILS IS 45 MILES PER HOUR, BUT THE MACHINES CAN GO MUCH FASTER. THERE IS PEOPLE RIGHT NOW HAVING LUNCH ON THE TRAIL. JESSICA: A SUNNY, CHILLY, AND SNOW FILLED FEBRUARY DAY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE MAKES FOR GREAT SNOWMOBILING CONDITIONS. WE ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME, WE WANT TO KEEP GOING. JESSICA: STEVE KIANDER, WITH NEW HAMPSHIRE’S SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION, SAYS INDUSTRY SALES ARE UP THIS WINTER. PEOPLE WANT TO ESCAPE THE CONFINES OF COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS WHILE STAYING SOCIALLY DISTANT. BUT WITH THAT COMES A LOT OF NEW RIDERS AND AN INCREASE IN ACCIDENTS. IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS IS UNREASONABLE SPEED FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH INEXPERIENCED RIDERS. JESSICA: FIS
New Hampshire safety officials are warning about the dangers of thin ice. There have been several snowmobile crashes this weekend and in one incident, the quick actions of fishermen saved a man who fell through the ice.