Thread: cruiser park closing!!!!

My dabblings in the area of insurance/duty of care stuff are more along the lines of "you follow our rules & best practise, we cover you"; however I'm told the rationale is about ensuring that informed decisions are made, emphasis on the informed. Likewise, I'm told that 'duty of care' means that all reasonable steps are taken to prevent injury. Presumably this would involve regular risk assessments.

So you'd want to have the information available right up front to give out; like having the park mapped out with the tracks, facilities, risks & hazards, etc. noted.
In fact you'd want all that kept up to date and managed... and I think I know someone!

Originally Posted by smac

i reckon a good way to 'start' would be for 4wd Clubs only, not the general public

That would be a good way to limit your clientele.

The following is my opinion, not necessarily the letter of the law.

Most places run on an "All care - no responsibility" type model. 4WD parks are places where people do things that are dangerous. As long as an accident isn't caused by negligence of the park owner, they are pretty safe. This means a risk assessment, and a good set of rules.

Insurance would be the hard bit, but the existing parks have insurance, so there will be a precedent set for new parks to open. If the local cable-ski places can have crazy kickers and sliders and still get insurance, surely a 4wd park can get something sorted.