About
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Website: www.ATVexpertwitness.com
Additional Website: www.OHVtraining.org
Uhl has been qualified in state and federal courts across the nation as an Expert Witness in cases regarding ATV (all-terrain vehicle), UTV (side by side), motorcycle dirt bike, snowmobile, dual sport bike and some street bike and mountain bicycle incidents. Decades of safety training experience regarding all of these off-highway vehicles (OHVs) provides a unique advantage to attorneys. Uhl served as Expert Witness or Consultant in over 81cases during the past 13 years. Attorney references are available on request.
Uhl’s expertise includes rider, owner and manufacturer responsibilities and standards. His training client list includes every Military Special Forces branch and other governmental and corporate organizations, as well as recreation and competition operators. He helps attorneys understand Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) guidelines for ATVs, UTVs and snowmobiles. He also helps you know what is not covered in CPSC guidelines and when manufacturer omissions are related to injuries.
Uhl’s casework has included incidents regarding off-highway vehicle (OHV) rental industry companies regarding standards, how the public should be protected and adequacy / inadequacy of customer training, guide training, route preparation, etc. Injuries often occur when a tour guide is not trained to prepare customers to prevent injuries and customer training or equipment maintenance fail to meet industry standards according to manufacturers’ guidelines.
Uhl’s background in racecourse and trail construction and maintenance prepared him to testify regarding what creates or prevents OHV injuries. Uhl previously worked in R&D, co-owned an OHV retail store, was Lead Mechanic, and won 5 gold medals for the USA in international competitions. He was inducted into the International Motorcycle Hall of Fame.
Uhl offers attorneys a free, informal, 15 minute consultation about their cases.
Areas of expertise include:
-Accident investigation; also assists with reconstruction
-Safety & training issues re: riding OHVs
-Why ATV and UTV operator training is essential for operator safety
-Instructor training for new OHV instructors
-Human factors & ergonomics related to OHVs
-R&D, mechanics & safety
-Trail design, maintenance, & construction
-Vehicle technology/mechanics
-Practices of OHV recreational facilities
-Practices of OHV rental / tour facilities and guided tours
-Race course design
-Training Military personnel to use all of the off-highway vehicles
Uhl has been repeatedly hired and positively evaluated by a variety of corporate, government, and individual training clients, see below.
• U.S. Special Operations Command
• U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency
• U.S. Army Special Forces
• U.S. Naval Special Warfare
• U.S. Marines Special Operations
• U.S. Air Force Special Operations
• U.S. Air Force Security Forces
• U.S. Department of Defense Police
• U.S. Air Force Red Horse
• U.S. Forest Service (multiple years & types of vehicles)
• U.S. Coast Guard
• U.S. Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
• U.S. Marine Base Hawaii
• U.S. Army
• U.S. Military Training Center (Yakima Training Center, Washington) (multiple years & types of vehicles)
• U.S. Air Guard
• U.S. Parks Service (multiple years & types of vehicles)
• U.S. Department of the Interior
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• U.S. Border Patrol
• U.S. Military Branches and Military Police (multiple years & types of vehicles)
• U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
• U.S. Bureau of Land Management (multiple years & types of vehicles)
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (multiple years & types of vehicles)
• U.S. Weather Service
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) / most of the NRCS field personnel across the state of Montana (multiple years & types of
vehicles)
• U.S. Military Base Fort Knox
• T-Mobile, U.S.A. (multiple years & types of vehicles)
• Quest Communications
• Honda, U.S.A. AVT test riders (multiple years)
• Tucson Power Company
• Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort (multiple types of vehicles)
• Passwords, Inc.
• Midway Gold Corporation
• Green Mountain Power Plant
• County of L.A., California
• Muckleshoot Indian Reservation
• Search & Rescue Personnel (multiple years & types of vehicles)
• Sheriff’s Offices (multiple years & types of vehicles)
• Idaho Water Science Center
• CGGVeritas
• HighMount, Exploration & Production
• Kinder Morgan, Natural Gas Pipeline Company (multiple types of vehicles)
• Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
• And an array of individual clients of all ages, (on all of the different types of OHVs)
Uhl previously co-owned an OHV retail store and worked in R&D for major OHV manufacturing companies. He also directed a motocross school. Uhl possesses unique skills re: OHV vehicle design, operation, and mechanics.