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ATV
, ATV Safety
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
on September 23, 2007
I love a strong woman. Especially a well educated, focused, strong woman. Karen Coria is all that and then some. I was reading an article in the Register Herald about a new "push for ATV regulat...
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ATV
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
, OHV Areas
on September 22, 2007
Mountain Ridge Trails Resort, an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) park, has been closed by PA State Environmental Officials. They closed it because the park does not have the required permits needed for th...
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ATV
, Learning
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
, Rants
on September 21, 2007
Chump Change
If you've been here before you can tell; I'm not so much in favor of government regulations regarding ATVs. But there are certain areas *cough*safety*cough* where I think there ...
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ATV
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
, OHV Areas
, Rants
on September 20, 2007
Here, Collier, you can have an ATV park. Yeah, right there in that muck. No problem, you're welcome. By the way, we're going to increase your ATV registration fees to maintain the park.
No, ...
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Accidents
, ATV
, ATV Safety
, Learning
on September 19, 2007
I'm probably going to hell for this, but someone's got to say it... WTF was a blind guy doing riding an ATV? A test on echo-location?
A blind guy and his buddies were sitting in the back ya...
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ATV
, ATV Safety
, ATV Statistics
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
, Rants
on September 19, 2007
Most parents care about their kids. Most parents want them to be safe and not get hurt. But it happens. Such is the case with Dominick. He died tragically in an ATV accident in which he was riding as...
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ATV
, ATV Statistics
, Legislation/Environment News
, OHV Areas
, Rants
on September 18, 2007
They want it both ways, but get mad if they don't get their way
Wheeler News Service reports that a Wisconsin Department of natural resources plan to add riding trails for ATVs is a great idea o...
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ATV
, ATV Safety
, Learning
, News
on September 11, 2007
Riding with a Whole New Respect (Oct. 23, 2007)
atv safety Awareness is a good thing. It literally saves lives. It can potentially save 50% (or more) of current number of deaths and injuries. The On...
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ATV
, News
, Racing
on September 5, 2007
The 2008 Kawasaki KFX450R race ready ATV is Kawasaki's late, but worth the wait entry into the 450cc class racing circuit.
It's ultra light weight makes it a dream to ride, while the race pro...
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ATV
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
, Off-Road
, OHV Areas
on September 4, 2007
I recently wrote an article for ATV Source Magazine about a 30+ year old motocross track that is now facing opposition from home-owners in an area that is a relatively new housing project, built rig...
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ATV
, Legislation/Environment News
, Motorcycle
, News
, Off-Road
, OHV Areas
, Rants
on September 4, 2007
Kunkletown Kids need safer recreational areas to ride ATVs, and they thought they had it. The Weekend Warroirs Motocross Club have an off road course off Silver Spring Boulevard that's opened on...
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ATV
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
, OHV Areas
on August 31, 2007
If you're driving, pull over... if you're standing, sit down.... Who'd have thunk it, a jailer AND a judge on the side of ATVers? That's Kentucky, folks. The state where most land is p...
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ATV
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
, OHV Areas
, Rants
on August 28, 2007
ATV enthusiasts have been duped again. This time in Collier County, where the Picayune state forest was recently shut down to ATVs. Left without a place to ride, officials promised to open a permanent...
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Accidents
, ATV
, ATV Safety
, Learning
, Motorcycle
on August 27, 2007
It's alarming how many people don't know how dangerous it can be to ride an ATV. People still routinely take off without a helmet, without proper training, riding 2 or 3 up on a 1 up quad, rid...
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Accidents
, ATV
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
, Rants
on August 18, 2007
The Washington Post did an article called This Isn't Child's Play where they, like so many others, mis-used stats to make a point based on an agenda.
More than 100 children die every year in ...
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Accidents
, ATV
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
, Rants
on August 16, 2007
Dr. Mike Howlett of the Colchester Regional Hospital quit a committee created to oversee changes to the use of ATVs. He quit because the committee wasn't being strict enough with the rules governi...
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ATV
, News
, Off-Road
on August 15, 2007
Jericho Mountain, (a State Park in Berlin, NH) will increase the number of available ATV trails from a total of 18 miles to 33 by next month, with more to come (50?) by year's end. They're cur...
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Accidents
, ATV
on August 14, 2007
Have you or someone you know been in a serious ATV accident? If so, I'd really like to talk with you about your views of ATVs now. I'm working with a couple of news outlets for stories and nee...
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ATV
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
, OHV Areas
on August 10, 2007
Santa Rosa County Florida lawmakers voted 3 to 1 to overturn a ban on ATVs on dirt roads.
The only opposition came from Commissioner John Broxson who said
They're very dangerous. They're ver...
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Accidents
, ATV
, ATV Safety
, Learning
, News
, Off-Road
on August 3, 2007
West Virginia is on pace to reduce significantly the number of deaths from ATV accidents. This means that while the overall number of accidents was declining as a percentage of the number of people ri...
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ATV
, News
, Racing
, Reviews
on August 1, 2007
With a long history of racing knowledge, superb chassis development and engine performance capability, it's no wonder KTM Unleashed a race-ready ATV line. With the popularity of ATVs reaching reco...
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Accidents
, ATV
, ATV Statistics
, News
on July 31, 2007
See B.S. News is on the "Lie about ATV Statistics" bandwagon too. Sorry, but that's not news. That's opinion, and it's wrong.
cbs news just can't kick the habits of good ol ...
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ATV
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
, Rants
on July 30, 2007
Canadian Medical Journal is jumping on the mis-information bandwagon. They headlined an article titled:
ATV injuries rise 50% as other types decline
In the article, they state that ATV related hospi...
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ATV
, Legislation/Environment News
, News
, OHV Areas
, Rants
on July 30, 2007
Germany Township in PA wants to govern how and when tax paying citizens from riding on their property. More legislation taking away your rights to do what you want on your own property.
New riding h...
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Accidents
, ATV
, ATV Safety
on July 23, 2007
38 year old Carl Burton of Parsonsfield was killed July 23, 2007 as he and his ATV went off the road. It was literally like he played pin-ball on some boulders and trees near his home. Of course he wa...
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ATV
, News
, Off-Road
on July 23, 2007
Silver Hill Hospital donated the John Deere Gator ATV to go with their new mobile command center rig that they acquired from Homeland Security funds. They'll use it to access hard to get to places...
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Accidents
, ATV
, ATV Safety
, News
on July 13, 2007
After a recall 3 years ago over faulty rear brakes on Yamaha Raptor 660R ATVs, the manufacturer is still trying to hold out against lawsuits against them for injuries received as a result of the fault...
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Accidents
, ATV
, ATV Safety
, News
, Off-Road
on July 8, 2007
A 6 year old Pennsylvania child is dead after he fell down 75 feet while not wearing a helmet. I don't know what size the ATV he was riding was, but I doubt it was appropriate for his size and rid...
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ATV
, Motorcycle
, News
, Off-Road
, OHV Areas
on July 7, 2007
The recently opened 50 mile ATV trail in a 6,000 acre part of western PA saw hundreds of ATV enthusiasts recently. The Rock Run Rec Area, which I wrote about here at Under My Helmet a while ago, is av...
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ATV
, ATV Safety
, News
, Off-Road
, Rants
on July 5, 2007
There is a growing amount of misinformation being spread about atv safety in an effort to attempt to close down this quickly growing off-road recreational activity. I keep reading (and now hearing on...
