/> Restricting this 4 year old from riding is not fair, he's been riding for 2 years So yesterday I went off the deep end about the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee lying about what...
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I reported last month about the voluntary recall by Polaris on their Sportsman series for the faulty ECM unit. Now about 11,000 "Outlaw IRS" ATVs, Model Year 2006-2008, are being...
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Despite the very liberally biased view that the LA Times is trying to trick you in to believing, the vast majority of dune users don't think closing the dunes is the way to fight illegal border...
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This is David Himmel, 16 years old and a highly experienced motorcycle rider David Himmel, 16, died Sat at Glamis Dunes when his motorcycle crashed into a dune buggy at high speed. The accident was...
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In my daily trudge through the muck that is misinformation about ATV safety, I came across an article saying to "keep kids off ATV"s. The article starts off by saying that this lady's...
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Today the CBC ran an article that obviously tries to mislead the public about ATV accident statistics. I know, I know, you've heard it before. Seems that's all I ever talk about any more. But...
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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 yard...
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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,...
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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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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...
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Filed in archive ATV
, Accidents
by Matt 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...
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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...
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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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Filed in archive Accidents
by Matt on July 30, 2007
Kentucky.com reports that in 2006, Kentucky Children's Hospital saw some 80 kids involved in ATV accidents. Over half of those were under 17. Of those, 85% were NOT wearing helmets. (Yeah, I know,...
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Filed in archive Accidents
by Matt on July 28, 2007
34 year old Bill Hughes died on his ATV after hitting a tree in Sunrise Beach on a private road. Guess what? He wasn't wearing a helmet. Chalk up another one for helmets!......
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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...
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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...
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Filed in archive Accidents
by Matt on July 10, 2007
Lets see how many ways we can be unsafe while riding that ATV, shall we? One women from Pennsylvania may be facing charges after the ATV she was riding crashed. She had 2 other women as passengers,...
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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......
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Filed in archive Accidents
by Matt on June 28, 2007
Monroe Township's Burce White died of head injuries suffered when he lost control of his ATV on a dirt road and flipped over. The 44 year old was riding with 2 other people, and was not wearing a...
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