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ATV Safety
by Matt on May 30, 2008
How old should your child be when they can start safely riding? There are too many variables to say for certain, including most importantly, your child's own agility and ambition to ride. The seco...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on May 30, 2008
Seems like people are always getting hurt riding a bike without proper training or experience. It's very important to have proper gear and proper instruction before riding.
Dirt is a good place t...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on May 28, 2008
The Texas farm bureau wants to remind everyone that, as summer approaches, it's time t refresh yourselves on ATV safety. (Yes, lots of farmers use ATVs) :)
Agriculture News | Texas Farm Bureau
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ATV Safety
by Matt on May 9, 2008
Alert #08-535
ATVs Recalled By American Honda Motor Co. Due to Loss of Speed Control
The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consume...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on May 8, 2008
Petoskey News-Review - News - Toddler injured on ATV recovering in Flint
...Sutton Majeske, of Port Huron, was riding alone on an ATV on private property in Wilson Township when he lost control and...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on May 1, 2008
Don't Blame Jake, ATV Safety Campaign
Canada's new Don't Blame Jake campaign means just what it says:
You can't blame kids under16 years of age for driving an adult size ATV if pare...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on April 18, 2008
Far be it from me to tell someone how to run their life, but I had to chime in on this one. A 14 year old kid over at ATV Source Magazine's on-line forum was asking whether he should get the Yam...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on April 7, 2008
There are those that would control everything in your life, including what you do on your own private Property
There's a story out of Iowa this morning talking about how a mom was trapped under ...
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by Matt on March 27, 2008
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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 ...
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by Matt on March 11, 2008
Last weekend Brayton Hiland, 13, of lebanon, Indiana, was killed when the ATV he was driving flipped over on him in the snow as he was riding by himself in a ditch next to the road near his house. Bra...
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by Matt on March 5, 2008
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 volunta...
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by Matt on February 22, 2008
We don't always expect complete honesty from lawyers.
2 days ago I told you about an article that flat out lied about ATV death statistics. Here's another that's ignoring the fact that d...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on February 20, 2008
consumerreports talks about the recently released ATV Safety Report by the CPSC in which it clearly shows a steady decrease in ATV death rates over the last few years.
But that won't stop the l...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on February 16, 2008
Every day I see articles about people and groups trying to close this OHV park or prevent that OHV park from opening or trying to convince us that ATV related injuries are increasing instead of decr...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on January 28, 2008
A 9 year old girl in Wisconsin has been injured in an ATV accident. Police are considering citing The owners of the ATVs involved for allowing an un-authorized person to operate an ATV.
Deputies s...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on January 24, 2008
Local and national 4-H Youth Development groups have raised funds and teamed up with the ATV Safety Institute to allow parents and children to take an ATV safety class to learn more about all terrai...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on December 20, 2007
Off road recreation is quickly rising in popularity. Sped a weekend in the dunes, desert or your favorite camping/riding spot, and you'll see more and more families riding together. It's inte...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on December 17, 2007
There is an alarming amount of press lately talking about injuries and death related to all terrain vehicles. Many ATV accidents happen when people are riding an ATV that's just too big for them...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on December 13, 2007
I was reading a story about a 10 year old kid who was riding a Rhino (similar to a golf cart, only on steroids.) The Rhino was being driving in the snow on the families ranch, there were two people ...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on December 8, 2007
Free ATV Safety Course Dec. 15 from 10-3 at the Bonifas Civic Center in Escanaba, Mi
ATV Safety Courses are a great idea, especially for kids. But even experienced parents and adults can get a lot o...
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by Matt on December 7, 2007
KSP Trooper Don Trosper and KDA Farm Safety Coordinator Dale Dobson.
I've said it a million times; Safety Training and Education are the best methods to reduce injuries and death related to ATVs...
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by Matt on November 28, 2007
I was researching all the different ways news outlets like CBS and US News were reporting on a study about ATVs, when I found a certain MD essentially informing parents that the use of helmets by kids...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on November 27, 2007
The Dominick Effect has had more than it's share of exposure here at Under My Helmet. Here's the Reader's Digest version: The Dominick Effect is what you would call a movement. It came a...
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by Matt on November 23, 2007
Helmets are key to preventing injury during ATV accidents
Alberta, Canada's Transportation Minister, Luke Ouellette, is thinking about creating legislation that would require children to wear he...
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by Matt on November 19, 2007
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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by Matt on November 17, 2007
Here's a prime example of complete and utter dis-regard for safety, and common sense. A kid riding a quad without a helmet, going over a jump then getting his head ran over by the ATV. Darwin took...
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by Matt on November 17, 2007
I've been talking about safety to all three of my regular readers here at Under My Helmet for several months now. Perhaps it's time I start showing you some videos, and explaining the cause an...
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ATV Safety
by Matt on November 16, 2007
Many kids really love ATVs, but they can be deadly when not ridden properly.
Mike Seate, a Columnist for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, wrote an article titled "A Dose of ATV Common Sense" ...
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, Legislation/Environment News
by Matt on November 13, 2007
The Register Guard, a Eugene, Oregon news source, reports that Oregonians will have to "go to school" to ride ATVs, likening it to the same thing that happened with hunters and boaters. As...
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by Matt on November 9, 2007
An apparent failure of an ATV resulted in the death and injuries of several individuals, including fire fighters in the Harris Fire in San Diego County last month.
In conflicting reports from from s...
