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by Matt on November 30, 2007
It's been over a quarter of a century since the Honda ATV hit the trails Some times I like to stop and look around. I don't mean to physically look around the area I'm standing in at the...
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by Matt on November 30, 2007
Well, not really, but they roamed where an ATV park sits today. Or used to sit, as it were. Literally thousands of dinosaur tracks believed to be nearly 200 million years old have been found in...
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As off road enthusiasts, we all know that we spend a lot of money on our hobbies. The cost to get started in motorcycles and ATVs can be substantial. New or used quads and bikes can cost from...
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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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Filed in archive 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...
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Filed in archive News
by Matt on November 26, 2007
A Scottsdale father was taken to jail for child endangerment after crashing his ATV with his 3 kids aged 4, 7 & 9, all of which were not wearing helmets. I remember when my dad used to let me......
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by Matt on November 24, 2007
Baja Motorsports announced a recall on over 15,000 ATVs because of "lack of equipment which can pose risk of injury to riders." The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said the...
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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...
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by Matt on November 22, 2007
There's a ton of people out at the dunes right now enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday. I myself don't usually go out on big weekends. It usually means amateur night (i.e. lots of drunks out...
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Filed in archive OHV Areas
by Matt on November 21, 2007
Badger State Trail, the "Rails to Trails" trail extending from Belleville, WI to the Illinois state line and includes the historic Stewart Tunnel will be open to ATVs for recreational use...
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After some 10 years of anticipation, Russia Today reports that the first ever Super Motocross held in Moscow's Olympic stadium. Many of US take for granted the ability to go see a motocross race....
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Filed in archive Videos
by Matt on November 20, 2007
Of course, that's not saying much considering what he's wearing, and what he's doing where. In this video, you see a guy in a car filming a guy on an ATV riding on the paved street doing...
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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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by Matt on November 18, 2007
What is justice when an accident is an accident? A deadly accident last year at Oceano Dunes left one dead and several other's with major injuries when a truck jumped over a dune and landed on an...
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Filed in archive ATV Safety
, Videos
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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Filed in archive ATV Safety
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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...
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Filed in archive 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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In what may very well be the beginning of a long battle to keep public land open to the public, the Kisatchie National Forest has finalized a decision to restrict motorized vehicles to certain routes....
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Filed in archive ATV
, News
by Matt on November 14, 2007
I got some feedback informing me about Bad Boy Buggies and requesting a feature on them. I recently did a post about an electric ATV (ETV) that really caught my eye, so this is a great addendum to...
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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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Filed in archive Humor
by Matt on November 11, 2007
A man who was crossing the road on his four wheeler had bad timing and got stopped by a police officer who happened to be passing by at that time. The following exchange takes place ..... The man...
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