The Pittsburgh Tribune has a case of the ignorants. They're claiming an alarming increase in injuries and deaths in ATV use, but fail to state that use has gone up more than injuries. How convenient.

The article is borderline lying. It says:

Training classes and safety equipment are readily available. And considerably more attention has focused on riders' safety. So, why isn't the accident rate coming down? Two reasons:

Ahh, but accident rates ARE going down over-all. If they bothered to count the number of ATVs in use now, they'd be hit upside the head with a large dose of reality. ATV injury rates ARE GOING DOWN.

At least they've got this part right...

More regulations won't advance atv safety. What's needed is compliance with existing laws - and an equal measure of common sense from riders.

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