I recently posted about The Dominick Effect in which I questioned the honesty of Dominick's mother on her claims to me that she is not looking for a complete ban on kids riding ATVs. Karen commented on another article assuring me that her intentions were honest, and that I should re-visit her site later this week.

Well, I've been going by each day, and today I found some links to a report by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) in which the data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was used out of context. Again. In essence, the CFA is lying about statistics that show an increase in ATV injuries, because they're not telling you that the percentage of ATVs in use is actually going up FASTER than the injury rate. i.e. the injury rate is really going down.

The report also claims that the so-called "self-regulation" of the ATV industry isn't working, and is basically not being done. Well that's a flat out lie. They have gone to great lengths to REDUCE the number of injuries, and it's working.

But you won't hear that from people like Dominick's mom, and the CFA. You'll only hear that they're bad, that injury rates are going through the roof, and blah blah blah.

I'm calling you out, Karen. Put some facts on your web site that show the truth about ATV injuries. Tell the real story and stop trying to lie to me. ATV safety is getting better, not worse. Is it enough? Hell no! But it's not like we're going the wrong way. It's not like the lies being told on those sites you're linking to on your web site. Tell the truth. Show both sides.

On your site you say

Please refer to the links below to learn more about the "debate" on whether children under 16 should be driving/operating youth model or transitional model ATV's.

Yet all I've seen so far are links to sites saying to ban kids from ATVs. Those sites are one sided and do not show all the facts.

You want to have a real effect on ATV safety? Partner with groups that are really looking out for children's safety on ATVs, like 4-H and the ATV Safety Institute. You'll have much better results than if you try to take on 16 million pissed off ATVers with strong backing from a multi-million dollar industry.