| Misguided parents, wanting their children
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| | must provide supervision to kids sothese
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| to have a goodtime, will buy an All
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| | tragic accidents don't happen.The most
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| Terrain Vehicle (ATV) for family
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| | common injuries associatedwith ATV
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| recreation only tohave a loved one end up
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| | crashes are to the head, face and spine,
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| in the emergency room, possibly injured
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| | skull fractures, facialfractures, brain
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| for lifeor worse.The problem is that
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| | injuries, coma, paralysis and spinal cord
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| parents may view an ATV as a type of toy,
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| | injuries. Somekids have short-term
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| astep-up for growing children who have
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| | disability, some have a lifetime of
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| outgrown Big Wheels. But an ATV isnot a
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| | disability, andsome kids die. The highest
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| toy, it's a powerful, motorized vehicle
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| | risk age group by far is males younger
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| weighing up to 600 poundsand reaching
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| | than 16.
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| speeds of more than 60 m.p.h. Even the
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| | Often these youngsters are riding without
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| best drivers oftenlose control and a
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| | protective equipment and withmore than
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| collision or a rollover can happen
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| | one person on the ATV. Risk-taking and
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| quickly. If there isone product I could
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| | goofing around whileriding is common.
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| remove from the face of the earth it
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| | Young people represent nearly 40% of all
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| would be the All
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| | ATV-relatedinjuries and deaths.The
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| Terrain Vehicle. An ATV is definitely not
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| | reasons why young people are injured so
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| for kids but the kids love themand can't
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| | ofteninclude: No helmet use; carrying one
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| wait to get on them. Worse yet, some ATVs
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| | or more passengers; lack of
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| are actually designedfor children which I
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| | maturejudgment; lack of adequate strength
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| find to be terrifying because it tends to
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| | and coordination; and, the ATV is toobig
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| be childrenwho are severely injured in
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| | for their size and age. The American
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| ATV crashes.All Terrain Vehicles, used
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| | Academy of Pediatrics and The
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| foroff-road riding, have gained enormous
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| | American College of Surgeons both
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| popularity in Michigan and elsewherethe
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| | recommend that children under 16 yearsof
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| last decade for recreation, rescue
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| | age not ride ATVs due to the high risk of
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| efforts, and quick, easytransportation in
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| | serious injuries.I also wantto remind ATV
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| off-road areas. Nevertheless, ATVs have
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| | owners that if an ATV collides with a
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| caused morethan 6,000 fatalities in the
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| | moving vehicle theyare covered by
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| past two decades, according to the
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| | Michigan No Fault Law. The operator may
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| Consumer
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| | be eligible for No
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| Product Safety Commission. The CPSC
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| | Fault benefits if they strike a vehicle
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| estimates that about one-third of
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| | parked on the side of the road ina manner
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| allpeople involved in ATV accidents are
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| | that presents an unreasonable risk of
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| children. ATVs were introduced in
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| | bodily injury. This isimportant because
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| 1971 as 3-wheel vehicles. The 3-wheelers
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| | an ATV colliding with a car parked on the
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| caused so many rollovers andinjuries that
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| | side of theroad because of a snowstorm
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| the U.S. Justice Department filed a
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| | often will be entitled to No
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| lawsuit alleging that
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| | Faultbenefits.According to the Michigan
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| ATVs and their manufacturers violated the
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| | Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
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| Consumer Product Safety Act. Asa result,
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| | Michigan is fourth in the nation for ATV
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| manufacturers agreed in 1987 to stop
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| | sales and registration and fourthhighest
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| producing 3-wheelers butdid not recall
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| | in the nation for the number of crashes
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| the 2.4 million that had already been
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| | and deaths involving ATVs.
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| sold. However, thereare still many
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| | In 2004 there were 160,000 registered ATV
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| extremely dangerous 3-wheeler ATVs still
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| | riders in Michigan and, in thesame year,
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| in use. In 2003alone more than 125,000
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| | Michigan had 13 fatalities and 270
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| riders or passengers of ATVs were taken
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| | crashes. Safety Tips for all
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| to theemergency room. Of those injured,
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| | ATV Riders are:Do not carry passengers.
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| 38,600 were children younger than age
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| | ATVs are designed for oneperson.Wear a
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| 16. With these powerfully fast vehicles,
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| | helmet with eye protection.Wear non-skid,
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| the inclination to takeunnecessary risks
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| | closed toeshoes.Wear long pants and a
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| is the cause of many of these injuries.A
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| | long-sleeve shirt.Do not ride on public
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| young girl, age
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| | roadsor at night.Never use a 3-wheeler.
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| 10 or 11, involved in an ATV accident in
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| | They are unsafe and no
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| mid Michigan in 2006 broke herneck and
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| | longermanufactured.Attend an ATV driver's
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| died. It was a rollover accident and the
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| | safety course.ATV riders injured
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| cause was a combinationof inexperience
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| | bysomeone taking unnecessary risks have a
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| and a poorly educated driver not properly
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| | right to collect the damages. Alawyer
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| supervised by anadult. Ninety percent of
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| | knowledgeable about the dangers of ATV
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| ATVs out there are for recreational use
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| | riding can help youdetermine whether you
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| andmanufacturers have a responsibility to
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| | have suffered because of the negligence
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| produce appropriate warnings
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| | of another.
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| andinstructions and parents and adults
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