I have had many requests from people to see the 3 wheeler ATV reports that I received from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday. So rather then spam everyones email I created a small website that hosts the info. You can access it at this address and by all means spread the address to everyone. Maybe a little common sense will kick in and set the records straight. Anyway here is the link:
https://sites.google.com/site/3wheel...cidentreports/
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http://www.3wheelerworld.com/content...cident-Reports
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Orignal thread below:
Yes I have another thread about this but no it's not the same thing.
Has anyone ever requested the reports of the supposed deaths caused by the 3 wheelers? Well I did and recieved them today. What a pile of crap. Have any of you actually stopped to read some of these reports????
As you read below please note that all of the reports are of people riding in an unsafe manner and causing themseleves to be injured. These are the actual reports from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission the pretain specific to offroad 3 wheeled ATV's. This is not the complete list but just a few from the top of the list of reports.
There is roughly 495 page of reports. I will quote some of them here:
1. |MO|A 55 YEAR OLD MALE WAS RIDING A 3-WHEEL ATV ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY. THE|ATV SUDDENLY VEERED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND OVERTURNED. THE MAN WAS |THROWN FROM THE ATV. THE HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATED AND CLASSIFIED |THE ACCIDENT AS "NON-MOTOR VEHICLE". THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER |CONCLUDED THE MAN DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES, PROBABLY A HEART ATTACK |WHICH RESULTED IN THE ACCIDENT.
2. N|ON 11-26-92 (THINKSGIVING DAY), AT APPROXIMATELY 0540 HOURS, A |25 YEAR OLD MALE SUSTAINED FATAL HEAD INJURIES AFTER BEING THROWN |FROM HIS 4-WHEEL ATV WHEN IT COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH HIS UNCLE'S |3-WHEEL ATV ON A RURAL COUNTY ROAD NEAR THEIR HOMES, AS THEY |WERE PREPARING TO LEAVE ON A DEER HUNTING TRIP. NEITHER VEHICLE |HAD HEADLAMPS "ON".
3. A 12-YEAR-OLD MALE WAS EXECUTING A TURN AT 20 MPH FROM PAVEMENT TO | GRAVEL WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE ATV. HE WAS THROWN FROM THE ATV | AS IT WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. THE OPERATOR HIT HIS HEAD ON A LARGE | ROCK CAUSING MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA AND DEATH.
4. 19 YEAR OLD MALE WAS RIDING HIS 3 WHEEL ATV AT HIGH SPEED ALONG AN | ASPHALT ROAD. HE WAS INTOXICATED AND HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL OF .24. | HE GOING AT AN UNSAFE SPEED, WHEN HE REALIZED THAT A METAL GATE IN | FRONT OF HIM WAS CLOSE. HE STRUCK THE METAL GATE. HE DIED THE NEXT| DAY AT THE HOSPITAL FROM MULTIPLE BLUNT FORCE INJURIES AND | FRACTURES.
5. A NINETEEN YEAR OLD MALE WAS OPERATING A 3 WHEEL ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE | WHICH HAD NO BRAKES AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON A PUBLIC ROAD. HE | LOST CONTROL OF THE ATV IN A CURVE AND STRUCK SEVERAL FENCE POSTS | AND OVERTURNED. HE RECEIVED FATAL HEAD INJURIES.
6. AT ABOUT 10:45 P.M. A 33 YEAR OLD MALE WHO WAS A PASSENGER ON A 3 |WHEEL ATV DRIVEN BY A 26 YEAR OLD MALE, SUFFERED A FRACTURED SKULL |WHEN HE WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS ON THE WALKWAY |OF A BRIDGE ATTEMPTING TO CATCH UP TO ANOTHER ATV AND WAS TRAVELLING |A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE LEFT REAR WHEEL OF THE ATV STRUCK ONE OF |THE WALKWAY SUPPORTS. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED AND THE VICTIM DIED|TWO DAYS LATER. THE DRIVER HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.22.
7. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 PM ON 5/15/85 THE 19 YEAR OLD VICTIM WAS SITT-|ING ON THE SEAT OF HIS STOPPED, 3-WHEEL ATV WHEN HIS ATV'S RIGHT REAR|TIRE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER 3-WHEEL ATV TRAVELING AT A |FAST SPEED. THE VICTIM WAS THROWN OFF, IN FRONT AND TO THE RIGHT OF |HIS ATV, SPRAINING HIS RIGHT WRIST AND LEFT ARM. HIS ATV WAS RUNNING|BUT OUT OF GEAR AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. IT WAS KNOCKED FORWARD TO |THE LEFT BY THE IMPACT, BUT NOT DAMAGED BY THIS INCIDENT. VICTIM HAS|FULLY RECOVERED.
8. A 19 YEAR OLD MALE SUSTAINED CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO HIS UPPER |CHEST WHEN THE THREE WHEELER ATV HE WAS OPERATING ON A FRIEND'S |DRIVEWAY TIPPED OVER. THE VICTIM REFUSED AN ON-SITE INVESTIGATION |AND CLAIMS THE INCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF HIS OWN CLOWNING AROUND BY |STANDING UP WITH HANDS OFF THE HANDLEBARS LIKE HE WOULD DO ON HIS |MOTORCYCLE. THE ATV WAS OWNED BY THE VICTIM'S FRIEND. (This guy tell truth!!)
9. AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD BOY WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY AN AUTOMOBILE AS HE |ATTEMPTED TO PUSH A 3-WHEELED ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE ACROSS A FEDERAL |HIGHWAY. THE VICTIM WAS RUNNING ALONG SIDE THE ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE |AND WAS NOT RIDING THE VEHICLE.
10. AUNT HAD TAKEN TWO NIECES (9 & 11 YRS OLD) TO THE CAR RACETRACK OWNED|BY THE CHILDREN'S PARENTS, AUNT WAS IN THE OFFICE WHILE THE TWO GIRLS|WERE RIDING 3-WHEEL ATV'S ON THE TRACK. THE YOUNGER GIRL LOOKED AWAY|& DID NOT SEE HER SISTER'S ATV STOP IN FRONT OF HER. WHEN SHE LOOKED|BACK, SHE TRIED TO STOP HER ATV, BUT IT HIT THE OTHER ATV TIPPED TO |THE LEFT THROWNING HER OFF. SHE RECEIVED CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS & WAS |TREATED & RELEASED AT LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE IS ALL RIGHT NOW.
11. |CA|THE VICTIM, A 4 YEAR OLD BOY,DIED IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A 3-WHEEL |ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THIS ACCIDENT. THE |VICTIM WAS FOUND LYING ON THE GROUND AND THE ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE WAS |FOUND NEARBY ON ITS SIDE. THE VICTIM IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN |WEARING A HELMET, BUT IT APPARENTLY CAME OFF DURING THE ACCIDENT AND |WAS FOUND 5' OR 6 FEET AWAY FROM THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM DIED DUE TO |HEAD INJURIES. THE VICTIM WAS DOA AT A HOSPITAL E.R. THE VICTIM WAS|OPERATING ATV ALONE.
12. PA|THE PRODUCT INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS A 1985 THREE-WHEELED ALL- |TERRAIN VEHICLE. ONE DEATH IS REPORTED. THE VICTIM, A 33 YEAR OLD |MALE, SUSTAINED MULTIPLE HEAD INJURIES WHEN THE ATV HE WAS RIDING |STRUCK A TREE. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURED IN THE VICTIMS DRIVEWAY. THERE|WERE NO WITNESSES TO THIS ACCIDENT. THE VICTIM WAS NOT WEARING A |HELMET.
13. A 15 YEAR OLD, 5'4", 100 LB. MALE DIED FROM FATAL HEAD |INJURIES AFTER THE 3-WHEEL ATV HE RODE CRESTED THE TOP OF A LEVEE |(HILL) AT A SPEED TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS, BECAME AIRBORNE & FELL |20 FEET TO BOTTOM OF A CLIFF. VICTIM APPARENTLY RODE UP INCLINED |SIDE OF LEVEE AT 35-40 MPH, NOT REALIZING OPPOSITE SIDE WAS A CLIFF |WHICH DROPPED STRAIGHT DOWN. VICTIM WORE NO HELMET OR SAFETY |EQUIPMENT. AUTOPSY INDICATED NO BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT. SMALL |AMOUNTS OF COCAINE AND MARIJUANA WERE FOUND IN VICTIM'S CLOTHING |AFTER ACCIDENT. ATV RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGES.
First and formost - I understand the pain the families of the riders must & some cases are still going through. It is truley a tragity when life is lost.
These are just some of the reports of 3 wheeled atv deaths. People need to understand that the 3 wheeled atvs are not cuaingthe accidents. It's the riders. There are so many of them where the accidents are due to drinking and driving. One of them was actually reported as the atv's fault:
"A 22 YEAR OLD MALE SUSTAINED FATAL HEAD INJURIES WHEN THE 3 WHEEL ATV|HE HAD STOLEN WHILE AT A PARTY AND WHICH HE OPERATED RECKLESSLY ON |PUBLIC STREETS WITH POLICE IN PURSUIT RAMMED INTO THE SIDE OF A |PURSUING PATROL CAR CAUSING THE VICTIM TO LOOSE CONTROL AND OVERTURN.|THE VICTIM WORE NO HELMET AND HAD REPORTEDLY CONSUMED ALCOHOLIC |BEVERAGES WHILE AT THE PARTY PRIOR TO DRIVING AWAY IN THE ATV WITHOUT|THE OWNER'S PERMISSION. "
What the hell?? How is it the atv's fault that the guy stole the thing and ran from the police!?! In what world is a person not responsible for there own actions. I guess maybe the 3 wheeler started it self up and made the guy get one and ride down the street and run fromthe police and crash into the police car. To top that the 3 wheeler made the guy drink beer and ride... There are a many reports of people buying their you kids 9 to like 12 their first 3 wheeler and letting them haul ass with no helmet, gear or training. Those are the people that are causing the issues.
If the right person was to bring up these reports the 3 wheeled atv's would not be such a "Dangerous machine". They would be deemded safe like the 2, 4, 6, 10 wheelers.
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. Read about 90 to 100 so far and I have not seen 1! Not even remotely near a flaw or flawed feature. But some funny people though...
