CPSC at it again

[Orangecnty250r]

Ok yes this is June 2, 2006....While watching Fox news this morning the News banners that scroll along the bottom of the screen read
"Consumer Product Safety Commision" calls for a ban on the "USE" of all three wheel ATVs and limiting a 15 MPH speed limit on machines for children and mandating free safety classes..

Yes Guys this is why they will never be produced again .....20 years later they are looking to legally take our ability to ride them away.

[Bryan Raffa]

wtf they will never take mine! that sucks.....

[chris200x]

I seen that last night roll across the bottom of the screen.. I guess there were alot of accidents over the holiday weekend... they'll have to pry my handlebars from my cold dead hands.

[crackshot]

They want me to stop riding mine, then they are going to have to PAY ME for my trikes or replace them with quads.

[Orangecnty250r]

When the consent decree went into effect the manufactuers predicted an average 7 year life on the remaining three wheelers....they underestimated the diehard machines and the diehard riders!!!

If anyone wants to read up go to google type in "Consumer product safety commision three wheeler" you can find a few good reads

[ChrisD]

WOW!

Here is the link to the document.

http://www.cpsc.gov/LIBRARY/FOIA/FOI...ief/ATVpt1.pdf

[crackshot]

WOW!

Here is the link to the document.

http://www.cpsc.gov/LIBRARY/FOIA/FOI...ief/ATVpt1.pdf

Yeah look at page 28, line 8.

[Billy Golightly]

Holy *Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited*...we've got to mobilize against this now before its to late. I'm downloading the entire doccument right now but we need to get setup where we can start writing some letters and placing some calls to CONGRESS. We cannot stand to have the government trample all over our own rights to decide what we do and do not want to ride. This has GOT to be eliminated.

[crackshot]

Holy *Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited*...we've got to mobilize against this now before its to late. I'm downloading the entire doccument right now but we need to get setup where we can start writing some letters and placing some calls to CONGRESS. We cannot stand to have the government trample all over our own rights to decide what we do and do not want to ride. This has GOT to be eliminated.

I personally do not see where "use" is on the document.
Yes we better start writing congress critters.
If they do ban "use" of a 3 wheelers, that would mean you could not "use" is on ANY federal land such as forests etc.
The CSCP won in the 80's and will not stop at nothing to win again.

[scooterroo]

well i dont see them taking my trike or quads from me, ut uh no how. and i also dont see them stopping me from riding them either. i think basically they are just re enacting the ban from twenty years ago. to stop the production of new three wheeled atvs. you have these small companys trying to make them along with these very unsafe dime a dozen junk 50cc to 250cc quads that are popping up for sale at every auto parts store, and corner store for under for $400and up. i wouldnt waste my money on something cheap like them anyways, not when it comes to my kids safety. dont worry guys there is no way in h e l l that the government can tell you you cant "ride" you trike anymore, theres just no way enforce that with the hundreds of thousands of three wheelers still alive today even after the ban went into effect 20 years ago. yeah, make it so you cant register them, lol, oh well, i will still ride my trike when i want to. that wont stop me. i mean come on where are we living? coldwar era russia? ***DONT TYPE AROUND THE WORD FILTERS**** G.W., only two thingssssssss come outta texas, steers and queers. and i dont see any horns on G.W's head, so he must be queer, lol!!!!!!!!!!!

[Billy Golightly]

Page 220:


(Draft of 5130106)
PART 1307 - BAN OF THREE-WHEELED ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES
Sec.
1307.1 Scope and application.
1307.2 Purpose.
1307.3 Definitions.
1307.4 Banned hazardous products
1307.5 Findings.
1307.6 Effective Date.
AUTHORITY: 15 *Edited*.S.C. 2057 and 2058.
§ 1307.1 Scope and application.
In this part 1307 the Consumer Product Safety
Commission declares that three-wheeled all terrain
vehicles, as defined in § 1307.3, are banned hazardous
products under sections 8 and 9 of the Consumer Product
Safety Act (15 *Edited*.S.C. 2057 and 2058) .
§ 1307.2 Purpose.
The purpose of this rule is to prohibit the sale of
three-wheeled all terrain vehicles. These products present
an unreasonable risk of injury as a three-wheeled ATV is
inherently less stable than an ATV with four wheels
resulting in 3 times the risk of injury compared to a four-
wheeled ATV.
§ 1307.3 Definitions.

(DRAFT OF 5130106)
(a) The definitions in section 3 of the Consumer
Product Safety Act (15 *Edited*.S.C. 2052) apply to this part
1307.
(b) Three-wheel ed all terrain vehicle, or three-
wheeled ATV, means a motorized vehicle that travels on
three low pressure tires, has a seat designed to be
straddled by the operator, has handlebars for steering, and
is intended for off-road use on non-paved surfaces.
§ 1307.4 Banned hazardous products.
Any three-wheeled ATV, as defined in § 1307.3(b), that
is manufactured or imported on or after [I80 days from
issuance of final rule] is a banned hazardous product.
5 1307.5 Findings.
(a) The degree and nature of the risk of injury. The
Commission finds that the risk of injury which this
regulation is designed to eliminate or reduce is that of
severe injury or death occurring when the operator of a
three-wheeled ATV loses control of the vehicle, collides
with another object, or otherwise becomes injured or dies
while riding a three-wheeled ATV. Three-wheeled ATVs are
less skable and more risky than four-wheeled ATVs. The
risk of sustaining a hospital emergency room treated injury

(DRAFT OF 5130106)
while operating a three-wheeled ATV is about 3 times the
risk on a similar four-wheeled ATV.
(b) Products subject t o the ban. Three-wheeled ATVs
are motorized vehicles that travel on three low pressure
tires, have a seat designed to be straddled by the
operator, have handlebars for steering, and are intended
for off-road use on non-paved surfaces.
(c) The need o f the public for three-wheeled ATVs and
the e f f e c t s o f the rule on their *Edited* t i l i t y , cost and
availability. The Commission finds that the public's need
for three-wheeled ATVs (given the continued availability of
four-wheeled ATVs) is small and that the effect of this
rule on the cost, utility, and availability of three-
wheeled ATVs will also be small. The major manufacturers of
ATVs have not sold three-wheeled ATVs in the United States
since 1988. Although a few new entrants to the market have
started to offer three-wheeled ATVs, and some models that
were manufactured before 1988 are still in use, three-
wheeled ATVs are not widely available at this time. Even
before 1988, the market for three-wheeled ATVs compared to
four-wheeled ATVs was declining. In 1986, about 80 percent
of ATVs sold in the United States had four wheels. For
most individuals, the utility difference between a three-

[topoortorideon4]

Thats bull s-h-i-t they are concerned about them being dangerous and if you ask me it is more dangerous right now for a little kid walking to school in the city of rochester, ny. They should stop worrying about people getting hurt on 3 wheelers and think more about the cars they are absessed with making that go 0-60 in 4.2 seconds with 600 freeking horse power. Tell me thats not dangerous but 3 wheelers are Mr. Oil Man Bush. Drinking and driving can be dagerous but people still do that. I think that they should leave it to the individual to decide whats too dagerous for them to do and whats not!

[crackshot]

Thanks Billy. I am only up to page 177 and already disgusted and pissed off.
We have to stop these bastards.

[Billy Golightly]

well i dont see them taking my trike or quads from me, ut uh no how. and i also dont see them stopping me from riding them either. i think basically they are just re enacting the ban from twenty years ago. to stop the production of new three wheeled atvs. you have these small companys trying to make them along with these very unsafe dime a dozen junk 50cc to 250cc quads that are popping up for sale at every auto parts store, and corner store for under for $400and up. i wouldnt waste my money on something cheap like them anyways, not when it comes to my kids safety. dont worry guys there is no way in h e l l that the government can tell you you cant "ride" you trike anymore, theres just no way enforce that with the hundreds of thousands of three wheelers still alive today even after the ban went into effect 20 years ago. yeah, make it so you cant register them, lol, oh well, i will still ride my trike when i want to. that wont stop me. i mean come on where are we living? coldwar era russia? f@*k G.W., only two thingssssssss come outta texas, steers and queers. and i dont see any horns on G.W's head, so he must be queer, lol!!!!!!!!!!!

With this attitude, you will surely end up one day owning absolutely nothing living in a preformed governement designed and built home.

My family and I moved up here to North Florida because of how the National Park Service condemmed thousands upon thousands of acres down in the Everglades where we use to live. They would burn peoples camps and HOUSES that they labored on for decades all in the name of preserving the wildlife and the "ecosystem". They did this absolutely legally My dad originally owned a few thousand acres, and by the time we left it had dwindled down to 5 with our house and the shop on it. THey got that too. The government will stop at NOTHING to protect you from yourself.


The CPSC were able to prevent them from being manufactured anymore, what makes you think they dont have the power to make it totally illegal to even own one? They do.

[Billy Golightly]

(DRAFT OF 5130106)
wheeled ATV and a four-wheeled ATV is minimal. Four-wheeled
ATVs will continue to be available. Except for the fact
that three-wheeled ATVs are considerably less stable than
four-wheeled ATVs, they are functionally equivalent. One
can use a four-wheeled ATV in essentially the same manner
as a three-wheeled ATV.
(d) A1 ternatives. The Commission has considered
other means of obtaining the objective of this ban, but has
found none that would adequately reduce the risk of injury.
While there are many technical factors that make a four-
wheeled ATV more dynamically stable than a three-wheeled
ATV, one of the largest factors is the fourth wheel. Given
the inherent difference in vehicle configuration, the
Commission does not believe it is feasible to develop a
performance standard for three-wheeled ATVs that would
improve that vehicle's stability performance to that of a
four-wheeled vehicle.

5 1307.6 Effective date.
This rule becomes effective [I80 days from issuance of
final rule] and applies to all three-wheeled ATVs
manufactured or imported on or after that date.




And thats the last page. I wonder if thats all of it or if there is more that just was not included?