Another WTF banned 3 wheeler?

**factoryX** · 07-29-2009, 12:46 AM

|UT|AN 11-YEAR OLD MALE DROVE A 3-WHEELED ATV CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF A MINE|SHAFT. THE ATV BEGAN TO TIP. THE MALE JUMPED OFF AND ATTEMPTED TO |HOLD THE ATV UP. THE MALE FELL 500 FEET DOWN THE SHAFT AND DIED.

|AR|A 4 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS RIDING AS A PASSENGER ON A 3 WHEELER DRIVEN BY |HER MOTHER ON A GRAVEL ROAD. MOTHER SWERVED TO MISS DOG RUNNNING |ACROSS ROAD CAUSING HER TO HIT A WASHED OUT AREA ON ROAD. VEHICLE |FLIPPED OVER ON IT'S RIGHT SIDE THROWING VICTIM OFF. THE METAL RACK |ATTACHED TO THE ATV CAME DOWN ON TOP OF VICTIM CAUSING DEATH. CAUSE|OF DEATH WAS CARDIO RESPIRATORY ARREST.

|KS|ON 9/23/84 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 P.M., TWO 3 WHEELED ATV'S MET HEAD- |ON AT A HILL CREST ON A DIRT COUNTRY ROAD. A 19 YEAR OLD FEMALE DIED|INSTANTLY FROM A MASSIVE SKULL FRACTURE. A 25 YEAR OLD MALE RECEIVED|A FRACTURED SKULL, RIGHT WRIST, LEFT KNEE AND DID NOT DIE. BOTH RID-|ERS HAD NO PROTECTIVE GEAR ON AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NEITHER |ATV WAS LICENSED FOR USE ON PUBLIC ROADS.

this one was hard to miss: |LA|ON APRIL 19,1985 A NINE YEAR OLD MALE SUFFERED FATAL HEAD INJURIES |WHEN THE THREE-WHEELED ATV WHICH HE WAS RIDING HIT THE REAR OF A |PARKED TRUCK. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A PUBLIC GRAVEL ROAD.

lol whats a 90 year old doing on a atv? [LA|A 90-YEAR-OLD MAN ATTEMPTED TO CROSS A 2-LANE ROAD WITH HIS ATV WHEN |HE COLLIDED WITH A CAR. THE VICTIM WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET AND HE |DIED FROM HIS INJURIES SUSTAINED FROM THE INCIDENT.

|SUPPER AND CLEAR DAY. FIELD WAS LEVEL AND CLEAR EXCEPT FOR A 3 FOOT |LONG ROPE LYING ON GROUND IN PATH OF ATV. VICTIM DROVE ATV OVER ROPE|AND RIGHT REAR TIRE CAUGHT ROPE. OTHER END OF ROPE CAUGHT VICTIM'S |RIGHT FOOT. ATV TIPPED BUT DID NOT FALL TO RIGHT AND VICTIM RECEIVED|BRUISED RIGHT ANKLE.

|ALONG A BUMPY WOODED TRAIL NEAR UNCLE'S HOME AND BECAME STUCK IN A |SMALL MUD HOLE. WHILE TRYING TO FREE THE ATV BY ROCKING IT & GIVING |IT MORE GAS, THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL CAUGHT HER RIGHT FOOT CAUSING IT TO|BE BENT BACKWARD & PULLED A LIGAMENT IN HER RIGHT KNEE. (VICTIM WAS |INEXPERIENCED DRIVER).

ouch! |NY|A 16 YEAR OLD BOY WAS KILLED WHEN THE ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE HE WAS |DRIVING WAS STRUCK BY A PASSENGER TRAIN AT A RAILROAD CROSSING.

**UlsterATCFan** · 07-29-2009, 01:44 AM

|a 22 Year Old Male Who Was Wearing A Helmet Was Riding On An Even Trail At Moderate Speed, Well Within His Riding Ability. Without Warning The Atc Pulled A Gun On Him And Popped A Cap In His Ass

**hairytriker** · 07-29-2009, 11:27 AM

Oh oh, I've got one & this is definitely 100% the ATV's fault...

So I was riding on 2 wheels the other day in the wet & my worn shoe slipped off the right footpeg. I burned my leg on the exhaust as I was wearing short trousers at the time.

How can that be anyone's fault but Honda's for putting the exhaust where it is, and worst of all allowing it to become hot during use?

Seriously though, how can any of those incidents be due to design? I particularly like the father & son on a shooting trip who hit head on at night with no lights on. I mean, why on earth did Honda ever fit a switch to allow the lights to be off? how irresponsible is that, to allow customers a choice of lights or lower fuel consumption...

**Frankencelery** · 07-29-2009, 11:38 AM

Maybe it's been said already, but I think that those accident lists were created by opponents of 3-wheelers and then submitted to politicians who never actually read them. Just the vast number of accidents in the list is "proof" enough. An old trick, to be sure.

**250r'en +TCB** · 07-29-2009, 11:40 PM

a great list that shows example of natural selection....... lol hard to believe this got atc's banned

**somekidwithanm4** · 07-29-2009, 11:44 PM

Some of em are try. some are lies. if only we could sort out the truth or lie. And honastly, 4 wheelers are just as dangerous as three cause people think you can do more stupid stuff with them. WRONG!!!! That's why there are 4 wheeler accidents too.

**greythorn3** · 07-30-2009, 03:10 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bvT-DGcWw

**rdlsz24** · 10-29-2009, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by dcreel

The best one yet...

| |THE VICTIM IS A 10 YEAR OLD MALE WHO WAS INJURED AT HOME WHILE | PLAYING ON AN ATV THAT WAS PARKED. HE SAT DOWN TOO HARD ON THE SEAT| AND INJURED HIS SCROTUM. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, TREATED FOR| HIS INJURY, AND RELEASED.

I found another good one while glancing through.

THE 16-YEAR OLD MALE VICTIM INCURRED A LACERATED RIGHT BUTTOCK, WHEN A STEAK KNIFE, WHICH HE HAD BEEN CARRYING IN HIS REAR PANTS POCKET, STRUCK HIM AS HE RODE OVER A BUMP ON A GRASSY TRAIL IN THE WOODS ON A 3-WHEEL ATV. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER HE WAS WEARING A HELMET. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, TREATED AND RELEASED.

Do you think the fact he was riding a trike or not wearing a helmet had anything to do with it? wtf damn you dangerous 3 wheelers!

Rob

**rdlsz24** · 10-29-2009, 01:45 PM

Oww!

A 16 YEAR OLD MALE SUSTAINED INJURIES, WHICH INCLUDED A FRACTURED RIGHT HIP, A SPRAINED PELVIS, TWO FRACTURED KNUCKLES ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND A LACERATED SCROTUM WHEN THE BORROWED ALL TERRAIN VEHILCE WHICH HE WAS DRIVING FOR THE FIRST TIME AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES PER HOUR, STRUCK A TREE.

Rob

**TrailerRider** · 01-08-2010, 12:27 PM

New record added this morning. On reports it is the first record..

**Trimotomike** · 01-08-2010, 02:01 PM

I truly cant beleive these reports got them banned , how can they justify any of this crap as being fault of the Atc. Ive been riding trikes for a few years now and Ive never had a problem with riding off cliffs or messing up my gonads . this is crazy

**oldskool83** · 01-08-2010, 02:11 PM

people r just morrons thats all. it is pretty silly. but then again i swear its the people how lac some brains like my best friend...i swear commen sence does not make up that far at 6'6" 250lbs...he screamed like a pubesent girl when he started to flip my 200x into my shed and thru my freshly plant grass!

**Jeepermc** · 01-08-2010, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by TrailerRider

What the.. I hope I can ride at that age..

A SEVENTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD MAN COMPLAINED OF SORENESS TO HIP AND CHEST |AFTER A 3-WHEELED ATV ROLLED OVER SIDEWAYS WHILE HE WAS TRAVERSING A |9-DEGREE SLOPE.

*No thats not a typo: 9 degrees.

My late 70's year old grandma decided she better quit riding when she rolled a 300EX over on top of her while sidehilling... You just don't heal as fast anymore at that age.

**CrkdLtr** · 01-08-2010, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by Trimotomike

I truly cant beleive these reports got them banned , how can they justify any of this crap as being fault of the Atc. Ive been riding trikes for a few years now and Ive never had a problem with riding off cliffs or messing up my gonads . this is crazy

I have to concur. If these reports are the reason the 3 wheelers were banned then this country has dismissed personal accountability longer ago than I thought. Regarding 3 wheelers being banned, I thought I read somewhere that the official ban expired a year or so ago?

**edit**

Nevermind, I found what I had read about the ban expiring but then CPSC came and cock blocked the reintroduction with bill HR 4040.

The consent decrees expired in 1997, allowing manufacturers to, once again, make and market 3-wheel models, though there are none marketed today. Recently the CPSC has succeeded in finally banning three wheeled ATV's with attachments to bill HR4040. Many believe this is in response to Chinese manufacturers trying to import three wheeled ATV's. The Japanese manufacturers were also behind this legislation as they have been held responsible for years to provide ATV Safety training and to apply special labels and safety equipment to their ATVs while Chinese manufacturers did not.

**oldskool83** · 01-08-2010, 04:35 PM

ban was up in 97...no one has wants to build new ones...

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