Another WTF banned 3 wheeler?

**Bad Karma** · 07-29-2008, 06:01 PM

I remember watching that 20/20 show when it first aired. I have hated Ed Bradley ever since. Just goes to show you how powerful the mainstream media was back then, they were the only game in town. If the Internet had been around back then the way it is today, things may have turned out quite differently...

**longbedGTs** · 07-29-2008, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by 250sxwheeliepop

This one still has me wondering WTF

A 34-YEAR OLD MALE WAS DRIVING A 3-WHEELED ATV IN HIS| YARD WHEN HE RAN INTO A WIRE STRETCHED ACROSS THE YARD; USED IN | PART AS A DOG CHAIN SO THAT HIS DOG COULD RUN FROM ONE AREA TO | ANOTHER IN THE YARD. THE VICTIM WAS DECAPITATED WHEN HE DROVE INTO | THE WIRE AND FELL TO THE GROUND; THE VEHICLE LANDED UP-SIDE DOWN. | OFFICIALS REPORTED HE DIED AT THE SCENE.

Did he forget he put the wire up in his yard?

9 years ago, I was riding my bike and decided to take a shortcut through an abandoned gas station. It had concrete posts along the perimiter with a steel cable running through the posts. I saw the cable at the last minute but it was too late. It cost me some stitched up knees, but I didnt sue Dyno(bike mfg). Accidents happen, but people NOT taking responsibility are the problem.

**83ATC185S** · 07-29-2008, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by 250sxwheeliepop

This one still has me wondering WTF

A 34-YEAR OLD MALE WAS DRIVING A 3-WHEELED ATV IN HIS| YARD WHEN HE RAN INTO A WIRE STRETCHED ACROSS THE YARD; USED IN | PART AS A DOG CHAIN SO THAT HIS DOG COULD RUN FROM ONE AREA TO | ANOTHER IN THE YARD. THE VICTIM WAS DECAPITATED WHEN HE DROVE INTO | THE WIRE AND FELL TO THE GROUND; THE VEHICLE LANDED UP-SIDE DOWN. | OFFICIALS REPORTED HE DIED AT THE SCENE.

guess that guy really lost his head!

**y2kane** · 07-29-2008, 07:36 PM

It would be cool if the Ban would ever be lifted but it is easier to make the law and pass it than it is to turn it around and lift the ban. Don't get me wrong I would love to see the ban lifted and some new Trikes come off the line. Imagine what the new ones could do..

Most accidents in or on any vehicle are operator errors. It's like blaming music for suicides, hey I have an idea lets ban the production of cars so the drunk drivers don't kill anyone

or sue ford and chevy (or all the auto manufactures for that fact) for letting drunk drivers that have wrecked and killed themselves or others for making the cars they drove. Must have been a flaw in the design of the car that made them act stupid

I feel bad for people who have lost someone because of any accident, but come on it's not the machine that causes the problem...

This just burns me, and need to vent and voice my opinion.

Thanks for letting me vent..

**Hoosier_Daddy** · 07-29-2008, 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by Bad Karma

I remember watching that 20/20 show when it first aired. I have hated Ed Bradley ever since. Just goes to show you how powerful the mainstream media was back then, they were the only game in town. If the Internet had been around back then the way it is today, things may have turned out quite differently...

Plus the guys on our side such as Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity etc. to shut the mainstream liberal media up weren't around yet either. Those guys would be all over the idiots trying to pull this stunt now days.

**Bad Karma** · 07-29-2008, 07:57 PM

I remember feeling helpless to stop what was happening, it was like we just had to sit there and watch it end. Three-wheelers were so popular back then, a flood of e-mail protests would have gone right to the CPSC and the politicians and they would have been unable to ignore us.

Back then, there was really no way to get a mass letter-writing campaign or something going to counteract the bad press, people just weren't as connected as they are now. Too bad...

**Hoosier_Daddy** · 07-29-2008, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Bad Karma

I remember feeling helpless to stop what was happening, it was like we just had to sit there and watch it end. Three-wheelers were so popular back then, a flood of e-mail protests would have gone right to the CPSC and the politicians and they would have been unable to ignore us.

Back then, there was really no way to get a mass letter-writing campaign or something going to counteract the bad press, people just weren't as connected as they are now. Too bad...

Yep. Too bad one of the major companies don't try to make a new one just to see how popular it would be and maybe start something big and the comeback of trikes. But it's just a pipedream.

**88 Turbo Coupe** · 07-29-2008, 09:02 PM

Our government caused enough damage to the ATC market that you will never ever see another "Big 4" mass produced ATC.

**Bad Karma** · 07-29-2008, 09:18 PM

At least out here in AZ, we don't really have to worry about any more machines being banned yet. The new government ploy to is to close designated riding areas in the name of air quality. One of my favorite spots to ride in Scottsdale is being closed because of "excessive dust".

It never ends, they are always after us in one form or another...

**Rex Karz** · 07-30-2008, 02:23 PM

I downloaded that report. Great, hilarious reading. I read it from time to time to get my spirits up !

**techmaster330** · 08-02-2008, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by trike handler

if you can't lean stay the f... off of them, if you have put your foot down, stay the f... off of them, i wrote a post about bringing three wheelers back since the ban is over but b/c the world is sue crazy the idea won't ever come up. If they had a special license maybe to purchase them or ride them i think would be fair. you can't ride a tractor trailer without a cdl, you can't drive a boat without a boaters license, maybe come up with some kind of license for three wheelers?

My friend did some research and found out that Honda/Kawasaki/Yamaha could make a brand new up-to-date ATC for anyone if you ever went to a dealer who would place the order for you. The Ban was only on the mass production and distribution of ATC's. The only flaw I found in the whole idea was the fact that he got an estimate from one dealer and they said a custom built ATC could cost anywhere from $8000-$12000.

Too bad I guess.

**tanks350x** · 08-02-2008, 09:44 PM

Yea, I'ts too bad they would be so expensive but think about how nice it would be to have a brand new trike, with all the latest, greatest components!

**Gunnar** · 08-02-2008, 10:08 PM

8-12 grand aint that bad for a custom new atc considering thats about what a quads are going for.

I saw on the news this morning that the Fed Gov. just passed new atv ban legislation along with a ban on lead toys. Anyone know anything about this.

They had a video clip of a guy at the dunes crashing and getting back up. It was good but Ive done better and walked away.

**techmaster330** · 08-02-2008, 10:28 PM

They could be a bit cheaper than that since the ban passed in 1987 and was only a 10 year ban, but they will probably never make ATC's again just because they're not sure if they would sell good. That's just my opinion on why they won't start making them again. What a shame. "spits in disdain"

**Gunnar** · 08-02-2008, 10:41 PM

Bill is called H.R. 4040 and in sec. 30 it talkes about 3-wheelers. to sum it up it goes somthing like this:

Prohibits the importation of new three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles until a mandatory consumer product safety rule applicable to three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles is in effect

Hop to it then skippy, get those rules out there.

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