Concerned Families: No kids on ATVs
The group Concerned Families for ATV Safety has released a web video urging new safety standards that would keep children under 16 years of age from operating All-Terrain vehicles, or ATVs.
The video comes in response to statements made by ATV industry lawyer David Murray during a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing on ATV safety, in which he stated that ATV's could be operated by children as young as six years of age.
In response to a question posed by Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) that asked what age would be too young to operate an ATV, Murray responded, "the smallest
units—the Y-6 units—are for ages 6 and above."
According to Concerned Families, that assertion flies in the face of consensus among doctors and pediatricians that children are too young to be able to operate such vehicles. According to the group, the thousand sof injuries and deaths occurring from child-operated ATVs cost the U.S. billions in medical and economic costs.
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