Compliance With All Terrain Vehicle Atv Standards

Compliance with all-terrain vehicle (ATV) standards: hearing before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Product Safety, and Insurance of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, June 6, 2006.

All-terrain vehicles (ATV), which are off-road motorized vehicles, usually with four tires, a straddle seat for the operator, and handlebars for steering control, have become increasingly popular. However, ATV fatalities and injuries have increased over the last decade and are a matter of concern to the Consumer Product Safety Comm. (CPSC), which oversees ATV safety, and to others. Many ATV crashes involving children occur when they are riding adult-sized ATVs. Manufacturers and dist have agreed to use their best efforts to prevent their dealers from selling adult-sized ATVs for use by children under the age of 16. This report examined: (1) how ATVs are used and the advantages of their use; and (2) the nature, extent, and costs of ATV crashes. Illus.