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Post by muddawg on Oct 28, 2010 16:04:18 GMT -6
This morning as I was walking out, I caught Good morning America talking about a family that went to Mexico and went atving with a 16 yr. old girl in the group. Never been on a quad and they didnt say what size it was, but they said it was capable of 60mph. To make a long story short, she missed her turn and went off a 200 foot cliff and died. Needless to say their trying to blame atv's and not the family or owners of the atv tour. Tonight there is a show on Nightline about the "dangers" of atving. Im not sure what time it's on tonight but yall might want to watch it.
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Post by themacs4s on Oct 28, 2010 17:12:38 GMT -6
I was pretty young, but I vaguely remember a story that was done on three wheelers way back in the eighties. It showed a family in the desert with little kids riding three wheelers without helmets, and they actually crash right in front of the camera! Then the news crew try and make it out like they are dangers and deadly machines. Idiots like that give atv'ing a bad rap. The sad thing is, people who don't even ride or have never ridden will be making judgments. Makes it harder to get funding for more or existing parks. It's B.S.
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Post by ubnpast on Oct 28, 2010 21:10:58 GMT -6
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Post by themacs4s on Oct 29, 2010 6:47:17 GMT -6
Man I'm dizzy from all the spinning!  |
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Post by piglet on Oct 29, 2010 7:55:27 GMT -6
THOSE WERE SOME VERY SAD STORIES, BUT ALL MOST EVERYONE ONE OF THEM WAS THE PARENTS HAVING THERE HEADS UP THERE BUTT. ONE KID WAS 7 RIDING A 700 POLARIS. AND YOU DON'T TAKE A 12 YEAR OLD THATS NEVER RODE, AND TURN THEM LOOSE IN THE MOUNTAINS. THEN CRY THAT KIDS SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RIDE. DO YOU GIVE YOUR CARS KEYS TO A 10 YEAR OLD. AND SEND THEM TO THE STORE. MY 14 YEAR OLD STILL RIDES A 90, AND LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE WIENER, BUT HES STILL WALKING.
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Post by ubnpast on Oct 29, 2010 10:38:17 GMT -6
MY 14 YEAR OLD STILL RIDES A 90, AND LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE WIENER, BUT HES STILL WALKING. I saw a guy on a black Honda 250EX at Kenny's night ride.... Like father like son. haha |
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Post by piglet on Oct 29, 2010 14:52:19 GMT -6
BUT I STILL HAD FUN ;D AND IF HES RIDING THE 250 AND KILLS HIMSELF. IM NOT GOING TO BLAME THE ATV.
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Post by Weck on Oct 30, 2010 1:01:52 GMT -6
Ya that makes me ill. The girl going over the cliff is terrible but unless a part broke and it lost steering it was not the quadrunner's fault. I think quads will always be an easy bandwagon for safety advocates to jump on. I found it interesting that they would contrast HS football against ATVing. I would be willing to bet that nation wide more medical attention was needed on the football field last night then was needed all summer long of kids riding quads.
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