Concerned Families for ATV Safety

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Concerned Families for ATV Safety is a network of parents dedicated to reducing injuries and death among children driving powerful All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs). We offer support to victim’s families and provide families with information and resources to make informed decisions about their children and ATVs. Through public education we work to raise awareness of the need for adequate, common sense safety standards that keep children under 16 off ATVs, and for enforcement of ATV laws.

[8.18.08]
Editorial: Too young to die. Too young to ride?
Star News

It's hard to imagine anything worse than losing a child. The past two days the Star-News has documented the tragic cases of three Pender County youths who were killed in accidents on all-terrain vehicles, often called 4-wheelers. Make no mistake - ATVs are not toys, and the fun people have on them can quickly turn deadly. Accidents among youths riding ATVs are so prevalent that a national group, Concerned Families for ATV Safety, was formed to provide not only safety education, but also support for victims.

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[8.8.08]
Imminent Danger: Youth and ATV's
The Beaufort Gazette

Near the state's border with North Carolina a family is grieving today over the loss of a 7-year-old son. State residents grieve with them, but this was a preventable tragedy. The boy died after the all-terrain vehicle he was driving ran into the path of a tractor-trailer at his grandparents' house in York County. And the number of tragic deaths of youngsters is growing across the nation, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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[8.8.08]
Another ATV danger: children — and parents who allow kids to use them
STLToday.com

While the inferior quality of Chinese-made all-terrain vehicles certainly is a safety issue, a much greater safety issue is the use of ATVs by children. The article "Foreign ATVs may be new danger" (Aug. 3) points out that while Missouri requires drivers of ATVs to be licensed drivers at least 16 years of age, in Illinois children of any age may operate ATVs. Illinois and the rest of the country would do well to emulate Missouri and treat ATVs as the motor vehicles they are.
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