CPSC To Review ATV Standards; Kids A Focus

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating all-terrain vehicles and their "safety standards", paying close attention to children who use the vehicles.

Chairman Hal Stratton directed the agency June 8 to conduct a top-to-bottom review of “all existing ATV safety standards and make recommendations regarding the advisability and potential for issuing” rulemaking. Chairman Stratton emphasized that particular consideration should be given to improving ATV safety of young riders.

He also called for an exhaustive summary of ATV safety-related proposals, including pre-sale training/ certification requirements, enhanced warning labels, formal notification of safety rules by dealers to buyers, the addition of a youth ATV model appropriate for 14-year olds, written notification of child injury data at the time of sale and separate standards for tandem (two up) vehicles.

posted by Consumer Help Web Editorial Team at 1:31 PM |