Federal panel sets deadline for commenting on ATV safety
Deadline: December 13, 2005
Pickerington,
OH (11/3/05) – The federal Consumer
Production Safety Commission has set a December 13 deadline
for people to comment on the safety of ATVs.
The federal safety panel currently is considering "whether there may be
unreasonable risks of injury and death associated with some'' ATVs. The
commission says it is considering what actions it could take to reduce
ATV-related deaths and injuries.
This is all part of the commissions Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
issued in October.
Comments should be sent by December 13 by e-mail to
cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Comments should be
captioned "ATV ANPR."
Comments may also be mailed, in five copies if possible, to the Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207-0001, or
delivered to the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Room 502, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4408; telephone:
(301) 504-7923.
Comments also may be faxed to: (301) 504-0127.
For more information, contact Elizabeth Leland, project manager, ATV Safety
Review, Directorate for Economic Analysis, Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Washington DC 20207; telephone: (301) 504-7706, or e-mail
eleland@cpsc.gov.
On October 6, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an Advanced
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to ATV safety. That move signals the
commission's intent to issue new rules.
It's a potentially serious step. The last time the commission seriously
considered ATV safety, it banned three-wheeled ATVs.
Recently, the three-member CPSC has been considering a petition submitted by
the Consumer Federation of America and other groups that calls for the CPSC to
ban the sale of full-size ATVs for the use of children under the age of 16.
That potential ban has been opposed by ATVA Director Doug Morris and AMA/ATVA
Legislative Affairs Specialist Royce Wood, who testified in a commission hearing
on the issue. Rather than a blanket ban on the sale of ATVs for use by kids,
they supported a more thoughtful approach that includes greater parental
involvement.
"We believe that proper training, the use of safety gear, parental
supervision, and allowing children to ride right-size vehicles would do much to
reduce ATV-related injuries and deaths involving children under 16," Morris
said.
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