Regulators Push Safety Standards for ATV’s
For parents wanting to provide their children some good, clean off-roading fun, the Fushin, a smaller-than-normal all-terrain vehicle, seemed just the thing. Except the Chinese import with jaunty yellow paint and a low $250 price tag was missing one feature: front brakes.
As the New York Times reports, in the $5 billion market for A.T.V.’s, the skyrocketing growth of Chinese imports is becoming the latest challenge for the CPSC, which is starting a global campaign to improve the safety of a product that kills more people — about 900 a year — than any of the 15,000 other products the commission regulates. The CPSC is creating new safety rules under legislation passed last year that took voluntary industry standards for ATV’s and made them mandatory. And it is scrutinizing sales of Chinese ATV’s over the Internet.
Read the full article on the New York Times website. Also, learn about the hazards posed by the Yamaha Rhino recreational utility vehicle.
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