| All Terrain Vehicles run on low pressure tires, has | | | | are no roll bars on the vehicle and no surrounding |
| a seat for one person and has handlebars for | | | | steel like a car has to protect its passengers or |
| steering the vehicle. These vehicles, as evidenced | | | | riders. ATVs, if not operated properly, can roll |
| by their name, are used for off road adventures | | | | over and crush the limbs or the entire body of |
| through the muck, the mud and the earthy | | | | the driver. |
| terrain. All Terrain Vehicles are used in many | | | | Other concerns about ATV use is trespassing |
| different ways including for sport or fun and for | | | | (mentioned earlier), the destruction of |
| safety purposes. | | | | environmental life, erosion of land and noise/dust |
| All Terrain Vehicles are not street legal in the | | | | pollution. A 2004 study determined that 767 |
| United States, which means that they cannot be | | | | people died in the United States because of |
| driven on any roadways that regular motor | | | | injuries sustained from an All Terrain Vehicle |
| vehicles travel on. All Terrain Vehicles can be | | | | accident. The Consumer Product Safety |
| driven on dirt roadways, through the woods, and | | | | Commission released data in The New York |
| anywhere off road that does not employ | | | | Times in 2007 saying that 44,000 children under |
| trespassing. | | | | the age of 16 were injured in ATV accidents in |
| The first model of an ATV was manufactured in | | | | the year of 2004 and of those 44,000 injured, |
| the 1960s but they weren't as advanced and safe | | | | 150 of them were killed. |
| as they were in the 1980s and now. The first All | | | | Aside from entertainment use or use for sport, |
| Terrain Vehicle was released to the public in 1982 | | | | All Terrain Vehicles are also used by municipalities |
| by Suzuki. It was the QuadRunner LT125 and it | | | | for safety and security reasons. Police |
| was specially made for beginning drivers. This was | | | | departments across the country use ATVs to |
| the first four wheel model released to the public. | | | | patrol large crowds and gain access to areas not |
| There have been three wheel models that were | | | | suitable for large vehicles. ATVs are also used by |
| manufactured by Honda in the 1970s and these | | | | lifeguarding outfits, beach patrol outfits and the |
| models were used in the James Bond film, | | | | Coast Guard across the country. The ATVs are |
| Diamonds Are Forever. Television shows such as | | | | used to patrol the beach by lifeguards and even |
| Magnum PI and Hart 2 Hart also used three wheel | | | | police officers to make sure that the crowds are |
| All Terrain Vehicles. | | | | obeying the law and are used to get to certain |
| That first three wheel model from Honda was | | | | beaches in a moment's notice in the event of an |
| called the ATC90 and was manufactured for the | | | | emergency. |
| sole purpose of recreational activity. All Terrain | | | | The major manufacturers of All Terrain Vehicles |
| Vehicles are also massed produced for racing | | | | are Arctic Cat, Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, Polaris |
| purposes. There are official ATV races held not | | | | Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and |
| only across the country but also worldwide. | | | | Bombardier Recreational Products. I own a |
| ATVs, because there is no protection from the | | | | yamaha raptor 250r and I love it whatever the |
| elements, are also a huge safety concern. There | | | | terrain is. |