“ While manufacturers are required to label vehicles with engine sizes greater than 90cc as inappropriate for children younger than sixteen, our data indicate that a growing number of children are receiving serious injuries due to ATV use, suggesting that parents are unaware of these recommendations or are choosing to ignore them.” Stephen M. Bowman, PhD, MHA, assistant professor with the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. The above ATV related injuries were sourced from at PDF paper headed: Pediatric Hospitalizations for ATV-related injuries More than Double and and article headed Surprise: Two Wheels Safer Than Four in Off-Road Riding and Racing, Johns Hopkins Study Shows.įor parents, this is a comment in the same published article to take note from “ All-Terrain Vehicles are inherently dangerous to children,” said Stephen M.
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