ATV
Caught! CPSC nails Yamaha for its Rhino negligence
In case anyone had any doubt about the dangers of Yamaha Rhino ATVs, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission makes it clear: They kill people — even when driven at slow speeds and on level surfaces, as is often the case in a fatal Yamaha Rhino rollover accident.
After a study of 50 incidents involving the [...]
You’re injured — what time is it? It’s HAMMER TIME
Your car was just rear-ended by a distracted motorist blabbing on his cell phone and now — through no fault of your own — you’ve got bills to pay for damages. What time is it? It’s HAMMER TIME.
You’ve waited months for your insurance company to make good on its policy and pay for your property [...]
When others fail, a Yamaha Rhino accident lawsuit can protect you
Even in a down economy, people must have their “toys,” and one of the more costly and popular diversions is an ATV, or all terrain vehicle. When you ride and ramble roughly on a bouncy ATV trail, it can eclipse your anxieties about the world at large with excitement and thrills from the world rushing [...]
Former NBA standout Rodney Rogers paralyzed by ATV accident
Again, an ATV accident has taken a tragic toll. Former NBA standout Rodney Rogers has been paralyzed from the neck down after suffering injuries in an ATV accident in his home state of North Carolina.
Rogers, who played 12 seasons in the NBA, won the league’s Sixth Man Award in 2000 for his contributions to the [...]
Whether an ATV, UTV or ROV, a Yamaha Rhino accident can be deadly
Millions of Americans enjoy the rugged thrills of riding the little go-getters known as ATVs. But if you’re one of them, do you know what you drive? Is it an ATV — an all terrain vehicle – or perhaps a UTV, a utility terrain vehicle? And do you have legal protection if such a vehicle [...]
‘Out of control’ ATV leads to Channelview ATV fatality
When you pay $10,000 or more for a recreational vehicle, you’d expect it to be safe to drive. Sadly, that’s often not the case with an ATV, or all terrain vehicle.
Again, an ATV accident has claimed a life, this time in the Houston area. Howard Lewis Bear, 33, of Crosby died Friday night in a [...]
By design, Yamaha Rhino ATVs are accidents waiting to happen
How dangerous are Yamaha Rhino ATVs and other ATVs? How dangerous do you want them to be?
Indeed, danger and risk seem to be selling points for these highly accident-prone vehicles, whose wildly erratic and thrill-driven operation winds up killing and maiming thousands of Americans each year. In large part that’s because Yamaha Rhino and other [...]
Don’t let fall bring falls from a Yamaha Rhino ATV
Fall is coming, the air is cooling, and fall fun is in that air.
Just be sure your fall fun doesn’t lead to a fall — or other accident — involving an all terrain vehicle.
Small ATVs such as Yamaha Rhino ATVs are not road-worthy — in fact, they’re illegal to drive on Texas streets and highways. [...]
SOS: Yamaha Rhino ATVs invite DOAs
Any traffic fatality is a tragedy, but we can take cold comfort in the fact that many such tragedies at least involve people with a purpose. We need our cars and trucks for useful functions, and that’s what many people are pursuing when they’re killed or injured while driving or riding in them. They are [...]
