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 Rhino 450, 660 and 700 models — incidents which claimed 46 driver and passenger deaths — the CPSC concluded that these vehicles, as designed and manufactured by Yamaha, should not be driven by anyone, anywhere, anytime. “Owners of the affected Rhinos should stop using them,” the CPSC urged.

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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 past beneath your wheels.

Among ATVs — also called an ROV or UTV — a big seller has been the Yamaha Rhino. Its popularity stems in part from the fact that its narrower design enables it to be loaded onto a pickup truck for transporting to off-road recreation tracks.

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