| Apr 05 |
Caught! CPSC nails Yamaha for its Rhino negligence
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. |
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.
| Feb 05 |
When others fail, a Yamaha Rhino accident lawsuit can protect you
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. |
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.| Dec 05 |
Former NBA standout Rodney Rogers paralyzed by ATV accident
Rogers, who played 12 seasons in the NBA, won the league’s Sixth Man Award in 2000 for his contributions to the Phoenix Suns. Before his professional career, he was a star player for Wake Forest University, earning All America honors. He retired from professional basketball in 2005. Rogers, 37, reportedly was riding an ATV, or all terrain vehicle, on private property north of Raleigh, N.C., when he fell off or was thrown from the vehicle. In the process, his spinal cord was severely injured. Rogers is now in Atlanta to start a rehabilitation process. |
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.| Nov 14 |
Whether an ATV, UTV or ROV, a Yamaha Rhino accident can be deadlyMillions 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 fails you and causes an injury? While ATV is an umbrella term for the small off-road recreational vehicles whose sales have topped seven million units, Yamaha would rather call its Rhino a UTV. Why? Because designating the Rhino differently relieves Yamaha from federal safety standards applied to ATVs. And because muddying the waters with rotating terms confuses regulators with the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. |
| Oct 27 |
‘Out of control’ ATV leads to Channelview ATV fatality
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 Channelview ATV accident. Harris County sheriff’s deputies said Bear’s son and daughter were in the vehicle with him, and none were wearing safety helmets when the crash occurred, ejecting all three from the ATV. The children were not seriously injured. The cause of the crash? All we know is that Bear lost control of the ATV. At that point, the absence of safety helmets became a factor. Also, ATVs are essentially one-person vehicles which should not carry passengers. But the bottom line is that this accident happened because the driver lost control of his vehicle, and that driver, Bear, is now dead. |
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.| Sep 05 |
Don’t let fall bring falls from a Yamaha Rhino ATV
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. Rather, they are meant for off-road recreation. The trouble is, thousands of ATV users are having so much “recreation” that it’s maiming or killing them. High-profile victims have included rocker Ozzy Osbourne, who broke six ribs, his collarbone and a vertebra in his neck in a 2003 ATV accident, and sax player LeRoi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band, who died two months after an ATV accident last June. |
Fall is coming, the air is cooling, and fall fun is in that air.