ATVs—The Hidden Danger

@article{Kitzes1989ATVsTheHD,
  title={ATVs—The Hidden Danger},
  author={W F Kitzes},
  journal={Law, Medicine and Health Care},
  year={1989},
  volume={17},
  pages={86 - 93}
}
  • W. F. Kitzes
  • Published 1 March 1989
  • Medicine
  • Law, Medicine and Health Care
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All-Terrain Vehicle Safety―Potential Effectiveness of the Quadbar as a Crush Prevention Device
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The QuadbarTM (QB) and more specifically the QB were found to potentially prevent serious injuries and death to ATV riders that result from overturns.
A Safer ATV
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All-terrain vehicle mortality in Wisconsin: a case study in injury control.
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Evaluating Product-Related Hazards At the Consumer Product Safety Commission
TLDR
Both driver and vehicle characteristics are found to be associated with accidents, and conditional probabilities of injury are calculated, and policy implications are discussed and suggestions for the further application are provided.
Injury prevention: Environmental approaches
TLDR
The most successful injury control programs result from identification of clusters of injuries in relation to environmental factors, identification of technically feasible environmental modifications, and application of that knowledge.
The Role of Law in Reducing Injury
  • T. Christoffel
  • Medicine
    Law, medicine & health care : a publication of the American Society of Law & Medicine
  • 1989
TLDR
Prevention is becoming a major tool in reducing the injury toll and the law can play a pivotal part, but to make proper use of this preventive approach, there must be considerably more planning, coordination and determination in its application.
Engineering Controls to Prevent Crush Injuries

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