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Nothing new in this article though it has some historical tit bits here and there. For example, the year 3 wheeled ATV seized to be sold can be got from this sentence. "In 1987, the agency sued ATV manufacturers, declaring the vehicles an imminently hazardous consumer product. The suit was settled a year later, with the companies agreeing to stop selling the three-wheel ATV models the agency considered highly unstable." Sales figure for ATV in some past years come out in this sentence "According to the industry, 884,000 ATVs were sold in 2003, up from 447,000 in 1998." Other historical data "The popularity of ATVs has been increasing, with 6.2 million four-wheel vehicles in use in 2003, double the number in 1998. Injuries have been rising steadily every year, according to agency statistics. In 2003, there were 125,500 injuries, up from 67,800 in 1998. About 31 percent of those injured in 2003 were younger than 16, compared with 37 percent in 1998." [23] gathima 18:37, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
"Engine sizes of ATVs currently for sale (as of 2006) range from 50cc to 800cc. They range in price from about $2000 to nearly $8000." I am wonder where this info applies. USA? It is why I would like to seek a citation.--Jusjih 06:24, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Wondering if it would be prudent to make note of non-typical usages of ATVs. For example, they are a familiar sight driving down city streets in phildelphia and can be seen with rims and other such adornments.--Ron 19:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Some work needs to be done on expanding the classifications of ATVs. While the 2WD "sport" quad is well understood, they are limited in application, due to the lack of 4WD. Originally, 4x4 "utility" machines were focused on, well, utility. They were often used by farmers for working lands, and by hunters by accessing distant hunting areas and game retrieval. Their use has migrated to a much greater focus on recreation in recent years, with a greater emphasis on performance and comfort. In addition, the "sport 4x4" class, pioneered by the Polaris Scrambler, and built upon by the Yamaha Wolverine and Can-Am Renegade. (BPD) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.94.87.21 (talk) 04:03, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
I just wanted to mention that where I live in Canada, ATVs are almost always referred to as "four-wheelers" or "three-wheelers", and almost never ATVs. Is this the common term anywhere else?Thomasiscool 16:34, 16 September 2006 (UTC)Thomasiscool
Where I live in Canada it usually depends on the level of education of the individual, and whether or not they use the machines. I know several avid users who even call them "bikes". OHV ("off-highway vehicle") is the official term in Nova Scotia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naymetayken (talk • contribs) 15:48, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
I've cleaned up the references section to be similiar to what I've seen on most other pages.
The following links weren't attached to a certain part of the article and likely should be
I find the overall tone of this article to be decidely anti-ATV. Especially the section regarding injuries and deaths. While it is worth noting that there are people killed and injured on ATVs each year, it is also worth noting that the accident rate per hour of use is actually decreasing. The more ATVs are sold, the more people will ride them. And the more ATVs are ridden, the more accidents will happen. Just something to think about, I believe. I will research sources to back up my claims. Alf rules 21:28, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Can you ride an ATV on the road and What is so bad about three wheelers?PendoFSX 00:34, 5 February 2007 (UTC)Pendo 4
"Three wheelers" can actually be made street legal in the United States due to loop holes for three wheel vehicles to be classified as motorcycles, allowing "meter-maid" vehicles and the such. Conversion kits are available to convert some sport ATV's to a single rear wheel, thus allowing them to be licensed with the afor mentioned horn, mirror, turn signal additions. Four wheel ATV's cannot be made street legal in most states because they are then classified as cars and do not pass Federal safety standards (side impact, etc.). Road legal quads abound in Europe and the quad magazines regularly do articles on them. RustyATV 04:24, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
"the overwhelming evidence of human growth patterns upon the landscape indicates damage to the sensitive habitats are caused by unmitigated growth of single-family housing planning and extractive industries" 207.216.216.119 03:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
I found this article to be incredibly slanted in favor of ATV's. But that aside the claim of 500 accidents a year is preposterous. In 2003 the state of Minnesota has reports of 254 ATV accidents, 228 people injured and 18 deaths, this in just one state that has 1.6% of the total US population.
here is the link to the Minnesota data files.dnr.state.mn.us/enforcement/incident_reports/atvaccidents03.pdf
whoever wrote this article mislabeled tha data, in the link that they provide for this data (2) it says there 470 DEATHS in 2004, but in the text of the article they said "There are only about 500 injuries from Quads each year all from misuse by very young drivers from the age of five to ten.[2]"
Would be nice if they read the actual article they are citing in their faulty statistics.
In 2004 there were more than 136,000 injuries treated in Emergency Rooms, God know how many there were total, also only 33% of these injuries were in persons less than 16 years of age, whereas in the articles the author says that the majority of the 500 injuries were riders between 5 and 10.
I hope someone can clean this article up so that there are some factual injury statistics. 192.240.46.60 20:38, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Injury statistics are important and a useful tool for someone considering the sport. However, they must be put in perspective. In comparision, how many injuries and deaths occur from other recreational activities? Bicycling comes to mind as a suitable comparison (BPD) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.94.87.21 (talk) 03:55, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
I work for the America's Most Wanted Safety Center, a new department of America's Most Wanted getting away from the capturing of criminals, and branching out to all aspects of safety. I feel a link to our post about ATV safety would be appropriate and mutually beneficial, particularly because it prominently features an exciting video narrated by Julie Vallese of the Consumer Products Safety Commission. The link is http://www.amw.com/safety/?p=57 please consider it. Jrosenfe 15:45, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
I would like to see a link added for the site EscargoTracks http://escargotracks.com They are a new company in Canada that has built custom tracks for several types of ATV which allows the argo to be more flexible and access greater amounts of terrain type. It appears to be the first track to allow extreme all terrain access. There is alot of interest in this new track on Youtube and argo users around the world. The site offers video footage of various argo's in different terrain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 17:17, 27 July 2007 (talk • contribs) 66.206.244.155
The land usage section is slanted and biased AGAINST ATV riders pretty badly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.80.110.50 (talk) 13:46, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
"Nationally, the US Forest Service considers managed ATV use to be a legitimate activity in national forests, yet it also lists their unregulated use as one of the four greatest threats to long term forest management. The US Forest Service recently released a national travel management plan designed to minimize the negative environmental impacts of ATVs while providing a safe, sustainable and enjoyable opportunity for ATV users." --It seems to me that a statement like that should require some kind of citation. 76.208.9.104 14:30, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
"Unverified?" Those are obviously ATV tracks, and obviously eroded. The only further verification you could have is to have a wider angle to get a better idea of whether there is in fact no erosion surrounding the track. Can we NOT be ridiculous about this?Andy Christ 19:21, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
i knoticed their was some vandalism on the page. ive taken care of that. Atvrider1919 21:18, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
This article really needs a cleanup to bring it to NPOV. An example sentence that either needs to be cited or removed is:
Since the late 1980s, ATVs are used for sex and underage drinking. This has led to greater conflict between ATV users and child-safety advocates, rural landowners, fellow outdoor recreationalists and environmentalists.
Laplie 01:33, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Royal Enfield invented a powered Quaracycle in 1893 that both resembles a modern Quadbike and operates in a similar manner. This Article is also too US centric and doesn't have any infomation about what other governments reconise as a Quadbike or about not ATV quads (EG cars classified as motorbikes like the G-wiz and the reliant robin). TBH the article could do with a complete overhaul.(Morcus (talk) 02:39, 31 March 2008 (UTC))
Quad Bike redirects here but I feel a second page specifically about Powered Quadracycles should exist under Quad bike. There are many Quads that are not ATV's and this article doesn't contain info on them, also this article is far too US centric with half the Article filled with infomation about critisms and observations that are irrelevent in the UK and most likely in other places, The first paragraph gives a deffinition of what an ATV is wich is diferent to the DVLA's deffinition of what a quadracycle is (A 4 wheeled Vehicle below a certain weight). There would be the potential for alot of cross over but I feel it is nessessary whilst this article remains in this format.(Morcus (talk) 02:33, 13 April 2008 (UTC))
I would like to contribute with some editorial and link to the UK Quad Bike Industry. We have a communication with some well known celebrities who have been involved in accidents relating to Quad Bikes. We would appreciate if you could let us know as soon as you have read this posting and question. My name is Darren and I work for a company called [www.myquadbike.com]and we are a website that could contribute towards Quad Bike safety within the uk, along side EASi [www.quadsafety.org]. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Myquadbike (talk • contribs) 15:44, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
This sounds like it was written by someone with an axe to grind. Weasel words abound. Opinion does not belong in an encyclopedia article period. Article is twice as long as it should be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.204.195.101 (talk) 02:39, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
There are now a number of complaints about neutrality on the talk page. This page currently contains four major non-reference sections ("Safety Issues in the U.S.", "Emissions", "Land Usage", and "Sport Usage"), of which at least the first three would really constitute the "Criticism" section of a typical WP article. Reading them is like reading a debate -- "almost immediately realized alarming injury rates" followed by "mainly due to improper and irresponsible use". A decent chunk of a Times article arguing for change is excerpted into the article. In the article body, after the lead-in, there are really only three sentences (the "Sport Competition" section) that aren't related to arguing for or against ATVs. Mark7-2 (talk) 13:00, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
OK, this is not the place to change things, Wikipedia is describing what is but I cannot resist... "bike" = bi-cycle = 2 circles. A "quad bike" must then be 4 * 2 circles, it must have eight wheels =) bi-bike, that's what it is!! (compare to trike, it got three wheels) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.89.240.124 (talk) 06:07, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm surprised to see that Wikipedia doesn't want to add my link to the ATV site I've been building the last few months: http://www.atv-allterrainvehicles.com. It's a general site about the different aspects of driving an ATV and what it requires from both the vehicle and the driver. I've been putting articles on it on a regular basis, and what's more: they have no commercial content. So why not allow it? This site contains regular info, that could help people who think about riding an ATV themselves. Edwikied (talk) 10:15, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
We have published A Ride Guide for Prospective ATV Buyers that would be beneficial for visitors on wikipedia for the All-terrain vehicle section, that can be found here: http://www.quaddealers.ca/articles/buy-atv-for-sale-canada — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.167.202 (talk) 15:56, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
I am not terribly interested in this subject but reading the page it appears almost as if the subject is not "quadbikes" but "quadbikes in the USA", this is especially true of the first few paragraphs and makes for a bit odd reading reiknir (talk) 07:52, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
While this article is certainly USA centric--unfortunately this reflects current research on the topic. As the top page of this edit page shows (motorcycles, cars, and trucks), ATV's tend to fall through motor vehicle regulation gaps and data on their safety is not especially easy to obtain. While the US has (especially in the past 10 years) started to focus research data to correcting this, there are few published peer reviewed articles on ATV safety from much of the world. As I am an ATV researcher, I will be adding global sources as soon as I am aware of their existence. I will make note that there was quite the research splurge in the early 70's when ATV's were first made available to the public in large quantities, but current safety data is hard to find. (129.255.1.225 (talk) 21:02, 7 September 2011 (UTC))
About this edit [26]
The editor removed 2 links revelant to the subject and 8 sourced facts. Could you please explain your reasons for this edit?. We could trim/condense the list, if you wish. But a total blanking seem unacceptable to me. Uh: And your blanking left a picture with an unsourced claim. Randroide (talk) 16:51, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
It's been a while since I've read this and its useless, for a start its to US centric and the history is all wrong. Royal Enfield Built a Quad in the 1800 yet the history starts in the 70's.(Morcus (talk) 19:10, 4 May 2010 (UTC))
I added Argo to the list, since they are also pretty big in the industry. Since they do not have an article on wikipedia, I simply linked it to their homepage. Is that cool with everyone? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.16.227.118 (talk) 19:27, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
opps! forgot to put it in alphabetical order! Changed it tho. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.16.227.118 (talk) 19:33, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
It would be helpful to at least mention electric ATVs, perhaps in the "Emissions" section to present a zero-emissions alternative.
Here is a quick link which, being from How Stuff Works, may not be citation-worthy but still offers some good general information for a party savvy in the subject matter area to build upon: http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/off-roading/off-road-atvs4.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harris.thomasj (talk • contribs) 14:12, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
Info regarding the proposed merger can be found here. Also, please follow the link and reply to my comment if you want to discuss the merger. Passengerpigeon (talk) 02:47, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:41, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
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