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KEEP CHILDREN OFF 'TOYS THAT KILL,' SAYS DOCTOR URGING ATV BAN

Doctors and nurses at Nova Scotia's children's hospital are demanding the province scrap its new rules for all-terrain vehicles, which will allow children as young as six to drive smaller machines.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...atv-051024.html

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Why would anyone want to put their children on one of these anyways? Your children can be a danger to themselves all on their own without having to give them a tool to create cause more trouble.

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I have no problem with children riding these things. The problem is with the parents. You don't just put a child on such a vehicle and let them have at it. For an ATV vehicle, I certainly wouldn't put a child of 6 on one. However, I know of children that young that ride motorcyles. They participate in off road riding with their families and even in competitions. However, they also are fully suited with a bunch of protective gear.

If you were to allow a child to ride a scaled down ATV, it would be like allowing them to ride the trail bikes made for small children. It would be smaller and less powerful.

Again, I say the problem is the parents. They don't make the kids where the proper protective gear and they just let the go off on their own with no supervision.

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I think it is easier said than done since most kids want to be on these 'toys' all day long and it makes it too much of a hassel for a parent or guardian to be consistently watching them. Even if there were planned times the temptation to go try it when no one is looking will also be higher - remember the kid that drove the car round the block?

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I understand what you are saying JB, but I think that is the case with everything. If I buy an ATV for my 18 year old son, my 7 year old might choose to ride it without my permission. Does that mean I shouldn't buy it for the 18 year old?

I think you put rules in place. You teach the kids at a young age to respect the power of the ATV/motorbike or whatever. You keep the keys. Yet, still, if they are determined to ride, they will. If not the ATV, maybe the car?

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Well, there is direct difference in the example you gave. For one, when you buy it for your seven year old there is a feeling of ownership as well as you are endorsing his use of it, even if that rule is based on certain times of use. This gives some favorable settings in which temptation abounds whereas if something is not his it is another barrier, another check if you will that will take extra effort on his part if he is to disobey. Second, if there are safer activities for my child to be involved in why would I take the risk of giving him / her a more dangerous one for the sole purpose of 'fun'.