Should children be banned from riding quad bikes?

[Sidewinder]

ban kids off quads?? yea because a two wheeler is safer than a quad for a 5yo isnt it???

[carver]

a kid or a quad? you probly couldnt ride either over that bridge

im too fat for the quad, maybe a lt50 would work on the arch

ban kids off quads?? yea because a two wheeler is safer than a quad for a 5yo isnt it???

track day this weekend, mt welly, coming>?

[Sidewinder]

im too fat for the quad, maybe a lt50 would work on the arch



track day this weekend, mt welly, coming>?

buckets or pockets??

[carver]

buckets or pockets??

im taking the police bike

[Swoop]

IMHO they belong on dairy farms and beaches.

Interestingly, I had a long lunch with a dairy farmer yesterday and quad's came up. He has rolled his. His son rolled his. His daughter rolled hers.
Full sized bikes too, not "kiddie sized".

They are a tool that farms require. No amount of legislation will stop someone operating one, but education on how to ride one safely would be a much better investment in the gubbinment's time.

[CRF119]

We had a small kid on a PW50 quad come over to ride he had a nice bail down a bank but now knows you must go stright down that hill and not side ways and also drag the rear brake a bit other wise you get out of control and fall down the next bank and smack into a large tree stump. He got back up and continued to ride. Its better he lernt that now and not when he was a bit older and on a larger quad.

[Latte]

Thats four people a year. I would guess that more people were killed falling down stairs than that.

Steve

Ban Stairs!

Better still, smother them at birth , only way to stop them pesky kids getting injured.



..... In all seriousness, I'm planning my to get my Daughter a bike of some description at 3 , if she doesn't like it I'll be going mini racing

[sunhuntin]

there needs to be better education about the dangers they can pose. people see 4 wheels and think its as safe as a car.
i watched funniest home videos yesterday and there was some american dude on one, going down a slight bank into a deepish creek and up the other side. he only just made it down ok, but going up the other side, the front lifted and rolled back on top of him, pinning him completely under the water. had his mates not pulled it off him, he would have drowned. least he was wearing a helmet though.
and the worst bit was they were all laughing as if it was no big deal. shit like that should not be viewed as a joke. if i recall, that video was one of the contenders for the prize money as well.

[motor_mayhem]

Does anyone realise that you can actually get roll bars for full size quads. Maybe thats the solution?

[Badjelly]

Interestingly, I had a long lunch with a dairy farmer yesterday and quad's came up. He has rolled his. His son rolled his. His daughter rolled hers. Full sized bikes too, not "kiddie sized".

there needs to be better education about the dangers they can pose. people see 4 wheels and think its as safe as a car.

I agree that people tend to underestimate the dangers of these things. Two-wheelers look unstable and prone to tipping over, four-wheelers don't. But four-wheelers do tip over and when they do and they land on top of you, they're bloody heavy. (I ride a quad regularly; I haven't tipped it over, yet. Ditto the tractor, which doesn't have a roll cage.)

That said, hasn't there already been a fair bit of education about this? Surely farmers should already know the dangers of these things.

Should children be banned from riding quads? Yes, by their parents.

[CRF119]

Does anyone realise that you can actually get roll bars for full size quads. Maybe thats the solution?

Haha roll bars only make a bad situation worse.

[clint640]

[QUOTE=Henk;1129401174]From what I've seen the problem isn't kids on quads, it's kids on adult quads. I'm not aware of any fatalaties involving LT50s. [QUOTE]

Exactly. I doubt outlawing LT50's is on the agenda anyway. Maybe what is needed is a weight/age limit or 2 - kids under 6 can't ride a bike over Xkgs, kids under 12 no more than Ykgs.

Personally I reckon kids shouldn't get on anything with a motor until they can ride a pushbike.

Cheers
Clint

[That Guy]

Personally I reckon kids shouldn't get on anything with a motor until they can ride a pushbike.

Cheers
Clint

I agree with this one...until they can balance, use a brake to stop crashing into things, understand a bit about how speed can build up, understand that crashing hurts etc.

[browny]

banning is probably over the top.the facts are they are dangerous and if youre talking farm quads,theyre not designed for kids.they kill experienced adults.so make up your own mind.as mentioned, supervision is obviously the best way.you have to learn somewhere.