ATV's are they safe?

[ADPiShannan]

OK I am from a very small town off the Ohio River. We have farms all over and we are all considered hicks I guess so everyone owns ATVs and dirtbikes. I have always had one and my younger bro has 3 dirtbikes and 2 ATVs.

Anyways, do you feel ATVs are safe for kids under the age of 18? I know when I was in HS I used to take mine to peoples houses and like 20-30 people would all bring theirs and wed all do crazy stuff and stupid things and just get wild on them.

When I was in HS a boy was riding very fast with a girl on the back of his, someone I was very close to, and they got into a accident and she was killed. He served a lot of community service for it.

This weekend another boy was killed on a ATV. My mom is a doctor in the ER at our local hospital so she always sees this stuff and educates us the best she can, but its so hard on her to see these young kids killed cause of stupidity. Both in cars and ATVs. It was hard for her this weekend, cause he just graduated HS a week ago and was going to have his graduation party this next week. How hard is that on his family.

Is this a big thing where all of you are too? I just wonder if its just my town with all these kids dying on ATV crashes or is it happening a lot other places too?

Do any of you have them or hate them? I have them but I am careful on them cause I dont want something to happen, but when I was in HS I too did some stupid things on them.......