Motorcycle Injuries and Children

Toys R Congress...

Last year Congress passed a bill that President Bush signed into law that was supposed to make children safer by reducing the risk of lead poisoning in toys. Instead, the new law has caused a more a dangerous problem and a huge economic issue.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has decided that children’s motorcycle and all-terrain vehicles violate the new standards, because of lead in the brakes, tire valves and gears, and has ordered dealers to stop selling them. This decision has left the multibillion-dollar industry in a depression, potentially losing as much as $1 billion.

But here is an even worse problem…according to experts, there is virtually zero threat of lead poisoning from riding a motorcycle. The true threat of serious injury to kids happens when they are forced to ride heavy adult bikes. The introduction of smaller cycles for kids under 12 had increased safety in recent years.

According to a study by the Motorcycle Industry Council, "90% of the youth fatalities and injuries on motorcycles occur when kids ride adult vehicles." That is what kids will ride if the CPSC ban stays in effect. Concerned citizens are trying to appeal the law, but so far it seems Washington isn’t interested. I will keep you posted, but in the meantime, keep your kids off those adult bikes.

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This is purely my opinion, not legal advice. I am an investigator, not a lawyer. For legal advice, please contact Phillip Miller & Associates at 1-800-337-HURT