An accident at the controls of a quad or AVT supposed to be more likely to suffer serious injury or even loss of life that if there is driving a motorcycle. The main conclusion of a study conducted by the College of Surgeons of U.S., which were analyzed nearly 60,000 accidents between 2002 and 2006, 13,749 motorcycles and 44,509 of AVT.
The severity of injuries from impact with the ground is the same, but the quad or ATV drivers were 50% more likely to die and had 50% more likely to require treatment in an intensive care unit. This despite the fact that most accidents using the helmet, drove the vehicle that would lead.
At the risk of the use of quads and ATVs, some states are legislating to make it more complicated to access. For example, in Massachusetts came into force on 1 cotubre, a law that prohibits children under 14 to drive a quad or
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