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Article #61Re: China continues to sell dangerous ATVs to the USA injuring / KILLING our kids!
From: patrick jankowiak
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:31
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:31
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I stopped in their store in Carrollton TX off I-35. The stuff, even the bigger stuff, looked pretty easy to break. Not at all like a Yamaha Wolverine ATV, which is a fairly tough unit for example, but the stuff looked really cheaply made. I was looking at the dune buggy, and I was afraid I would break welds and bolts or bend the frame on the thing. Do they really ride those things in China? PJ Anonymous wrote: > SUNL, BMX, AA, Roketa are lying theiving junk dealers. > China continues to sell dangerous garbage ATVs to the USA! > > Chinese ATV Is Called Hazardous > June 10, 2007 > > A Chinese-made all-terrain vehicle designed to appeal to children > is unsafe and drivers risk injury or death, the Consumer Product > Safety Commission said. > > The Kazuma Meerkat 50 Youth All-Terrain Vehicle has no front or > parking brake and can be started in gear, the agency said. > Consumers should stop using the product immediately, and demand a > refund, the commission said. > > The commission usually announces recalls of items it deems unsafe. > In this case, the distributor, Stafford, Texas-based Kazuma > Pacific > Inc., declined to settle with the agency and will continue to sell > the off-road vehicle, a commission statement said. The four-wheel, > 156-pound ATV sells for $525 to $825. > > http://www.atvaonline.com/News/07/Meerkat.asp > > http://www.atvriders.com/atvnews/cpsc2007kazumameerkat50atvrecall.h >
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