Polaris asks for your help with off-roader rules

[Gorehamj]

John Goreham
Contributing Writer, GM-Trucks.com
2/19/2015

Over the past few years, off-road vehicle manufacturers of all things fun have been doing battle with our government. From the side of the manufacturers, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants to make changes that will have unintended consequences. Furthermore, the safety mandates are said to be untested and likely to make ATVs and ROVs less user-friendly. The government sees these vehicles as tippy death traps dying for seatbelt interlocks, a wider, lower stance, passive protections like side panels where doors would be, and many other changes under the skin to make these vehicles less threatening.

This video by Polaris makes a strong case that what the CPSC is doing makes little sense and asks for your help. In response, Polaris and other industry players are fighting back. H.R. 999, the RIDE Act was introduced on February 13, 2015, by U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) and U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN). The bills sponsors say, "The RIDE Act would postpone the ROV rulemaking until CPSC’s proposals are studied and evaluated by the National Academy of Sciences in consultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). "

 

If you'd like to contact your representative about the RIDE act, Polaris has setup a website to make it easy.

 

Should you wish to hear the CPSC's side of things, this is a good place to start. If you are an enthusiast, now is the time to get your learn on and take a side. Otherwise, the choice will soon be made for you.

[StinkyCheese]

I'm all for telling the govt to go fly a kite. They intrude too much as it is.

[5RWill]

I wish they would take a step back and ask themselves why everything they do fails...they should be spending more time on that than ruining side by sides..

[towdog333]

This freaking gov is so out of control

[5RWill]

It really is. They want control in everything they can get their hands on.

[RyanbabZ71]

It's getting ridiculous I will be sharing this info

 

 

Ryan