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Article: CPSC forms team to review ATV safety regulations.(Consumer Product Safety Commission)
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- Powersports Business
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- July 25, 2005
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has taken an important step in its stated effort to review, and possibly rewrite, many of its rules covering ATV safety.
On July 6, the CPSC announced the formation of an ATV Safety Review Team, a group comprised of what the organization called "a diverse and knowledgeable group of scientists, engineers and experts" to look into "improving ATV safety of young riders."
The move comes after Chairman Hal Stratton directed his staff in June to conduct a top-to-bottom review of "all existing ATV safety standards and make recommendations regarding the advisability and potential for issuing" rulemaking.
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