Quads more dangerous than bikes -- John Hopkins University

 
A Johns Hopkins team has found that crashes involving ATVs - four-
wheeled all-terrain vehicles - are significantly more dangerous than
crashes involving two-wheeled off-road motorcycles, such as those used
in extreme sports like Motocross..

The research found that victims of ATV crashes were 50 percent more
likely to die of their injuries than similarly injured victims of off-
road motorcycle crashes.

ATV victims were also 55 percent more likely than injured
motorcyclists to be admitted to a hospital's intensive-care unit and
42 percent more likely to be placed on a ventilator.

"There's a belief that four wheels must be safer than two," says
Cassandra Villegas, a research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for
Surgery Trials and Outcomes. But we found the opposite. People
involved in ATV crashes are more likely to die or suffer serious
trauma."

The study is to be presented at the American College of Surgeons' 2010
Clinical Congress in Washington, D.C., this week. (ANI).

Source: Sify.com


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 On Sat, 9 Oct 2010 08:14:40 -0700 (PDT), MXEditor


Amazing what it takes a research grant to determine, isn't it?  Pretty
sure anyone that's ever seen a bike crash and a kWad crash could have
answered this question pretty easily.

I wish they'd have also studied what percentage of each group was
wearing appropriate safety gear too.

 The accident rate for each group would also be interesting.  It might
also be important to discern between racers and recreational users.

 No, not a whole lot of distinction is needed in race or not, the distinction
is, the FREAKING KWADS weigh almost triple, so when they roll over top of
you, your skwished...  They knew this, from Honda's Odessey days, the had to
build a full roll cage to keep selling them, and they quit eventually.

 
Calling Mr. Obvious... Calling Mr. Obvious... pickup please.