Would you let your 12 year old ride an ATV that does 60 mph?

[leatherneck]

Saw an article in today's Post covering a 12 yr. old that critically hurt himself while riding an ATV that could do 60 mph. He wasn't wearing a helmet. The good news is that after getting close to death, looks like the kid will make a full recovery.

 

Regardless of the helmet issue, I'd never let a 12 yr old kid ride something that fast and powerful. You?

[HHSDad]

"No. Period."

[Watusi]

No way.

[Mr.Network]

I wouldn't let my kids ride a quad at any speed. Those things are paralyzers.

[TheDeuce]

I'd make sure he was able to handle it before he opened it up. If I thought he could, I MIGHT let him.

[75center]

No way. I wouldn't let my 14 year old handle something that goes that fast.

[STRIKE3]

ATV's are a crippling accident or worse, waiting to happen.

[Mr.Network]

I'd make sure he was able to handle it before he opened it up. If I thought he could, I MIGHT let him.

 

My kids have ridden/driven dangerous, high-speed vehicles but never quads. They have been trained and properly equipped with helmets, fire suits, etc. My kids do not use those vehicles without proper supervision and on a closed course.

 

We had a local 14 year old kid riding a quad on the street to go to a graduation party. He was wearing a helmet but he was going too fast, veered off the road and hit a utitlity pole and died. What a waste.

[rockmom]

No.

 

I panic when I'm in the car with my kids and they're driving over 35!

[HHSDad]

I'd rather be the "mean" parent than the grieving parent.

[Qryche11]

NO WAY they are definitely dangerous and should be driven by adults only.

[lcdawg4life]

Us mountain folk call them " four-wheelers " and I wasnt allowed to ride one until I was 14. I have been riding ever since and I am 23 now. After almost 10 years of riding I still get in spots where it seems a little hairy to take one.

[Hangman]

I'd rather be the "mean" parent than the grieving parent.

 

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[BigBlueFreak]

No way would I let a kid ride one that fast. I have one and it will run about 55. I've had it that fast one time and I didn't have it there long. It scared the you know what out of me.

[UKPat02]

No way my child would ever have one of those things.