Tag: CPSC
Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association Urges Enthusiasts and Industry to Comment on CPSC’s ROV Rulemaking
ROHVA Creates www.rohva.org/anpr to Facilitate Submission The Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association (ROHVA) is calling on enthusiasts and industry representatives to submit comments by March 15, 2010 in response to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposed mandatory standards for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles (ROVs), also known as side-by-sides and UTVs. ROHVA previously expressed disappointment with […]
Your Action is Needed to Fight the CPSIA
Your Action is Needed to Fight the CPSIA Support Congressional Action to Adopt Language to Prohibit Use of Funds to Implement or Enforce the CPSIA Take Action! Contact your Senators and Representative Today! On July 7, Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) attached an amendment to the House fiscal year 2010 Financial Services Appropriations bill which prohibits […]
Dust-up Stirs Over Off-Road Vehicle
By Mike Lee Thousands of off-roaders kicked off the high season last weekend with campouts and spinouts at Glamis, Ocotillo Wells and other desert hot spots. Many rolled in a relatively new and inexpensive kind of machine – a cross between a golf cart and a dune buggy known as a recreational off-highway vehicle. More […]
CPSC Announces Rulemaking for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles (ROVs)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Furthering its commitment to improve the safety of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles (ROVs) and reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries nationwide, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to address safety hazards associated with vehicle ROVs. CPSC staff’s preliminary evaluations indicated that […]
Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association Disappointed in CPSC Ballot Vote Decision
Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association (ROHVA) is disappointed that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a ballot vote on the agency’s staff recommendation to proceed with a rulemaking process for recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs) by publishing an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR). ROHVA believes this action is premature as an American National Standards Institute […]
The Specialty Vehicle Institute of America and Motorcycle Industry Council Statement Regarding Lead Ban and Lead-Containing Parts of Youth ATVs and Motorcycles
IRVINE, Calif., September 11, 2009 – The Specialty Vehicle Institute of America (SVIA) and the Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) issued the following statement regarding U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Inez Tenenbaum’s September 10, 2009 testimony before the House of Representative’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. “As Chairman Tenenbaum stated in her […]
Are Sport UTVs destined to go the way of the Honda ATC?
Commentary by Jon Crowley, www.utvguide.net June 1, 2009 I was interviewed las week by a freelance reporter who is writing an article on the Yamaha Rhino and I got to thinking about the future of sport UTVs. Are Yamaha Rhinos, as well as other sport UTVs headed in the direction of the infamous Honda ATC […]
