Terrain Veh icl e (AT V) riders and
potent ial riders.
O n Ap ri l 3. 1985 the Consu mer
P rod uct Safety Commissio n au thorized a special ta sk force to work on a
p lan presented by th e staff. This plan
in cludes inform at ion and education
items, technical work an d standa rds
development. The goal o f a ll th is
work is to reduce th e inj uries a nd
deaths associated with ATVs.
T he Commission sta ff has begun
work ing wi th th e Specialty Vehicle
In sti tu te o f America (SVIA) to develop
a vo lu ntary sta ndard for AT Vs. This
in cludes incorpora tio n o f th e SVIA
tra in ing program in to the volu ntary
sta ndard and th e ex pec ta tio n o f age
labeling recommendati ons o n th e
AT Vs. In addition, I a nt ici pate th e
vo lu ntary sta ndard wi ll ha ve req uirements co ncern ing the p erform ance
characteris tics of Anrs.
T ha n k yo u for yo ur in forma tive
let ter.
• NICK MARCH lCA
Chairman , < calendar y
