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April 24. The course fo r the th reehour race will be six mi les long a nd
wi ll incl u de a 1.5- m il e n a tu ral
terra in MX track. A o ne- hour mi nibi ke race a nd a one -hour ATV race
will a lso be run. For more inforrnation , ca ll 30 11475-2000.
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Yes, w e're seri ous. To qual ify go to your
favori te dealer and purchas e a set (front
& rear) of the PIREl Li Tires .of your
cho ice. Then enter any class at one of
the events list ed below . If you w in you r
class you w in a set of PIREl U tires of
your cho ice, FREEl Choices are li mi ted
to off-road motorcycle tire s in any size.
W inners are lim ite d to one free set per
calendar year . Riders currently sponsored by PIREl Li are not eligi ble to w in.
Riders mu st sign up w ith tile PIREl ll
re presentative at each event.
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CHANGED : AG V Helm ets t oll free phone number, f rom 800 /
248 -2483 to 800 /777-7006 ;
AGV 's office hours ar e 1 0 a.m . t o
6 p.rn , eastern st andard t ime.
Wa shington's Ca stl e R o ck TT
returns to th e AMA Nati on al lin eup w i t h th e runnin g of a 600
Na tional Champi o ns h ip Dirt T rac k
er ies rou nd on Ma y 14. Castle Rock
hosted a G rand Na tio na l Championsh ip TT from 1965 to 1979. O n Ma y
18, 1980, Mt. st. H elens eru pted,
virt ually co vering th e track with
vol canic ash. th e cl ub regrouped in
1983 an d began to rebui ld th e track.
Ra cing resumed in 1984 a nd in
addition to th e 600 Nat ional , th e
previou s ni ght, Ma y 13, will see th e
tra ck h ost a ro u nd o f the AMA
Reg ional Championshi p Series, th e
Darrell Davi s Mem orial TT. For
tickets, ca ll Bill Bol a r at 206/2748402.
Hillbilly Hill s
M arch 27
Robena. GA
April 10
Rome Cycle Ranch
April 23 & 24
May 1
June 12
Rome. GA
M uddy Creek
King sport . TN
W ar es Ferry
M ontgom ery. A L
Hell Hole Cr eek
Leesvill e. SC
look for th e PIRElLi representat ives at
oth er events . If you're us ing PIREl Li
now they may have somethi ng for you l
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who many will rem ember as the coow ner/p u b l isher . of Motorcycle
Weekl y in th e 1970s, will be th e
fea tured gues t o n ' Larry H u ffman 's
radio talk show, Mo to rcycle Worl d ,
thi s Sunday evening, Ma rch 20. T he
program is carried b y southern
California's KO L A-FM 99.9.
Final decrees
delay,ed again,
n wATV bills
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r ec en tl y conc lu d e d D aytona
Cycle Week. Part o n e will be
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T he deadline for the filing of
fin al consent decrees bet ween
AT V man ufacturers and th e
U.S. Consu mer Product Safety
Commission (C PSC) was ex tended
today fro m March 7 to March 14
foll owing an open di scu ssion in U.S.
District Co urt for th e District of
Co lumbia.
Federal Judge Gerha rd A. Gesell
granted th e extension to give th e
C PSC a nd ATV ma nu fac turers
a nother week to complete nego tia- tio ns before su bmi tti ng proposed
fi na l co nse n t decrees. It was th e
seco nd deadline ex tensio n gra nted by
Gesell since preliminary decrees were
signed December 30. The judge a lso
ru led th at no further extensions will
be granted.
In prelim ina ry decrees (co urtap proved n eg otia ted settlements )
betw een the CPSC and ATV ma kers ,
ma n ufacturers agreed to no lo nger
market th ree-wheeled ATVs in th e
United States and to buy ba ck all
never -before-sold th ree-wh eele rs in
dea ler in ventories. When th e preli- '
minar y decrees were signed , th e co u rt
set a 45-day deadline for th e filing
of fina l decrees.
Co ngressiona l cr itics blasted the
pre limi na ry decrees as "woefu lly
deficie nt " even before they we re
signed, cha rg ing that th ree-w hee led
ATVs shou ld be bann ed o utright a nd
demanding tha t ma nufacturers be
fo rced to offer refunds to owners of
thr ee-wh eel ers wh o voluntaril y
return the m to dealers.
Two bills that would mandate the
ban a nd voluntary reca ll of a ll threewhee led ATVs, in cluding provisions
wh ich would esta blish refunds for
co ns u me rs' who voluntaril y return
the ir vehicles, recentl y were introd uced in both houses of th e U.S.
Co ngress.
HR3991. a m easu re sponsored by
Co ngressm an J oe Barton (RvT exas),
wou ld ba n three-wh eel ed ATVs and
for ce manu fa c ture rs . to p ro vid e
refu nds to co ns u me rs who voluntarily ret u rn th eir machines to deal er s.
Bart on 's " AT V User Sa fety and
Eq u ity Act " also wou ld requ ire
manufacturers of ATV s to :
• Offe r free tra in ing in th e operat io n of ATVs to present and past
p urch ase rs:
• O ffer helm ets a nd o ther p rotective eq u ip me n t with th e sa le of eac h
vehicle:
• Warn ATV buyers o f th e a lleged
risk o f inj ury or death assoc ia ted
wi th ATVs;
• Esta blis h progr ams to insure
dealer co m p lia nce with th e safety
requi rements listed in th e act:
• Requ ire ATV deal ers to provide
safety in formation to buy ers.
S20 16, a bi ll introduced J anuary
28 b y U. S. Senator Alfon se M,
D'Arn at o (R-New York ), would ban
a ll three-whee led ATVs and a ll
ch ild-s ized ATVs.
D' Amato 's "Em erge n cy A llT errain Vehicle Safety Act " a lso
wou ld force th e C PSC to develo p a
rule for pro viding to co ns u mers,
"reasonab le ref u nds of th e purchase
price for th ree-whee led ATVs, (an y)
ad u lt-sized ATV p u rch ased for use
by ch ildren u nder 16, a nd ATVs
speci fica ll y designed fo r ch ildren
u nder 16." U nder th e measu re, a ny
vehicle retu rned to a man ufacturer
or distrib ut or wo u ld be co ns ide red
ba n ned a nd co u ld not be reso ld.
D'Arnat o 's p roposal also wo u ld
requ ire:
• Free hands-on tra in in g in th e
operation of ATVs to a ll vehicle
owne rs, co u p led with adeq uate cash
o r merch a ndise cred it incentives to
enco u rage owners 10 take th e tra in ing cou rses;
• An extensive pu blic no tice campaign to wa rn existing and prospective ATV ow ners of the hazards,
especia ll y to ch ildren, presented by
ATVs. T he wides p rea d mu ltimedia
campaign wo u ld incl ude broadcast
warnings on prime time television
and radio, and p rinted warni ngs in
newspapers an d magazines.
Capitol hill sources sa id the two
n e w meas ures we re int ro du ced
because CPSC rea u thorization bi lls
in both houses o f Congr ess - bi lls
which a lso incl ude pro visions to ban
three-wheel ATVs a nd to esta blis h
a refund progr am - are stuc k in
co m m ittee. Those m ea sures were
introd uce d by two long-time ATV
cri tics , Congressm an J am es J. Florio
(D-New J er sey) an d U.S. Senator
Albert Gore (D-Tennessee); Gore is
o ne o f the front runners in th e bid
fo r the Dem o cra tic P a ry ' s 1988
preside ntia l nomination.
Barton 's bi ll is sched u led to be
h ea rd March 16 b ef o re Florio's
co ngressio na l su bco m m ittee (the
co nsumer su bco m m i tt ee o f th e
. Ho use Energy a nd Co mmerce Committee). The hearings wi ll be held
on ly two da ys a fter th e fin al co nsen t
decrees are to be filed with th e cou rt
on March 14.
In today's wr itten decision, Judge
Gesell ruled th at persons not a party
10 the lit igation bu t who have been
permi tted by the co u rt to adv ise it
in some matter o f law that directly
a ffects th e case (co m m on ly referred
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a ll objections to the proposed fina l
consent decrees by March 28.
Ges ell a lso ru led that the CPS C
and ATV m anufacturers will have
until Ap ril 8 to file replies to the
objections. Oral arguments o n the
proposed fin al co nsen t decrees wi ll
tak e place in U.S. District Court,
District o f Columbia , between 9:30
a.m. an d 4:00 p.m. on Apri l 18.
Gessel tod a y denied a motion by
five public interest groups, and an
in d ivid ua l, who as ked for th e lega l
right to interven e in th e ca se.
Washingt on so urces ca lled th e ruling a legal vi ctory for th e
gov ernment.
In ' a written co urt memora nd um ,
Gessel denied a motion for interve n tion from : th e Am erican Academy o f
Ped iat rics, T he P ubl ic Health Association, Pub lic Citizen (a group
associated with Ralph Nader), the
Consum er Federation o f America,
United S ta tes Public I n teres t (a
seco nd gro u p associated with Nader)
and Frederic H .K. Booth, th e ow ner
of a 1985 Honda three-wheeler.
In h is decision, Gessell said, "T o
grant intervention would complicat e
th e litiga tio n , promote delay a nd
open th e prospect o f u ncertai nty. ·
T housands of individuals own ATVs
and, arguab ly, u nder (th e lega l)
co ncept of intervention an y or all of
them might be entit led to intervene.
as well as any health professiona ls
treating or responsib le for these ATV
us ers ."
H ad interven tio n bee n gran ted ,
th e groups a nd Booth wo ul d have
won th e righ t to a p pea l th e co urt's
decisions in th e case a nd a lso would
have acquired th e right to seek a stay
of executio n for th e co nse nt decrees.
T he Judge did issu e a n o rde r
allowin g th e gro ups a nd Booth to
become "friends o f th e court." That
sta tus will a llow the m to file written
co m me nts a nd to participat e in ora l
argu m ents, G essel 's deci sio n will
giv e th e gro u ps , a nd Booth, th eir day
in co u rt wi tho u t a ffo rd ing th em
legal ri ghts in th e case.
In hi s decision, Gessel o u tlined hi s
reasons for gran ting th e intervent ion
appl ica nts "friends of the co urt"
stat us .
Gessel said the th ree p u blic in terest groups a re devoted 10 public
hea lth a nd co nsumer safety, a nd
" ha ve a n int erest in ensuring th at
their members a nd o thers w hose
in te res ts they rep resen t a re n o t
injured b y the a lleged ly u n safe
ATVs."
T he judge added th at th e two
me d ica l grou ps wh ich a ppl ied for
i nterve nt io n a re , " p u b lic h ealth
professio na ls respons ib le for p rotect ing th e health o f in d ividua ls livin g
in the i r res pective co m m u n ities:
They are justifiably co nce rned abo ut
the injuries ca used by th e allegedly
unsafe ATVs."
.In Booth 's case, Gesell wrote, " H is
int er est i s primari ly eco n o m ic.
Unl ess th e fin al co nsent decrees
require th a t the defendants bu y ba ck
th e al legedly haz ardous vehicles, he
fears that h e will be u nable to reco u p
th e purchase va lue o f th e veh icle."
" Friends o f th e co urt" a lso include
Sen at or D'Amato , wh o filed a lega l
brief critica l of th e co nse nt decrees
on Mar ch 2. a nd a tto rneys ge nera l
from severa l sta tes; th e National
Asso ciati on o f Attorneys G en eral
recently declared that ATVs a re a n
im m in en t hazard.
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