Joint CPSC--industry study on ATVs due in January.A petition filed by the Consumer Federation of America The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1968 to advance the consumer interest through research, education and advocacy. According to CFA's website, its members are approximately 300 consumer-oriented non-profits, which themselves have (CFA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986) Signed into law in 1986, the CFA was a significant step forward in criminalizing unauthorized access to computer systems and networks. The Act applies to "federal interest computers" that include any system used by the U.S. ) and several other groups on Aug. 21, asked CPSC CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission (US) CPSC Computer Science (course) CPSC Canadian Plastics Sector Council (Ottawa, ON, Canada) CPSC Chemical Processing Safety Committee to ban the sale of adult-size four-wheel all-terrain vehicles all-ter·rain vehicle n. Abbr. ATV A small, open motor vehicle having one seat and three or more wheels fitted with large tires. It is designed chiefly for recreational use over roadless, rugged terrain. (ATVs) for the use of children under sixteen years of age. (3) CPSC docketed that portion of the petition, but did not docket another CFA demand, that the government should order consumer refunds for all three-wheeled ATVs sold for use by children. The Commission has asked for comments on the ATV (1) (Advanced TV) An early name for the digital TV standard proposed by the Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS). See ACATS. See also ATV Forum. (2) (Analog TV) Refers to the NTSC, PAL and SECAM analog TV standads. petition. Meanwhile, even before the petition was filed, CPSC was working with the ATV industry to develop a new risk analysis report. The industry (Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Polaris, and Suzuki) sponsored an exposure survey in the fall of 2001 to determine the numbers of ATVs in use, the numbers of drivers and riders, their age, gender and experience with ATVs, and the number of hours they use ATVs. These are basically the same questions CPSC used in its 1997 risk analysis. CPSC staff, during the same time period, collected data on injuries, gathering information from its NEISS NEISS National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (US CPSC) (4) files, and doing follow-up reports on injuries by using a telephone questionnaire. Sue Ahmed, the CPSC study's coordinator, says that the industry-government joint study is working well thus far, and that the finished report should be available for the Commissioners and the public by early January. ATV industry lawyers visited CPSC recently, asking for an opportunity to study the results of the risk analysis before the Commission makes a decision on the CFA petition. (3) See CPSC Monitor, Vol. 7, Issue 8, August, 2002, "CFA and Eight Other Groups Call for New Regulations of ATVs." (4) NEISS is the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion