ATV's should be ban for any individual under the age of sixteen to drive. Time after time, you read in the paper where another child has been killed on a four wheel drive. Some have on helmets, others do not, but all have suffered a serious fall where their brain is injured and they die.
The day after Thanksgiving, another such tragic accident took the life of a young girl that my sister knew from summer camp. She was riding around on the family farm with her sisters and cousins. It was her turn to take a ride. She put on her helmet and drove off down the road, but as everyone patiently waited, she did not return. Her family went searching for her and found a deer had run into her or scared her during her drive. She ran into a tree. She died shortly thereafter. A young life cut short at the age of twelve because she was driving a powerful and dangerous machine that was not a toy. She should not have been on it by herself. If an adult had been on the vehicle and the deer came out, they would have better understood how to handle the situation. As a result, a person must possess a valid driver’s license to get behind the wheel of any vehicle propelled by a gas engine.
As people heard the tragic story of the young girl who’s life ended too soon, each was told of someone’s friend who knew someone with the same experience. One more life should not end in such a senseless tragic manner.
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