{"id":790,"date":"2009-05-29T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-29T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/05\/29\/another-ny-kid-dies-on-an-atv\/"},"modified":"2009-05-29T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T13:45:00","slug":"another-ny-kid-dies-on-an-atv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/05\/29\/another-ny-kid-dies-on-an-atv\/","title":{"rendered":"Another NY kid dies on an ATV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/AspStories\/story.asp?storyID=804860\">Albany Times-Union<\/a> is reporting today that another child &#8212; in Knox, NY &#8212; has died after crashing on a 4-wheel All-terrain vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The crash reportedly happened just hours after the vehicle was delivered to the family.  13-year-old James Wyatt Spencer wasn&#8217;t wearing a helmet or a chest-protector.<\/p>\n<p>(Many of the children killed by these machines die when their lungs are crushed, or when they are suffocated under the weight of an overturned machine.)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve reported a lot about ATV safety <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/news\/archive.php?id=6683\">over the years<\/a> and I have to admit:  I just don&#8217;t get.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of recreational activities available for our children.  Some actually require physical exercise.  And they&#8217;re not deadly dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s my question to parents:  Why buy these machines for kids?  Why not a bicycle?  A skateboard? <\/p>\n<p>Even if you love 4-wheeling as an adult &#8212; and are willing to making informed decisions about the risks &#8212; why put your kid on one?<\/p>\n<p>What possible advantage or fun could outweigh the risk that your beautiful, cherished child will be killed or permanently crippled? <\/p>\n<p>In 2007, 40,000 children were treated in emergency rooms nationwide for ATV injuries; 107 died.<\/p>\n<p>Remember:  respectful posts only. <\/p>\n<p>I know some of our readers aren&#8217;t big 4-wheeler fans, but no flaming, no nastiness.  I&#8217;d especially like to hear from parents who allow their kids to ride ATVs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albany Times-Union is reporting today that another child &#8212; in Knox, NY &#8212; has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}