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- You know when I watched this newscast last night almost every video they played about the Rhino was of people doing stupid stuff on them. Go blazing up a hill and try to run over a log in the process and keep gunning it and see what happens. You'll flip the friggin' thing over. Drive it on pavement, (which it is not meant to be driven on) and then cut the wheel one way or the other and you'll flip it over sideways even faster. This unit is no different than anything else. You have to drive it with caution and have experience in handling it. Most people that have the wrecks don't have enough experience and end up wrecking or flipping them in rough terrain. Just another classic example of ridiculous reporting from our typical US media.
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- Well stated millsfm4. Isn't it amazing how the news and CPSC rep Tenenbaum failed to mention that more than 99 percent of Rhino owners use the product without incident. This is according to website http://truthaboutrhino.com/index.php/rhino-and-the-cpsc. Also visit this above website for Yamaha's response to the CBS evening news story. I will continue to ride Yamaha and will continue to use my Rhino!!!!!!!
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- Way to do your homework. This is the most popular UTV on the market. Of course the numbers are higher. But lets get serious here, would you get into a car or let your kids drive with out nowing how to operate? I don't think so. We have had our rhino on all sorts of terrain, at high rates of speed with out ever coming close to rolling it. Heres a thought, take your car to a dirt road, get it to 35 or 45 miles per hour and turn the wheel as sharp as you can without touching the brake. What do you think will happen?, the fault lies with the operator not the machine.
Put a gun in somebodies hand without proper training and most likely someone will be hurt. Run your car into a brick wall just because you know it has an airback, you shouldn't get hurt right.
THERE IS NOTHING COMMON ABOUT SENSE! - Reply to this comment
- This is great! Perfect waste of bandwidth. I applaud you. Turn in anything at a high rate of speed and see what happens. Especially with a high center of gravity.
You guys are reporting on physics...and how you think it is wrong.
The employee was clearly staring to accelerate when he attempted a sharp turn. If he didn't see that coming, he shouldn't be driving it. - Reply to this comment
- Great piece of sensationalism! I'm reminded of the trike ban oh so many years ago, the ban that came from this kind of negative reporting, even though there were countless thousands of us, who by some miracle managed not to die.
You do realize that if you drive any motorized vehicle improperly you can cause serious bodily injury to yourself and others, and even possibly death. No amount of sensationalism will protect us from ourselves, nor will more warning stickers. Many will own these and never have an issue, and others will die, maybe because of improper use, and that's life. - Reply to this comment
