News Tagged ‘safety concerns

Yamaha Australia offers no Rhino safety recall

aussie flag 100x100Australia’s Daily Telegraph reports that Yamaha Australia is not extending the same UTV “voluntary repair program” to Australians that it did to Americans. On March 31, America and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission jointly announced that all customers should return their vehicles to their dealerships for a series of safety upgrades. Additionally, instructed its dealerships to cease selling any new inventory until those upgrades were made.

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Family dedicates Web site to daughter killed in Rhino rollover

Ellie Sand’s warm smiles appear to lift off the photo montage on the Web site made in her memory. She was a determined girl, who did well at most anything she tried – dancing, tennis, horseback riding, even riding her dirt bike. But her strong will was not enough to keep her alive after the Yamaha Rhino she was riding in tipped over and crushed her small body.

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