Abstract
The article by Burr and associates (2011) sponsored by the Canadian Off Highway Vehicle Manufacturers Association (COHV) claiming that OHVs can be used as a fitness development modality raises a number of significant concerns and questions. It is important to appreciate that recreational OHVs and particularly ATVs are extremely dangerous. We know of no other recreational activity that has such a high mortality and morbidity rate as ATVing. For example, in the United States The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated the annual costs to the US economy to be $3.24 billion dollars (Helmkamp and Lawrence 2007) while in Canada, Smartrisk (2009) estimated the yearly combined costs of ATVing and Snowmobiling at $381 million (Canada has approximately 1/10 the USA population). The incidence of emergency healthcare associated with these activities in Canada is astounding. Considering only mobility incidents, ______________________________________
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