Imagine three thousand kilograms of pure wild meat rolling over your body... That would be just crushingly terrible. Fortunately, humans are generally not in immediate danger of unpleasant physical contact with rhinos. Also, as far as I know, rhinos don't roll over...
However, there is a rhino that has been running amok and rolling over in the last decade. Instead of three thousand kilograms of meat, you’ll have a good amount of solid metal to worry about this time. I am talking about the ATV manufactured by Yamaha called the Rhino.
This Rhino has purportedly caused 46 deaths since 2003 and has most likely caused many more injuries than that. According to http://www.youhaverights.com/defective-products/yamaha-rhino, the Yamaha Rhino has a number of defects including:
• No doors on the passenger compartment
• No handholds inside the passenger compartment
• Narrow wheel base
• Small tires
• High center of gravity
The high center of gravity causes the Rhino to roll over in the event of very rough terrain. Because there is no door on the passenger side, when the vehicle topples, passenger then tends to try to keep the vehicle from toppling by sticking out his leg which only causes the passenger to have more grave injuries.
Just this year, Yamaha has actually recalled 120,000 units. However, this will not bring back the ones who have died and it will not erase both the emotional and physical scars these accidents have left on the victims.
If you want to find out more about this issue, you can go to: Yamaha Rhino Rollover
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