Alex+4-wheeler+vs+dirt+bike

dirt bikes are the safest. If you crash it is going to be 200 pounds landing on you instead of 400 pounds. Also, an ATV provides a false sense of security. You are more comfortable going fast on an ATV because it is more stable but in fact this is bad because you never learn the basics. So, when you're going down the trail at 40 mph and a tree pops out at you, I would rather be on the dirt bike. Look for a Yamaha or a Honda, and get a 125, 150, or a 230.

http://www.maine.gov/IFW/laws_rules/atvlaws.htm tells you a little about how both works

//**Dirt bikes vs. atv**// //People **say dirt bikes are safe. More people say atvs are safer. im here to tell you what I think. what I think is dirt bikes are safer then atvs. I can prove it to you if you read on.**// //**I believe dirt bikes are safer because I have been riding both of them since I was little. When I ride I ride in trials were there is more chance of a crash or a throw off. I have been in some serious positions were I could have gotten hurt on a dirt bike and im still here. There was this one time we were riding in the woods and I was on my atv, they told me to go up a hill, and I did it and I flapped back and the atv landed on me and bruised my arm all up.**// //**All my friends that ride dirt bikes say it is easier to get away from a dirt bike then a atv. Think about it look how skinny a dirt bike is and look at a atv. Atvs are wide its hard to jump off if you flip. A dirt bike is skinny you can easily lay it over. Also the wight in both a dirt bike has less Wight so if it lands on you it wont do as much damage. A atv weighs more thin a dirt dike so it will do more damage.**// //**I have been doing research on both of them. It don’t technically say wich one is safer but the clues are pointing to dirt bikes being safer. Im not saying dirt bikes are safe because there not. But if you was asking me I would tell yo to get a dirt bike. And for your little ones there is training wheels. You can get deferent sizes for how big you are to fit you. Same goes for atv but your still risking it.**//
 * //There you have it that’s what and why I think dirt bikes are safer then atvs. I hope I gave you enough information to be on my side. Like I said nether are safe. But if your going to get one pick the the safer one. Trust me I would know I have been around both of them all my life and I wont stop riding. If we go some were like the woods I will ride my dirt bike. Why you ask? Because its safer//.**

References
Maine.gov, (2014). //Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Maine ATV Laws and Rules//. [online] Available at: http://www.maine.gov/IFW/laws_rules/atvlaws.htm [Accessed 15 May. 2014].