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Well there's a reason for those silly warning stickers. But apparently it doesn't deter some people from hurting themselves anyway. And, of course, when it happens? Well they're gonna sue, sue, sue!

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A California jury says Yamaha Motor Corp. USA is not liable for injuries a man suffered when he crashed in one of the company's off-road vehicles.

The case was the first to go to trial among more than 170 lawsuits filed in California over the company's Rhino brand of vehicles. The cases are all being heard in Orange County Superior Court.

The plaintiff, Richard Holt, argued that defects in his 2005 Rhino 660 caused it to roll, fracturing two bones in his left leg.

Of course this guy lost, lost, lost but keep in mind - only the plaintiff lost, not his lawyer. Would you believe there are specialty lawyers (or insert your noun of choice) whose main business is ATV lawsuits? Of course you do, but you could go to atvlawsuits.com and see for yourself (no gratuitious link provided there because if you don't believe me you can copy/paste or type it, fuck if I'm gonna be a direct referrer.)

Better yet! if you take that URL and add "/rhino" they'll tell you to call them about Rhino rollovers! But wait there's more - on the same page they will also show you the warning sticker Yamaha puts on their vehicle warning people not to drive like dickheads because their ride just MIGHT tip over... Props for being thorough guys. But I guess it works since several hundred more yahoos have signed up to try and take on Yamaha.

Cypress, Calif.-based Yamaha faces about 400 other lawsuits over the Rhino in federal and state courts in Kentucky and Georgia.

I dunno, frankly I don't think it matters how many people are lined up to take their shot at Yamaha, the only winners are going to be the lawyers. After all the warning label right ON the vehicle is pretty clear, even if you can't read real well.