Jon Gosselin was photographed doing daddy duty in Pennsylvania over the weekend. The father of eight pulled a Britney and put one of his sextuplets on his lap without a helmet as he drove around his property on a huge ATV. Safety advocates are up in arms over this, and say that children under six (the sextuplets are five) should never be on an ATV and that two people shouldn’t ride an ATV because it’s unsafe. What I want to know is, how can a six year old be expected to safely drive a four-wheeler? (We don’t have the rights to those photos, but you can see them on Radar Online):

Jon Gosselin loves his ATV but he should never, ever have his little kids on it with him. That’s according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

According to the CPSC, “Children under 6 should never be on an ATV — either as a driver or a passenger.” The Gosselin twins are nine but the sextuplets are just five.

The Commission also points out that “ATVs are designed to carry only one person…..drivers must be able to shift their weight freely in all directions, depending on the situation and terrain…..Passengers can make it difficult for drivers to control the ATV.” Most frightening, the Commission says that “Children are involved in about one-third of all ATV-related deaths and hospital emergency room injuries…”

Even just driving solo on his large Wernersville, PA property, Jon should be following certain safety guidelines including always wearing a helmet, gloves and boots.

And just in case Jon wants to read up on all the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s ATV Safety Message, here it is.

[From Radar Online]

Jon is definitely not the brightest bulb, but maybe he’ll think twice about his kids’ safety now that he’s been publicly called out.

The court case against Jon by TLC for breach of contract is proceeding, and Michael Lohan is among the witnesses subpoenaed. Michael tells RadarOnline that he’ll gladly testify against Jon about all the deals he was trying to work out with him in violation of this TLC contract. Michael previously talked smack about how Jon cut him out of deals they were working on with people he introduced him to. You know Lohan has an axe to grind, and that he won’t hesitate to make it all public. Among the deals that Michael said he tried to arrange for Jon, in direct violation of his contract with TLC, was a Nutrisystem endorsement that fell through. Lohan claims “I was negotiating a deal for Nutrisystem but when the negative press came out Nutrisystem ran for the hills.” Yeah, I’m so sure they were willing to work with Michael Lohan on behalf of Jon Gosselin. It’s not like either party can be trusted as far as you could throw them.

In a bizarre photo-op that somehow makes sense, Jon Gosselin and Levi Johnston were seen together in matching pea coats in Times Square on Sunday night. The NY Daily News has more on the strange meet up, and supposedly the two just ran into each other in NY. Johnston had a scheduled interview with “The Insider” to take place in Times Square and Gosselin, who has appeared on the show in the past, was just along for the ride. I hope Johnston doesn’t introduce Gosselin to his contacts at Playgirl. Maybe if Gosselin grew a beard he would appeal to a certain demographic among their readership.

Jon Gosselin is shown meeting with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on 11/1/09. Credit: Diane Cohen/Fame Pictures