Timeline for Which is the most stringent bicycle helmet certification?
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| Apr 8, 2013 at 22:50 | comment | added | Dan Hulme | I fell off my bike once and tore my trousers. I'm glad I was wearing them, or I could have shredded my knees! As you've pointed out, most helmets are only tested for an impact about equivalent to dropping from waist height (some from a little over head height). Serious injuries from that kind of head impact are very rare. Just because your helmet broke doesn't mean your head would have: like my trousers and my knee. | |
| Apr 8, 2013 at 19:18 | comment | added | Ken Hiatt | @DanHulme, I disagree. Granted a helmet will not do much good in a car-vs-bike at speed, but I've had a couple of significant crashes where I am convinced the helmet helped. One of these I received a concussion, looking at the helmet I'd probably have been leaking gray matter without it. I suspect the reason for lack of this type of testing is that it would be VERY expensive. | |
| Apr 8, 2013 at 17:38 | comment | added | Dan Hulme | @KenHiatt That's because no bike helmet will offer any real protection from a crash. You'd need a full-face motorbike helmet for that. | |
| Apr 8, 2013 at 17:04 | vote | accept | user1049697 | ||
| Apr 8, 2013 at 17:01 | comment | added | Ken Hiatt | In looking at the various standards, all are missing doing any real tests of how the helmet would hold up (and protect my head) during an actual crash. I consider a "crash" to be a moving event, what they test I would call a "fall". | |
| Apr 8, 2013 at 13:54 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBicycles/status/321259807002730500 | ||
| Apr 8, 2013 at 11:28 | answer | added | Tom77 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 8, 2013 at 3:04 | answer | added | joelmdev | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 7, 2013 at 19:42 | answer | added | Kibbee | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 7, 2013 at 14:13 | history | asked | user1049697 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |