Got an email update from the folks at SHARP, kind of like the British version of the DOT, who've published ratings on helmets, including flip-ups, on how they perform when impacted.
Excerpts from the email:
An extra 28 motorcycle helmets have been rated by SHARP - the Department for Transport’s Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme – taking the total number of ratings published to 125.
All helmets must meet minimum legal safety standards but the SHARP scheme uses a wider range of tests to provide riders with more information on how much protection a helmet can provide in a crash. The objective advice, which includes important guidance on how to select a good fitting helmet, will help riders to choose the safest helmet suitable for them. The SHARP tests - which award ratings of between one and five stars - showed that the safety performance of helmets can vary by as much as 70%. With helmets across a wide price range scoring highly all riders should be able to find a high performing helmet in a size and style that fits them and at a price they want to pay.
For more information about the SHARP programme, visit the SHARP website at http://www.direct.gov.uk/sharp.
Here's a LINK to the ratings as of today.
CLICK HERE.
4 comments:
My beef with SHARP is what's the difference between a 4 star and 5 star rating?
If I have a 4-star helmet (and I do), is it going to protect me a teeny bit less than a 5-star helmet? Or a lot less?
The ratings seem to correspond directly to price. Hmm, imagine that!
Dear Charlie6 (Dom):
I ride with a Nolan, which got a four rating I think.
I can live with that.
Fondest regards,
Jack
Twisted Roads
Dear Charlie6 (Dom):
I just wanted to wish you and your family a nice, warm Easter.
Fondest regards,
Jack Riepe
Twisted Roads
Why thank you Jack, and to you and yours as well! I've a pack of 17, count them, 17 rumored socially acceptable "guests" coming for Easter....I'll let you know if they go into hyena mode a la macpac riders....
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