Helmet elegibility question

[papa bear]

Is the snell mark SA 2000 still elegible and for how long?

Hoping to buy a secondhand helmet for my son and this is the snell mark. It was new in 2001. It's a omp agv formula.

Any help greatly appreciated.

P.s He's doing formula ford if that makes any difference.

[pistol pete]

Why would you buy a 2nd hand helmet? You never know where it's been/what's happened to it before. A good helmet is more important than a set of tyres & costs less! Also, when mine is replaced I will get one with HANS posts for future proofing, or if I decide to race anything faster.

To answer your original question, I believe that SA2000 is valid for next year, but probably not for the year after.

Pete

[nelson.tfr]

Seconded, buying a second-hand helmet is madness!

Hey, Pete.

[h_____]

yeah, dont do it! Buy new, save elsewhere!

[MRMidget]

Hi, dont buy a second hand helmet, but the regs are that SA2000 is good until the end of next year then in late 2010 SA2010 will arrive and it will be 2014 when SA2005 runs out

[Galileo]

If you've got a cheap head, get a cheap helmet.

[fergus]

Galileo said:

If you've got a cheap head, get a cheap helmet.

what a stupid statement - quoted by a man who has probably never read some of the testing procedures/results?

[Graham]

Galileo said:

If you've got a cheap head, get a cheap helmet.

according the the latest government backed sharp testing for motobike helmets a 45 quid helmet is better than my 400 quid ari

not quite sure what that means...

[GBRM]

fergus said:

Galileo said:

If you've got a cheap head, get a cheap helmet.

what a stupid statement - quoted by a man who has probably never read some of the testing procedures/results?

It's a Martin Brundle quote, it's on the promo videos for Daytona Karting:-
"If you've got a five dollar head then get a five dollar helmet".

[frodo_monkey]

Graham said:

according the the latest government backed sharp testing for motobike helmets a 45 quid helmet is better than my 400 quid ari

not quite sure what that means...

The key word there is 'motorbike'... Bike and car helmets are made to different standards for a reason i.e. if you crash a car with a helmet on you will be subjected to different loads/forces than you would if you crashed a bike. Common sense really!

Your £400 Arai is probably amazing at protecting your nut in a car but would be illegal to use on a bike. Same goes for a £45 helmet designed for bikes, but the other way around.

Read here for more info on helmet standards and testing:

http://www.smf.org/stds.html

And, for what its worth, I wouldn't buy a secondhand helmet ever - you only get one head, protect it well!

Frodo

Edited by frodo_monkey on Friday 28th November 15:29