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Not sure if this is already posted here but I think it is something that everyone wearing a helmet should read!
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/ge...iew/index.html
it's very long article with some replies and arguments at the end. Not to mention some g-force reading on some helmets!
After reading this I question whether or not SNELL certified helmets are actually any better than DOT. In fact I think they may be worst for your noggin!
...unless you are a scientist who tests helmets for a living read this before you start making comments about how much better SNELL compared to DOT especially if you are in the Armed Forces.. and I quote from the article actual Military Standards for helmets...
"Even our military disagrees with Snell on this. The U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) has created a g-tolerance standard for helicopter crewpersons' helmets. For a two-meter drop height, the same drop height we used in 3/4 of our testing, the Army allows no more than 150 gs to the earcup areas of the head, which they have determined are especially vulnerable, and no more than 175 gs on other areas. Should we motorcyclists—who are often older, not as fit, and not quite so willing to die or sustain head injuries as eager young soldiers—accept g tolerance levels of 300g for the same hits?"