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The specific item I am referring to is highlighted in bold below base on the 2016 LRRS rule book section 7.1.2:
"7.1.2 The helmet must meet DOT plus Snell (USA)
approval or the British Blue Label standard BSI
6658 Type A helmet standard or the European
ECE22-04 & ECE22-05 P standard. The
appropriate stickers must be attached."
This means you can legally race in a helmet with ECE ONLY certificaton, but you cannot race in a helmet that is Snell ONLY because any Snell approved helmet also requires DOT certification. What is interesting to me is CCS/ASRA does not have that requirement under section 5.1.1 of their 2016 rule book, which reads:
"5.1.1 Undamaged full-face helmet with face shield and bearing a stamp of
approval from one of the following international standards:
Snell M2010 or M2015(USA)
BS. 6658 TYPE. A (GREAT - BRITAIN)
ECE 22 - 04 & ECE 22 - 05 “P” (EUROPE)
JIS 8133:2000 / JIS 8133:2007 (JAPAN)
All these listed standards will remain valid as long as the
rider can prove a date of manufacture within the last 5 years"
In addition, similar regional racing organization such as WERA or national racing organization such as Moto America also do not have the "must meet DOT plus Snell" requirement, which as far as I can tell is an extremely uncommon requirement. In addition, Japan's JIS T8133 also meets and is legal in CCS/ASRA and MotoAmerica.
Obviously I have no knowledge of the intention behind the requirement nor how certain rule come to be. May be LRRS can consider it as a suggestion to adopt the the CCS/ASRA helmet standard in 2017, by excluding the DOT requirement and may be add JIS certification to the mix.
Thank you.
Reference:
http://www.nhms.com/documents/2016_lrrs_rulebook.pdf
http://www.ccsracing.us/forms/2016/r...book%20std.pdf
WERA Motorcyle Road Racing :: Rulebook :: v2016n10x10 ::
http://americanmotorcyclist.com/Desk...1&documentid=3