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New Stuff

• Virginia Tech STAR ratings: the way ahead to better helmets
• Pick a helmet with Virginia Tech and Consumer Reports lab test ratings
• Helmet chuckle: Danish public service announcement.
• COVID-19 and helmet cleaning
• Consumer Reports has a helmet article
• Helmet recalls
• European helmet study proposes changes in standards.
• Helmets for electric bikes
• Rideshare company solves helmet problem
• Should I wear a helmet? Would you believe our advice?
• Where can I report a helmet defect?
• What's New: what we have added or modified on our website
  • What Was New: what we added or modified on our website before 2007

Quick Answers

• Quick Answers! Fast info for Frequently Asked Questions
• Helmets Made Simple - If our pages seem too wordy, try this.
• Is there an anti-concussion helmet?.
• Buying a helmet? Our Buyer's Guide to Bicycle Helmets
• Our report on helmets for the current year
• How long do helmets last?
• Scooter helmets
• Do shared bicycle rental users need helmets?
• How to fit a helmet to get all the protection you paid for.
• The Media Room: Quote of the Day and how to quote our other text

Helmets

• Helmets for this season: our reports on helmets for each year.
  • Helmets for 2023
    • Virginia Tech and Consumer Reports ratings agreement
    • Rounded compact profile that we think is best
    • Virginia Tech's STAR helmet ratings
    • Our page on MIPS and rotational acceleration technologies
    • Conehead helmet liners
    • ASTM downhill mountain bike racing standard F1952
    • Folding helmets
    • Ebike helmets
    • How Strap Creep loosens helmet straps
    • Fake and counterfeit helmets
    • New designs not yet on the market.
    • Very large heads.
      
    • Tiny heads.
      
    • Rounder "Asian fit" heads.
      
    • Narrower heads
      
    • Time trialing
      
    • Anti-concussion helmets
      
    • Helmet types
      
    • Definitions for helmet terms
      
    • Helmet accessories
      
    • Our reports for previous years
      
    • Chrono time trial helmets
    • Dual-certified bike and skate helmets
    • Hatstyle helmets
    • Bell's TrueFit helmets
    • Inexpensive helmets
    • Consumer Reports helmet ratings from 2012
    • Update on Consumer Reports breaking buckles.
    • Fitting rounder or Asian Fit heads
    • Airbag headgear
    • Kranium helmet technology
    • Update: Morpher helmets recalled
    • Recalls page
    • Links page
    • Sahn helmets recalled
    • More Sahn helmets recalled
    • Review of Consumer Reports 2015 article
    • Review of Consumer Reports 2016 article
    • Update: recall of Turboske helmets
  • Helmets for 2022
  • Helmets for 2021
  • Helmets for 2020
  • Helmets for 2019
  • Helmets for 2018
  • Helmets for 2017
  • Helmets for 2016
  • Helmets for 2015
  • Helmets for 2014
  • Helmets for 2013
  • Helmets for 2012
  • Helmets for 2011
  • Helmets for 2010
  • Helmets for 2009
  • Helmets for 2008
  • Helmets for 2007
  • Helmets for 2006
  • Helmets for 2005
  • Helmets for 2004
  • Helmets for 2003
  • Helmets for 2002
  • Helmets for 2001
  • Helmets for 2000
  • Helmets for 1999
  • Helmets for 1997
  • Helmets for 1996
  • Helmets for 1995
  • Helmets for 1993
• Where is the anti-concussion helmet?
  • A 2015 study of football helmet add-ons
• Lab tests showed price did not affect impact protection.
• A photo tour of the CPSC helmet testing lab
  • A photo tour of CPSC's old helmet testing lab in 2003
• CPSC complaints database.
• Helmet recalls: All CPSC helmet compliance actions since 1995.
• Types of helmets: Road, mountain, downhill, skate, chrono
• Helmet terms and definitions
• Bikeshare programs and helmets.
• Folding helmets.
• Plastics in your helmet?.
• Are Ribcaps OK for cycling?.
• Cheap helmets! Sources of helmets for promotion campaigns.
• Yard sale helmets Should I buy a used helmet at a yard sale?
• Full Face helmets
• Helmet size chart and how to measure your head.
• How to fit a helmet for best protection.
• Helmet fit checklist.
• Very large helmets
• Small helmets for adults
• Very small helmets for children
• Helmets for unusually-shaped heads
• Hairstyles and baseball caps
• Do-rags and head covers under helmets
• One-size-fits-all helmets
• Vents and squared-off lines
• Visors: good and bad experience
• The helmet industry
  • Bell and Giro produce Euro versions of time trail helmets. (2004)
  • Bell Sports Takes a Second Stab at TV Infomercials - September, 2003.
  • Bell Sports Enjoys Boost in Net Sales - March, 1999
  • Bell Begins Building Giro's Helmets - March, 1999
  • Bell Helmets will be sold in Mass Market. (1995)
  • Bell Sports Adds Giro To Roster. (1996)
  • Bell Expecting Weak Quarter and Bell Posts 2nd Quarter Loss. (1995)
  • Bell's helmet for extra large heads.
  • Bell has profitable quarter (1996).
  • Bell acquires American Recreation Company Holdings, Inc. (1995)
  • Bell emerges as powerhouse. (1995)
  • Bell to sell motor sports helmets again. (2002)
  • Bell sold to Fenway Partners, merged with Riddell. (2004)
• Bell's True Fit system is worth a look,
• List of manufacturers and importers
• Bicycle Retailer and Industry News article quoting European marketers about expanding their US sales.
• Winter helmets
• Lights on Helmets
• Giving a helmet as a present.
• Reflective material on helmets
• Stickers on helmets
• Painting helmets
• Helmets for many other activities.
• Multi-purpose helmets.
• Helmets for motorbikes and motor scooters
• Crash stories where the helmet worked.
• Other crashes: helmet, no helmet or non-bicycle.
• When can I ride again?
• Response to "truck ran over cyclist's head"
• Helmet damage sensors and indicators.
• Fake or counterfeit helmets

Resources for helmet promotion programs

• Our Toolkit for Helmet Promotion Programs
  • The .pdf file that we use to print out the Toolkit cover materials
  • List of helmet program resources.
  • Helmet workshop outline.
  • Statistics from various sources.
  • Sources of inexpensive helmets.
  • Equal performance of cheap vs. expensive helmets
  • Videos for helmet campaigns.
    • Online bike safety videos and PSA's
    • Helmets 101 study guide
    • Info on CPSC's video clip
  • Public Service Announcements on helmet safety
  • A quiz for 5th graders on helmet safety to teach them to use the web.
  • The page of Quick Answers where the kids research the quiz answers.
  • A word gmae that is a cahllnege to raed.
  • A simple page on helmets.
  • A coloring page for pre-schoolers.
    • The .pdf file for the coloring page
    • The .word file for the coloring page
    • The .gif file for the coloring page
  • A bicycle helmet safety song.
  • An 11x17 coloring book in .pdf format from RAGBRAI.
  • A maze and a connect-the-numbers.
    • The .pdf file for the maze
    • The .word file for the maze and a coloring page
• A mold for making gelatin brains.
• Demonstrations with melons, eggs and gelatin brains
  • DOT helmet demonstrations
• Helmet tongue-twisters.
• Sources of posters.
  • A sample flyer for a school poster contest.
• Graphics and clip art
  • Photos of smashed helmets
  • Technical drawings from the CPSC helmet standard that illustrate lab test equipment
  • Our page on comic books
• Funding sources.
• What Makes an Ideal Helmet.
• How to Fit a Helmet.
  • Shorter version of How to Fit
• Is this helmet on backwards?.
• What a helmet does in a crash.
• Pamphlet: A Buyer's Guide to Bicycle Helmets.
• Pamphlet: A Bicycle Helmet for My Child.
• Pamphlet: How to Fit a Bicycle Helmet.
• Helmet Fit Checklist.
• Pamphlet: How children see traffic situations.
• How to get our pamphlets on paper.
  • A Buyers Guide to Bicycle Helmets
  • A Bicycle Helmet for My Child
  • How to Fit a Bicycle Helmet
  • Skateboard Helmets
  • Getting Kids to Wear Helmets
  • Helmets for Head Injured Cyclists
  As a file for local printing in .pdf format
  • A Buyers Guide to Bicycle Helmets
  • A Bicycle Helmet for My Child
  • How to Fit a Bicycle Helmet
  • Skateboard Helmets
  • Getting your kids to wear a Helmet (info sheet format)
  • Helmets for Head Injured Cyclists
  • A NHTSA pamphlet in Spanish on fitting a bike helmet
  • Helmet bookmarks
  • A Word Game and Tongue Twisters
  • Bike Safety by 8 year old Candice Discepolo in .pdf format.
• As a Word file for printouts or modifications:
  • Word file: A Buyers Guide to Bicycle Helmets
  • Word file: A Bicycle Helmet for My Child
  • Word file: How to Fit a Bicycle Helmet
    
    
  • Word file: Skateboard Helmets
  • Word file: Getting Kids to Wear Helmets
  • Word file: Helmets for Head Injured Cyclists
  • Word file: Helmet bookmarks
  • Word file: A Word Game and Tongue Twisters
  • Word file: Buying a Helmet (flat info sheet format)
  • Word file: Getting your kids to wear a Helmet (info sheet format)
• Basic campaign advice: an overview of what a program can be.
• manual for helmet promotion programs.
• How to get DOT's free pamphlets on paper.
• Pamphlets and videos in Spanish and French
• DOT's bike safety pamphlet for adults.
• Sprocketman comic book from CPSC.
• Our bookmarks with a "Be Sure it Fits" theme.
• Our page of medical journal articles on bike helmets.
• Some more expensive pamphlets and comic books.
• An illustration of correct helmet fit from CPSC.
• How to train helmet fitters.
• Avoiding head lice while swapping helmets.
• Outline for a Talk on Bicycle Safety.
• Why kids don't like to wear helmets.
• Persuading your kids to wear helmets.
• Kids and Bike Safety: Tips on riding and sidewalk use.
• Promoting helmets in poor neighborhoods.
• When are kids ready to ride?
• Helmets for Tricycle Riders?
• A warning: no helmets on playground equipment or climbing trees!.
• Helmets on college campuses.
• Tips for bike safety on college campuses.
• A moving head injury story.
• Heartfelt helmet campaign materials from a grieving parent.
• Mick Harte was Here, a novel for middle schoolers.
• Crash stories.
• Frequently-Asked Questions About Bicycle Helmets.
• Mandatory Helmet Laws.
• DOT's long study of Mandatory Helmet Laws.
• Helmets for the current season.
• CPSC's video clip on helmet testing and fit.
• A Summary of Helmet Standards.
• Using stickers on helmets.
• How to Repair a Helmet.
• How to run a program to fit and repair helmets.
• Will kids use helmets you give them?.
• A program that makes sure kids wear their free helmets.
• How to evaluate a helmet program.
• Other bike safety equipment.
• Multi-purpose helmets.
• Canadian helmet promotion materials.
• The .pdf version of the Toolkit that we send out on paper.
• Downloading our pamphlets or requesting them on paper.
• Our Links Page for helmet program sites.
• Mackinac Island Community Helmet project.
• How Not to Get Hit by Cars.
• Rad Rider graphics-based helmet site.

Children

• Helmets for low income kids in equity emphasis zones
• Are helmets with animals or spikes OK for kids?
• Consumer Reports has a few ratings of Kid's helmets.
• Taking your baby along: helmets, trailers, childseats and shaken babies.
• Very small toddler helmets.
• Very large toddler helmets.
• What size is my child's head?
• Getting My Child to Wear A Helmet
• Why kids don't like to wear helmets.
• Warning: No helmets on playgrounds!.
• Hairstyles, baseball caps, pony tails, beads, braids: "helmet hair"
• Lice! Cleaning helmets for rentals and schools.
• Kids in Dublin Ohio mount bike safety campaign

Special Helmets

• Helmets for teens "My teen won't wear a helmet!"
• Helmets on campus
• Helmets for seniors
• Helmets with Hearing Aids
• Helmets for developmental disabilities and seizures
• Helmets for head injured riders.
• Helmets for bald riders: avoiding tan lines and other tips.
• Thinner helmets for small adult heads?
• Helmets for police
• Helmets for bicycle polo
• Helmets for time trial use
• Helmets for shared bicycle programs.
• Rental helmets: fit, sanitization and damage indicators.
• Helmets and turbans.

Standards

• Bicycle Helmet Standards: quick summary.
• Standards: the long version: CPSC, CEN, ASTM, ANSI, Snell and others.
• Short helmet standard comparison chart
• Detailed Standards Comparison
• ASTM F1952 Downhill Mountain Bike Racing Standard.
• Test Line Comparisons: CPSC, ASTM, Snell, Dutch ebike
• CPSC standard documents and pages
  • The final CPSC helmet standard as a .pdf file.
  • The final standard as text.
  • A letter modifying the standard with an interpretation.
  • The regulation summary.
  • The law that forced the Commission to develop a bicycle helmet standard.
  • The first draft CPSC standard.
  • The second draft.
  • CPSC's Supplementary Material for briefings on that draft.
  • A summary of changes in the second draft.
  • Our formal comments on the draft.
  • Our April, 1995, comments on what we thought the CPSC draft still needed
  • The CPSC notice implementing the interim standard
  • Our 1996 urge to add reflectivity and lower the impact fail criterion.
  • The third and final draft, approved on February 5, 1998.
  • Our comments on the final draft.
  • Three of our Update newsletters on the standard
  • A letter from CPSC on how they will enforce the standard.
  • A page about CPSC recall rules and enforcement penalties.
    
    
  • A report of serious legal consequences for a manufacturer ignoring a CPSC Rule.
  • How CPSC can act to replace a non-working voluntary standard with a law..
  • A page of photos of the CPSC helmet test lab.
  • How to Send a Defective Helmet to CPSC
  • Our June, 2003 request under the Freedom of Information Act
  • Our page on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.
  • Our page on reporting product safety problems to CPSC.
• The ideal helmet standard
• Making progress in standards
• Importing bicycle helmets to the US
• ASTM improves bicycle helmet standard with variable mass headforms
• Helmet performance limits How much a helmet can take and keep on protecting.
• Helmet testing How helmets are tested in the lab.
• Helmet test labs Labs who test helmets or supply test equipment.
• ASTM headgear subcommittee: Standards, meetings, background
• ANSI Z90.4 Committee - Disbanded
• We opposed Hövding airbag exemption from CPSC standard

Maintenance and Repairs

• Testing products that can attack helmets
• How to inspect a helmet
• Replacing a helmet
• Repairing a helmet
• Replacing a buckle
• Threading straps through a buckle
• Recycling helmets

Construction and Design

• How Helmets Work
• How bicycle helmets are made
• Bicycle helmet impact liners
• In-molded (molded-in-the-shell) helmets
• Helmet buckles
• Sliding resistance and MIPS
• Helmet Cooling
• Air bag headgear again - Stanford research
• Helmet Designers
• Trek/Bontrager models with WaveCel

Statistics and Research

• Helmet and Injury statistics
• The total market for bike helmets
• New York City data found 97% of dead cyclists had no helmet.
• Journal articles and Studies on helmets
• Helmet documents we have scanned or downloaded.
  • The Sliding Resistance of Bicycle Helmets - Voigt Hodgson - landmark study
    Also in a .pdf version
    
  • Impact and Skid Tests of Bicycle Helmets - Voigt Hodgson
    Also in a .pdf version
    
  • The Effectiveness of Bicycle Helmets - Henderson
    
  • Report on child helmet use in the Netherlands
    
  • Description of a Falmouth, Massachusetts pediatric practice's helmet fit study
    
  • Swedish Study on Measures to Increase Helmet Use
  • Test anvil finishes - Halstead
    
  • Swedish Study of effects of helmet positioning in European testing
    
  • Articles from Bicycle Retailer and Industry News
    
  • A Spouse's Head Injury Story from Boulder Colorado
    
  • Test of Washing Helmets in a Dishwasher
    
  • Test of skin and hair products that can affect helmets
    
  • Theoretical Calculation of Helmet Thickness Necessary to achieve 100g for a 6.2 m/s impact - Smith and Pomerening
    
  • Test results of low velocity impacts on helmets Thom
    
  • Kranium Research's analysis of their cardboard-based helmet liner
    
  • Investigation of Rotational Accelerations in Bicycle Helmet Testing - Biokinetics
    
  • New Zealand: Changing patterns of bicycle injuries before and after helmet laws
    
  • CPSC: 16 CFR Part 1203 Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets; Final Rule
  • CPSC letter amending their bicycle helmet standard
    
  • Proposed Standard on use of Reflective Materials on Bicycle Helmets
    
  • Summary of Requirements for Bicycle Helmets 16 C.F.R. Part 1203
    
  • Test of Cheap vs. Expensive Bicycle Helmets
    
  • Correlation Anamolies Between Helmet Drop-Test Systems - Henderson
    
  • Bicycle Helmet use in Utah 1994-2003
    
  • Chin Strap Forces in Bicycle Helmets - Andersson et al
    
• Helmet construction and materials
  • How helmets are made.
  • Helmet liners.
  • How outer shells affect safety.
  • Molded-in-the-shell helmets.
  • Buckle types.
  • The cost of manufacturing a bike helmet.
  • Helmet patents and how to see the US Patent Office files.
    
    
  • Helmets for This Season
  • Standards Page
  • Our Helmet Update newsletters
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Bicycle Helmets
  • Quick Answers page
• Researchers' page: Info for a thesis or a science project.
  • Our basic page on how helmets work and what standards do.
  • The Ideal Helmet.
  • Helmet Standards.
  • Helmet testing.
  • Summary of Helmet standards
  • Comparison of Bicycle Helmet Standards
  • What is needed to make progress in helmet standards.
  • Limits of helmet protection.
  • What is a "g".
  • Calculations for the severity of lab tests
  • How helmets are constructed
  • Helmet foam.
  • An analysis of energy management thickness for an anti-concussion helmet.
  • Helmets in cold temperatures.
  • Helmet patents.
  • Advice for inventors of new helmets.
  • Full-face helmets.
  • Helmets that are inmolded.
  • A study of the sliding resistance of a helmet in a crash.
  • A study of chin strap forces in a crash related to the sliding resistance of a helmet.
  • What happens in a crash.
  • The cost of manufacturing a bike helmet.
  • Bicycle helmet history.
  • Statistics
  • Peer-reviewed journal articles
  • Mandatory Helmet Laws
  • The Effectiveness of Bicycle Helmets - Henderson - 1995
  • Helmet fit problems documented by a pediatric practice in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
  • Improved Shock Absorbing Liner for Helmets - Australia
  • Jim Kruper's crash story using physics to calculate crash forces
  • Frequently-Asked Questions About Bicycle Helmets.
  • Bibliography of Helmet Documents - pre-1996
  • Toolkit for Helmet Promotion Programs
  • How to Evaluate a Helmet Program.
  • Researching a term paper on helmets.
• Evaluations for helmet campaigns
• Designers' page: Info for a helmet design project.
• Term papers on bike helmets: Where to find the info to write a term paper
• A workshop on bike helmets
• Helmet Patents
• Advice for Inventors
• The cost of making a bike helmet

Helmet Laws

• Mandatory helmet laws: States, counties, cities, positions, opponents.
• Ebike helmet laws
• Where to find helmet laws
• Hernando, MS, law 2010 - covers all the bases and standards.
• Spokane, Washington's all-ages law 2004 with obsolete standards language
• US Child Bicycle Safety Act of 1994 required CPSC to write a US bicycle helmet standard
• District of Columbia helmet law for children under 16 adopted in 2000 with antiquated standards requirements.
• Hawaiian helmet law for children under 16.
• Rhode Island helmet law for children under 8
• Law for the Canadian province of British Columbia
• Albany Co. NY ebike/e-scooter law for all ages with economic hardship exemptions
• Billings, Montana helmet law adopted in 2000 with antiquated standards requirements.
• Cary, NC law for under 16, adopted in 2001 with antiquated standards requirements.
• U.S. military regulations on bicycle helmets.
• Helmet law exemptions included in some laws
• CDC's compilation of evaluations done on helmet laws
• An article on compliance with the California helmet law.
• Virginia Beach, VA, article on their helmet law.
• How to include standards when writing a new helmet law
• Studies on mandatory helmet laws
• Issues from the "helmet wars"
• Australian paper on helmet laws is misleading here.
• Importing bicycle helmets to the US helmets.

Media

• British Study on passing clearance was bogus.
• The Media Room: Quote of the Day and how to quote our other text
• Washington Post article based on faulty study. so . . .
• Misguided media articles and ads without helmets
• New York Times Columnist Jane Brody strongly recommends a helmet
• New Zealand radio takes joke seriously
• New York Times article "Head Injuries Piling Up?"
• NYU study does not expose hidden danger in foams.
• Helmets do not increase jaw injuries! Study disqualifies itself.
• Washington Post helmet myths article got it wrong.
• Our email newsletter

Update Newsletters

• October 31, 2022 - Punisher adult helmets recalled.
• July 19, 2022 - Tony Hawk Silver Metallic skate-style helmets recalled.
• March 24, 2022 - Dimensions Bluetooth and Segway Ninebot helmets recalled.
• February 1, 2022 - Snell publishes rotational energy research.
• November 10, 2021 - Albany County ebike law, Abus helmets recalled.
• September 6, 2021 - TurboSke toddler helmets recalled.
• June 21, 2021 - VA Tech testing finds 5 Star helmet for $7.45.
• April 17, 2021 - Consumer Reports publishes a new helmet page.
• February 24, 2021 - Bee Free size small helmets recalled
• November 30, 2020 - Any Volume helmets recalled
• August 29, 2020 - Morpher and Woom helmets recalled
• August 12, 2020 - Sweet Protection recalls Ripper helmets
• April 11, 2020 - Consumer Reports ratings - Cleaning COVID-19
• January 14, 2020 - Helmets for 2020
• December 13, 2019 - Rideshare company solves helmet problem
• July 27, 2019 - Will there be a helmet class action lawsuit?
• July 3, 2019 - Consumer Reports flunks three helmets
• May 7, 2019 - Consumer Reports rates rotational energy management first criterion
• February 11, 2019 - Australian study finds all-ages helmet laws have cut cyclist fatalities in half
• December 14, 2018 - Virginia Tech publishes new helmet ratings.
• October 1, 2018 - Lazer recalls four helmet models.
• June 22, 2018 - Virginia Tech publishes new bicycle helmet ratings.
• June 15, 2018 - Counterfeit helmet seller convicted.
• May 29, 2018 - Testing by Snell officers shows no performance gain with MIPS.
• March 15, 2018 - Louis Garneau and Lazer recalls.
• March 10, 2018 - Hövding petitions for exemption from CPSC helmet standard.
• February 6, 2018 - Helmets for 2018.
• September 25, 2017 - Pro-Tec recalls their City Lite and Street Lite models.
• May 3, 2017 - Pro-Tec City Lite fails testing and BHSI publishes dishwasher test results.
• December 1, 2016 - Helmets for 2017 preview.
• November 27, 2016 - concussion trends and a jaw injury study.
• September 1, 2016 - Recall of SAHN Classic helmets.
• June 28, 2016 - Consumer Reports has published a helmet article.
• May 16, 2016 - Recall of Schwinn infant helmet sold at Target
• April 13, 2016 - Recall of Rollerblade Maxxum skate helmet
• January 29, 2016 - Study blames bike helmets for risk compensation
• December 30, 2015 - Helmets for 2016 review
• September 27, 2015 - Europe publishes new helmet study
• September 22, 2015 - Preview: Helmets for 2016
• May 31, 2015 - Helmets proven to perform for decades
• May 1, 2015 - Consumer Reports 2015 helmet article
• February 13, 2015 - Scott Vanish Evo helmet recall
• December 22, 2014 - Consumer Reports is breaking buckles again
• December 15, 2014 - Helmets for 2015
• December 12, 2014 - Uvex helmet recall
• October 15, 2014 - Anti-concussion helmet
• September 17, 2014 - Interbike report - helmets for 2015
• February 22, 2014 - Fun helmet safety video from Manitoba.
• December 18, 2013 - Helmets for 2014 is up.
• October 7, 2013 - Study: helmets do not change passing safety.
• September 24, 2013 - Preview of Helmets for 2014.
• May 30, 2013 - Study finds reduced child fatality rates in states with helmet laws.
• May 9, 2013 - Bicycling magazine article misses the mark.
• March 30, 2013 - Bell recalls Full Throttle BMX helmet.
• January 16, 2013 - Our report on Helmets for 2013 is up.
• October 1, 2012 - ASTM improves bicycle helmet standard.
• May 14, 2012 - Consumer Reports publishes a bike helmet report.
• May 6, 2012 - Results of our tests of haircare substances for helmet damage.
• January 6, 2012 - Triple8 recalls "Little Tricky" child helmet for impact failure.
• December 30, 2011 - Our report on Helmets for 2012 is up.
• December 6, 2011 - Snell introduces Time Trial helmet standard
• October 19, 2011 - CPSC complaints database has a helmet case
• May 31, 2011 - Bell recalls Exodus full-face helmet for buckle problem.
• March 11, 2011 - CPSC consumer complaints database is live.
• January 3, 2011 - Helmets for 2011.
• August 10, 2010 - NYU study: Is foam a hidden danger in helmets?
• July 12, 2010 - Mackinac Island developing a community bike helmet.
• June 16, 2010 - Bicycling article on bike helmets.
• May 22, 2010 - New York Times article on bike helmets.
• February 18, 2010 - Update on CPSC.
• January 6, 2010 - Helmets for 2010.
• December 3, 2009 - Lab tests of cheap and expensive helmets.
• August 2, 2009 - Consumer Reports rates Kids' helmets.
• March 18, 2009 - Bell introduces new fit system.
• January 30, 2009 - CPSC delays testing and compliance requirements.
• December 27, 2008 - Helmets for 2009.
• September 7, 2008 - New CPSC legislation affecting helmets.
• August 19, 2008 - New CPSC statistics.
• December 18, 2007 - Specialized recalls their S-Works 2D superlight helmet.
• January 10, 2007 - Helmets for 2007 and BHSI wins an ASTM award
• September 13, 2006 - British study on passing clearances affected by helmets
• May 5, 2006 - Consumer Reports publishes a helmet article
• May 4, 2006 - Trek recalls 4,500 Anthem Elite helmets
• March 29, 2006 - CPSC released new guide: Which Helmet for Which Sport
• January 12, 2006 - Helmets for 2006 and NHTSA stats released.
• August 31, 2005 - Nearly a half million Target helmets recalled.
• August 3, 2005 - NHTSA has published a study on helmet laws.
• July 12, 2005 - Motorcyclist magazine has published an outstanding helmet article.
• May 12, 2005 - Australian study compares Snell and Australian standards.
• February 22, 2005 - Helmets for the 2005 season.
• August 19, 2004 - PTI recalls Schwinn brand toddler helmet models.
• August 7, 2004 - Hugh Hurt raises problems with elongated helmets.
• July 29, 2004 - Some Geartec and DBX helmets recalled.
• June, 2004 on paper - Safe Kids survey plus Helmets for 2004. Our last paper Update
• June 20, 2004 by email - Consumer Reports article rating helmets.
• May 11, 2004 by email - Safe Kids Worldwide's helmet usage survey.
• March 31, 2004 by email - Helmets for 2004.
• September 9, 2003 by email - CPSC discusses recalls, Safe Kids measuring helmet use.
• August 19, 2003 by email - Helmet fit study, ANSI adopts ASTM bike helmet standards.
• May 21, 2003 newsletter by email - Catlike USA helmet recall.
• March 18, 2003 newsletter by email - MOSA Sports helmet recall.
• October, 2002 newsletter by email - Highlights of Helmets for 2003.
• July, 2002 by email - Today Show featuring helmets on July 12th.
• June, 2002 by email - Consumer Reports article published.
• May, 2002 by email - "Revolutionary" new football helmet, Consumer Reports article coming.
• May, 2002 by email - New helmet campaign by Safe Kids Worldwide.
• March, 2002 by email - Study on effectiveness of laws, DOT free video, LAB supporting National Strategies.
• December, 2001 by paper and email - Helmets for the 2002 season.
• August 20, 2001 by email only - Skateboard helmet recall by World Industries
• July 30, 200 by email - The New York Times lousy article on helmets.
• July 9, 2001 by email only - New video on helmet fitting, two more state laws.
• January, 2001 by paper and email - Helmets for the 2001 season, more.
• November 19, 2000 by email only - CPSC announces three helmet recalls.
• October 31, 2000 by email only - Head injury increases risk of later problems.
• October 9, 2000 by email only - Variflex recalls 150,000 helmets
• April, 2000 newsletter by email and paper - Helmets for the 2000 season.
• January, 2000 by email only - Innovations in designs and programs for 2000.
• April, 1999 newsletter by email only - McDonalds and CPSC launch major helmet campaign.
• January, 1999 on paper and by email - Helmets for 1999, Bell Kinghead.
• March 11, 1998 by email only - CPSC publishes standard.
• January 21, 1998 by email only - CPSC briefed on draft standard.
• November, 1997 - Helmets for 1998.
• May, 1997 - Helmets for 1997, CPSC standard delayed.
• December, 1995 - Helmets for 1996, standards less an issue, Snell B-95 standard, ANSI adopts ASTM standard, European CEN standard takes effect.
• April, 1995 - BHSI website up, helmets for 1995, CPSC progress on a Federal standard, ASTM standard revised, Snell standard revised, ANSI standard withdrawn, CEN European standard progressing slowly, death of Dr. Voigt Hodgson.
• August, 1994 - Consumer Reports helmet ratings, CPSC to develop helmet standard, Bell using ASTM standard instead of Snell.
• March, 1994 - Mandatory helmet laws, multi-purpose helmets, ASTM standard, Snell news.
• June, 1993 - Helmets for 1993, ASTM standard, mandatory helmet laws.
• December, 1991 - Helmets for 1992, ANSI standard dying, ASTM standard in final ballot.
• April, 1991 - Hodgson publishes second sliding resistance study.
• November, 1990 - Helmets for 1991, Snell issues B-90 standard, CSA standard, standard comparison.
• July, 1990 - First ever Consumer Reports helmet article, sliding resistance study, Bell's market estimates, Howard County, Maryland mandatory helmet law.
• April, 1990 - Safe Kids Worldwide campaign, Wayne State sliding resistance study, EPP helmets.
• October, 1989 - STAPP report, standards comparison, sliding
  resistance study, Safe Kids Worldwide Campaign.
• July, 1989 - BHSI joins others to petition CPSC for a national helmet standard.
• March, 1989 - BHSI announces documentation center, ANSI working on revision of standard.
• March, 1988 - New pamphlet, need samples, Bell Aero buckle.
• March, 1987 - NY bike show report, Giro and Echo have no-shells.
• July, 1986 - NY bike show report.
• December, 1985 - USC testing, USCF requires ANSI helmets.
• April, 1985 - ANSI and Snell standards compared, research by Dr. Voigt Hodgson.
• April, 1984 - ANSI bike helmet standard approved, a giant step.
• November, 1983 - Black-edged edition on the death of Snell's Dr. George Snively.
• September, 1983 - New test results since our Bicycling article was published.
• May, 1983 - Our first issue, with introductions and more.

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