What WAS New --
Summary: What we had modified in previous years
This is old stuff! Many external links no longer work.
4 Added Morpher's flat-folding helmet to our folding helmet page.
October 17
Added Can-Bike's great video "Helmets 101" to the videos we send free.
October 7
Sent an Update: passing clearance study misinterpreted data.
September 23
Posted a Preview of Helmets for 2014 and sent an Update newsletter.
August 30
Added new info from Australia to our turbans page.
August 27
Added new info on vending machines to our shared bicycle program page.
August 16
Added Smith's new 2014 helmet line to our Helmets for 2013 page.
August 14
Added a link to Jim Kruper's crash story, with g force
calculations.
July 19
Added a page on a paper pulp helmet design.
July 18
Added a link to helmet infographics to our Toolkit page.
July 2
Added League of American Bicyclists videos to our page of videos on the web.
June 23
Posted a page on sensors to detect helmet damage.
June 16
Posted a page on helmets for unusually-shaped heads.
June 4
Posted a page on how senior brains age.
May 30
May 24
Added Lifebeam's Smart Helmet prototype to our Helmets for 2013 page.
May 20
Posted Boston crash info highlights on our Stats page.
May 7
Sent out a Helmet Update: Bicycling article misses the mark.
April 26
Added a great new Canadian video to our Videos page.
April 15
Added a link to DOT's latest statistics
fact sheet on bicycles.
April 10
Added a link to a study on helmet effectiveness from Australia.
March 30
Sent out a Helmet Update: Bell recalls BMX helmet sold at Toys R Us
February 26
Posted our Tour of the CPSC lab.
January 20
Updated our Toolkit for Helmet Promotions page.
January 16
Posted Helmets for 2013 and sent an Update newsletter.
January 7
Posted a new page on importing bike helmets to the US.
January 1, 2013
Updated our program plans for 2013, our 2013 budget projections, all of our handouts, our
pamphlets and many other pages.
2012
December 12
Posted NHTSA death numbers for 2011 on our Stats page.
December 12
Added info on the 6D motorcycle helmet design.
November 30
Updated our info on the Kranium helmet.
November 27
Added a page on giving a helmet as a present.
October 22
Added a link to a new OECD global recall site.
October 10
Added a link to a long-term study of helmet laws in Australia.
October 7
Added a link to a study of helmet effectiveness.
October 1
Sent out a Helmet Update: ASTM improves F-1447 bicycle helmet standard.
September 30
Added info on the Abus Kranium helmet.
September 11
Added a page on folding helmets.
August 20
Added Helmets for Hope to our Free Helmets page.
July 28
Updated our page on helmets for large heads.
July 27
Added new manufacturers to our Helmets for 2012 page.
July 4
Updated our page on where helmets are made.
June 21
Updated our Buyer's Guide pamphlet.
June 21
Updated our pamphlet on children's helmets.
June 19
Added a reference to an Ontario Coroner's study on our journals page.
June 18
Posted new NHTSA data on our statistics page.
June 15
Updated our page on helmet safety videos.
June 1
Updated our page on helmets for large heads.
May 22
Updated our page on dual certified helmets.
May 14
Sent out a Helmet Update reporting that Consumer Reports has published bike helmet
ratings.
May 6
Posted final results of our test of products that could damage helmets and sent out a
Helmet Update.
May 4
Added stats from the Ohio Chapter of the AAP to our statistics page.
April 23
Added a risk compensation study to our page with links to scientific journal
articles.
April 15
Posted a new page on Belinda Williams' crash.
March 30
Reorganized our statistics page.
March 28
Posted a quick summary of bike standards.
March 18
Added info on the VACO 12 to our page on helmet liners.
March 17
Posted a page on the Kranium "cardboard" helmet.
March 16
Posted a comment on a British article attacking helmet laws and helmet use.
March 16
Reorganized our page listing scientific journal articles.
March 11
Installed Google's Custom Search to handle our search function. Our previous search engine was
not finding all of our pages.
March 2
Completed a comprehensive offsite backup.
February 5
Added new sources on our Special Needs page.
January 14
Posted first results from our test of products that could damage helmets and shipped
the helmets to the lab for impact testing.
January 7
Added the video Professor Helmut on Helmets to our Toolkit for Helmet Promotion Programs.
January 6
Sent out a Helmet Update on the recall of Triple8 Little Tricky child skate-style
helmets.
January 1, 2012
Updated our program plans for 2012, our 2012 budget projections, all of our handouts, our
pamphlets and many other pages.
2011
December 30, 2011
Sent out a Helmet Update announcing that our report on Helmets for 2012 is up.
December 20
Updated our test of substances damaging helmets with mid-term indicators.
December 6
Sent out a Helmet Update on Snell's new Time Trial helmet standard.
October 31
Began our test of substances damaging helmets.
October 19
Sent out a Helmet Update on a helmet case in the CPSC database.
September 24
Added a page with a bicycle safety song.
September 19
Added a new video link to our Special Helmets page
September 6
Added data from Consumer Reports to our Statistics page
September 1
Changed our Testlabs page to refer to the official CPSC list.
August 28
Updated the info on Iceland on our helmet laws page.
August 25
Updated info on TSG's helmets on our Helmets for 2011 page.
August 13
Updated our helmet laws page.
August 5
Added stats from The Canadian Institute for Health Information.
August 3
Added info on a poll of British Medical Journal subscribers.
July 18
Tried new mobile device subdomains but modified the main page instead.
July 16
Achieved 100% XHTML validation for our home page on the W3C validator.
July 7
Updated our copy of the Rhode Island helmet law.
July 6
Added a link to NHTSA's ESOL curriculum.
July 1
Added a new page on painting helmets.
June 5
Added new journal references to our page with links to scientific journal articles.
June 1
Added a new page breaking out studies of helmet law effectiveness.
May 31, 2011
Sent out a Helmet Update on Bell's recall of their Exodus full face helmet.
May 31
Added a new page of the ribcap knitted cap.
May 27
Added a new page on resources for helmet designers.
May 21
Added a Spanish language video to our free videos.
May 3
Added a page on longer straps for obese children.
April 27
Added info on a study in St. Albert, Canada on the effects of their all-ages helmet law to our Journals page.
April 23
Added Adjuste del Casco de Bicicleta, a Spanish language video on fitting helmets, to
our Toolkit for Helmet Promotion Programs.
April 22
Added a link to New York City's impressive BikeSmart brochure in Spanish to
our Spanish materials page.
April 6
Added a quick comparison of standards by drop heights and test lines.
March 15
Added the Spanish manufacturer Orbea to our Helmets for 2011 page.
March 15
Updated all our links to Spanish materials from The Texas Bicycle Coalition
March 11, 2011
Sent out a Helmet Update on the new CPSC consumer complaint database.
March 11
Revised our Recalls page to update links to the new CPSC SaferProducts.gov database.
March 5
Added Geared Up! The essentials of adult bicycling to our Videos page
February 21
Added new studies to our Journal Articles page
February 15
Added new data to our Statistics page
February 15
Added info on sledding helmets to our Other Helmets page.
January 13
Added a page called Should I wear a bicycle helmet?.
January 12
Added a page describing our testing of commonly used cosmetics and sprays that could damage
helmets.
January 3, 2011
2010
December 31
Posted our program for 2011 and our budget for 2011.
December 28
Added a page on the upcoming CPSC consumer product safety database.
December 15
Added a link to the Mayo Clinic's head lice info on our page on head lice.
December 12
Added a page on a Dane who opposes helmets for cyclists.
November 15
Added a link to the South Dakota Bike Rodeo Guide.
October 22
Added a page on a new airbag head protection device from Hövding in Sweden.
October 16
October 7
Added a link to David Scott's helmet initiative in China.
September 30
Added info on a new study of Segway injuries.
September 29
Added a new page on shared bicycle program helmets.
September 17
Added a description of the program conducted by kids in Dublin, Ohio.
August 30
Added Australia's State of Northern Territory to our page on exemptions to helmet laws.
August 12
Added a link to "The
effects of provincial bicycle helmet legislation on helmet use and bicycle ridership in Canada" showing that laws
increased helmet use and did not discourage cycling.
August 10
Added a page on a study of foams at NYU.
August 9
Added a new law in Bexley, Ohio to our mandatory helmet laws page.
July 12
Sent a Helmet Update newsletter on Mackinac Island's community helmet design contest.
June 28
Added a new source of free helmets for kids to our Inexpensive and Free Helmets page.
June 28
Posted a new Site Map.
June 25
Added Flagstaff, Arizona to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
June 24
Added two more Alaskan cities to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
June 24
Revised our Inexpensive helmets page.
June 24
Posted a new page on how to conduct a helmet inspection.
June 22
Sent a Helmet Update newsletter on a Bicycling magazine helmet article.
June 9
Added a new story to our Crashes Page.
June 6
Updated many statistics on our Statistics Page.
May 22
Sent a Helmet Update newsletter on a NY Times article on bicycle helmets.
May 16
Updated links to DOT's videos on our web videos page.
May 13
Added Pepper Pike, Ohio to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
May 11
Added new materials to our page on Spanish language materials.
May 8
Updated our page on time trial helmets.
May 3
Updated our ideal helmet page.
May 1
Added new laws in Mississippi to our mandatory helmet laws page.
April 26
Updated our statistics page with new data from NHTSA.
April 24
Updated all of our links to DOT/NHTSA resources when their new website appeared.
April 21
Updated our page on Spanish language materials.
April 12
Added new references to our page on journal articles on helmets and head injury.
April 7
Added a DVD with the video Jello in a Jar to our Toolkit for Helmet Promotion Programs.
April 5
Added a DVD with videos from the Department of Transportation to our Toolkit for Helmet Promotion
Programs.
March 21
Added info on a return on investment analysis of bicycle helmet benefits to our Journals
page and our cost-benefit page.
March 20
Added a reference to a 2009 statistical analysis that concluded that state helmet laws reduce cycling to our mandatory helmet laws page.
March 18
Updated our program plans for 2010 with info on the Toolkits sent out last year.
March 17
Added info on the Isle of Jersey helmet legislation to our web page on helmet laws.
March 15
Added the Norwegian company Hamax to Helmets for 2010.
March 11
Added a video DVD to our Toolkit for Helmet Promotion Programs.
March 8
Added info on DOT's videos to our web videos page.
March 8
Added a YouTube video to our Public Service Announcements page.
February 24
Posted a Test Line Comparison for ASTM standards.
February 18
Sent a Helmet Update newsletter on New developments at CPSC.
February 2
Updated our page of future web projects.
February 2
Updated our Privacy Policy page.
January 6
Sent a Helmet Update newsletter on Helmets for 2010.
January 6, 2010
Posted our page on Helmets for 2010.
2009
December 31, 2009
Updated our program plans for 2010.
December 4
Posted a page with detail on the St Louis County helmet law.
December 3
Sent a Helmet Update newsletter on lab tests of cheap and expensive helmets.
November 30
Added a page on the Ian Tilmann Foundation's helmet program for
skateboarders.
November 19
Added advice for using jello brain molds to our page on demonstrations.
October 20
Added views of a recumbent cyclist to our page on visors.
October 10
Added a preview of our Helmets for 2010 page.
September 16
Updated our page on bike lights.
September 15
Updated our Helmets for 2009 page and our Chrono page to add info on Kask helmets.
September 13
Updated our Helmets for 2009 page to add info on the new Giro
Prolight.
September 11
Updated our test lab page to refer to CPSC's list of certified labs.
September 9
Updated our policy on protesting "no helmet" photos to include President Obama's unfortunate
slip.
August 16
Updated our advice on replacing a helmet again to respond to rumors heard in bike shops.
August 6
Updated our advice on replacing a helmet.
August 5
Added a source of free helmets for skateboarders.
August 2
Sent a Helmet Update newsletter on Consumer Reports ratings of kids' helmets.
June 18
Added a page on Rental helmets.
April 17
Added a page with sources for our statistics.
June 6
Added another big hit on our CPSC fines page.
May 15
Noted that the Protective Headgear Manufacturers Association is folding.
April 20
Added a special icon for those who access us on an iPhone.
April 17
Added a page on Bell reports good year in 2008.
April 15
Added a page on an Australian paper on helmet laws.
April 14
Added links to Django's melon drop science experiment.
April 12
Added a page on bicycle helmet covers.
March 18
Sent a Helmet Update newsletter on Bell's new True Fit fitting system.
March 10
Added a page on Bell's True Fit fitting system.
February 23
Added a page on police enforcement of helmet laws.
February 20
Added a page with advice for inventors of new helmet designs.
January 30
Sent a Helmet Update newsletter on CPSC delay of new requirements.
January 28
Added the St. Louis County, MO countywide law to our Mandatory Helmet Laws page.
January 13
Updated our advice for training helmet fitters.
January 11
Updated our page on where helmets are made.
January 11
Updated our Site Map.
January 10
Updated our page on Spanish language materials.
January 10
Added another story to our crashes page.
January 1, 2009
Updated all of our pamphlets and many other pages for the new year.
2008
December 29, 2008
Sent a Helmet Update newsletter on Helmets for 2009.
December 5
Added a link to NHTSA's 2007 statistics to our stats page.
December 3
Added the KED City to our Helmets for Big Heads page.
December 3
Added a page on where helmets are made.
November 25
Revised our webmasters policy page on use of material from our site.
November 10
Added new preliminary 2007 NHTSA data to our Statistics page.
October 31
Added the French manufacturer Docmeter to our Helmets for 2008 page.
October 25
Added new entries on our medical journals page and our Stats page.
October 12
Added new entries on our medical journals page.
October 3
Revised our page on the new CPSC regulations affecting helmets.
October 3
Posted our email on the October 2 Testing meeting at CPSC.
October 1
Posted a page on why some labs fail buckles that others do not fail.
September 30
Revised our page on taking your baby along.
September 29
Added El Cerrito, CA to our Mandatory Helmet Laws page.
September 28
Added more info to our page on new CPSC testing requirements.
September 28
Update models on our page on full face helmets.
September 19
Added a Newsweek ad to our Ads with no helmets page.
September 18
Added Halolux helmets to our Helmets for 2008 page.
September 17
Added another story to our Crashes Page.
September 15
Replaced our Search Page with Freefind.
September 15
Added Headlight AB to our page on Helmets for 2008.
September 15
Updated our page on reflective helmets.
September 15
Added the City of Port Orchard, WA to our page on mandatory helmet laws.
September 7
Added a page on changes to the CPSC law.
September 7
Sent out an Update on new legislation affecting CPSC.
August 20
Sent out an Update on a new statistics available from CPSC.
August 20
Began adding to this page again after four months of not maintaining it.
April 22
Posted a page on plastics in helmets.
March 24
Posted a draft standard for reflective surfaces on helmets developed in 1995, linked to our
page on reflective surfaces.
March 21
Updated the IIHS fatality data on our Stats page to the current 2006 results.
March 18
Added Reebok's million dollar fine to our page on CPSC penalties.
March 8
Added a comment on the unhelmeted comic on Parade Magazine's cover.
March 7
Added two helmet laws adopted in 2001 and 2002 to our page on mandatory helmet laws.
February 25
Reformatted our Helmet Laws page to improve the table.
February 27
Added the Vancouver, WA helmet law to our page on mandatory
helmet laws.
February 25
Added a section on ice skating helmets to our page on Other Helmets.
February 25
Added a reference to a study recommending ice skating helmets to our Journals page.
February 22
Added a link to Secure Sports ID on our Links page.
February 21
Added some new video clips to our Videos on the web page.
February 20
Added a new page of Bicycle Safety Flash Cards in English and Spanish.
February 20
Updated our page on our privacy policy.
February 13
Updated our page on reflectivity.
January 24
Updated NHTSA statistics on our Stats page.
January 20
Updated our page on dual-certified helmets.
January 17
Added new materials to our Toolkit and our Teachers pages.
January 15
Revised our page on helmets for big heads.
January 8
Added new info to our page on helmets and hearing aids.
January 6
Updated our page on Spanish-language materials.
January 6
Added links to materials from the Texas Bicycle Coalition.
January 4
Added the Trek Interval XL to our Helmets for Big Heads page.
January 2
Updated our web stats for 2007--nearly a million visitors!
January 1, 2008
Updated all of our pamphlets and many other pages for the new year.
2007
January 24
Updated NHTSA statistics on our Stats page.
January 20
Updated our page on dual-certified helmets.
January 17, 2008
Added new materials to our Toolkit and our Teachers pages.
January 15
Revised our page on helmets for big heads.
January 8
Added new info to our page on helmets and hearing aids.
January 6, 2008
Updated our page on Spanish-language materials.
What Was New: 2007
September 27
Added a link to Virginia Tech's kayak helmet ratings to our Other Helmets page.
December 30, 2007
Posted our Budget for 2008.
December 30
Posted our Program for 2008.
December 21
Added info on Vietnam's motorcycle helmet law.
December 20
Posted our Helmets for 2008 page.
December 18
Sent out an Update on a Specialized helmet recall.
December 7
Added a new source of posters to our Posters page.
December 3
Posted a preview of our Helmets for 2008 page.
December 3
Posted a new story on our Crashes page.
December 3
Added Mike Heikes to our page on head-injured folks.
November 26
Added new NHTSA stats to our Statistics page.
November 22
Posted a new story on our Crashes page.
November 22
Added ICS Laboratories to our Testlabs page.
November 20
Updated deadlines and staffing on our ASTM F8.53 Helmets and Headgear Subcommittee page.
November 19
Posted email feedback on our Hearing Aids page.
November 10
Added new references on our Journals page.
October 28
Updated links and other info on our Helmet Laws page.
October 10
Added a page on thinner helmets.
September 30
Posted a new story on our Crashes page.
August 23
Finished a summer project to validate all of our links.
August 20
Posted a new story on our Crashes page.
August 7
Added another visor injury story to our Visor page.
August 7
Added LED Helmets to our our Helmets for 2007 page.
July 2
Added a link to the free teacher's resource guide from the Bike Smart program.
June 26
Added heel wheel roller shoes to our page on Other Helmets.
June 22
Added a page on Our test of rolling over a helmet in a car.
June 22
Added a page on reports of a truck rolling over a helmet.
June 21
Added new data on the cost effectiveness of helmets to our statistics page.
June 12
Added links to new materials available from DOT/NHTSA.
June 11
Added a link tothis .wmv clip on how to fit a helmet from
DOT/NHTSA.
June 6
Posted a new story on our Crashes page.
May 29
Added new articles to our Journals page.
April 20
Posted a new story on our Crashes page.
April Fool's Day
Added a new Helmet Fit Checklist.
April Fool's Day
Posted a link to John Schubert's hilarious takeoff on the Walker study of passing
distances.
March 19
Added New Mexico to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
January 12
January 12
Posted a Helmet terms and definitions page.
January 11
Sent out our first Helmet Update for 2007.
January 11
Posted our Helmets for 2007 page.
January 3
Totaled up our web visitors for 2006: 852,152 distinct hosts looked at 3.2 million of our
pages!
January 1, 2007
Updated our pamphlets and other materials to 2007 versions.
2006
November 26, 2006
Posted a draft agenda for the spring ASTM F8.53 headgear subcommittee meeting in Norfolk.
November 19
Updated our page on removing helmets from children using playgrounds.
November 11
Added information on new products to our page on helmets and hearing aids.
November 10
Added new videos to our page on helmet safety videos.
November 9
Updated our page on Helmet History.
November 5
Added new statistics to our statistics page.
November 4
Finished putting up our Update newsletters going back to 1983.
September 11
Sent an email Helmet Update on a British study on helmets and passing clearance from cars.
September 11
Added a page on a British study on helmets and passing clearance from cars.
August 25
Updated our references to the North Carolina study of British Columbia's helmet law.
August 22
Updated our Patents page, adding some interesting new ones.
August 22
Posted the first draft of an agenda for the ASTM F8.53 Helmet and Headgear Subcommittee meeting in Atlanta.
August 21
Added an EPS foam recycler to our page on recycling helmets.
August 17
Added CASCO to our Helmets for 2006 page.
August 9
Revised our page on how to encourage kids to wear helmets.
July 30
Revised the list of what we need.
July 27
Updated the info on BSI on our Test Labs page.
July 10
Added a link to the description of a prize-winning Science Fair project on helmets.
July 14
Updated our page on helmet-related patents.
July 10
Sent out the Task List from our ASTM Subcommittee meetings in Toronto.
June 19
Added a page of smashed helmet photos.
June 19
Added Dr. Pietro Tonino's numbers for injuries in US sports to our statistics page.
June 3
Added new helmets to our page on helmets for both bicycling and skateboarding.
May 26
Posted a draft agenda for the fall ASTM F8.53 headgear subcommittee meeting in Atlanta.
May 4
Sent out an Update on the new Consumer Reports helmet article.
May 4
Sent out an Update on Trek's recall of Anthem helmets.
April 26
Added a link on our Journals page to a report on a study on skull fractures in lab testing.
April 13
Added a page on thinner helmets for very small adult heads.
March 30
Added a page of ideas on getting your kids to wear helmets.
March 29
February 22
Added rugby to our page on Other Helmets.
February 23
Updated Florida info on our mandatory helmet law page.
February 22
Added pogo stick helmets to our page on Other Helmets.
January 19
Added a new skateboard helmet pamphlet.
February 4
Posted the first agenda for the ASTM F8.53 Subcommittee meeting in May.
January 19
Added wheelchairs to our page on Other Helmets.
January 13
Added a page of definitions of helmet types.
January 12
Sent out an Update on Helmets for 2006 and NHTSA stats released.
January 9
Added a link to NHTSA's latest data on cyclist injuries.
January 2, 2006
Updated all of our pamphlets and many other pages for 2006.
2005
December 30, 2005
Added a page on chrono-shaped time trial helmets.
December 27
Posted our budget projections for 2006.
December 26
Added a maze and a connect-the-numbers.
December 14
Added a letter to Sports Illustrated Kids to our page of protests about bad advertising.
December 2
Added Bell's survey result showing that just over 40% of kids wear helmets to our Stats page.
December 1
Added a preview summary of Helmets for 2006.
November 14
Added minutes of the ASTM technical meeting in Dallas.
November 13
Added a reflective helmet to our page on reflectivity.
November 4
Added new articles to our page of journal articles.
October 31
Updated our History of Helmets page and added lots of photos.
October 20
Added A Kids Eye View to our videos page.
October 20
Updated our statistics page with new data from CPSC.
October 17
Added a book review of Mick Harte was Here, a book about the death of a cyclist used in
classrooms.
October 17
Added some new public service announcements.
September 14
Added a page on recycling your old helmet.
September 13
Added Suffolk County, NY to our mandatory helmet laws page.
September 12
Added a new video for tweens to our Videos page.
September 7
Added Sierra Vista, AZ to our mandatory helmet laws page.
August 31
Sent out an Update on a recall of 494,000 Target helmets.
August 16
Posted a helmet workshop outline.
August 13
Posted a page on helmet testing.
August 12
Posted an page on helmet performance limits.
August 11
Posted an article from the French CSC recommending helmets.
August 11
Posted a brief on helmet law opposition in the UK.
August 3
Sent out an Update on a NHTSA study of helmet laws.
July 12
Sent out an Update on a motorcycle helmet article.
June 23
Added a page on the Reevu helmet with mirror.
June 20
Posted Reno minutes of the ASTM Equestrian Task Group.
June 19
Added the NOCSAE site to our links.
June 17
Added New Hampshire to our mandatory helmets page.
June 7
Added a page on helmets for seniors.
May 12
Added a page on the perils of buying a used helmet at a yard sale.
May 12
Sent out an Update on an Australian standards study.
May 3
Added a study on alcohol and bicycle head injuries in Finland.
April 25
April 12
Added a page on helmets certified to both skate and bicycle helmet standards.
March 30
Added a page on publications available from US DOT / NHTSA.
March 27
Added Eastchester, NY to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
March 22
Added a page on the cost of making a bike helmet.
February 26
Added links to the WABA bike safety site with on-street class manuals.
February 24
Added a page on The Global Market for Helmets.
February 22
Sent out an email Update on Helmets for 2005.
February 22
Posted our full review of Helmets for 2005.
January 20
Added Bethel, AK to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
January 3, 2005
Completed our year-end update of all links on the site.
2004
December 28
Added a link to the December issue of the World Health Organization's December newsletter, Headlines.
Added a page on Helmets for special needs.
Added a page on Helmets for special needs.
December 27
Expanded our site map to a complete listing of our 868 pages with links to each one.
December 8
Added a page on How Helmets are Made.
December 3
Added a page on replacing buckles.
November 23
Added Marietta, Ohio to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
November 22
Added four Ohio cities to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
November 19
Posted the ASTM soccer headgear Task Force minutes from our DC meeting.
November 17
Posted the ASTM helmet subcommittee Task List from our DC meeting.
November 11
Began posting ASTM helmet subcommittee agendas and info for our Reno meeting.
November 9
Posted the final ASTM helmet subcommittee agenda for our DC meeting.
November 5
Posted the Minutes of the ASTM Salt Lake meeting in May.
Posted a link to an ASTM magazine article about helmet standards.
Posted a link to an ASTM magazine article about helmet standards.
October 24
Posted an article about Bell and Giro time trail helmets.
October 16
Added a sneak preview of Helmets for 2005.
October 16
Added a page for bike shop owners.
October 14
Added a Limar poster to our poster page.
October 13
Added a book review: Mick Harte was Here.
October 12
Added a page on strap creep and why helmets loosen in use.
September 27
Revised our page on cooling to add new information on Swiss testing of helmet cooling.
September 26
Revised our list of mandatory helmet laws to update Massachusetts to under 17.
August 25th
Updated the graphics in our pamphlet on How Children See Traffic.
August 23rd
Added Michelin Helmets to Helmets for 2004 page.
August 19th
August 17
Posted a page on Bell Sports' acquisition by Fenway Partners.
August 7
Posted Professor Hugh Hurt's email about problems with aero-style helmets.
Posted our Email Update Professor Hurt's request to ASTM.
Posted our Email Update Professor Hurt's request to ASTM.
June 21
Posted our Email Update on a Geartec and DBX helmet recall.
July 29
Posted a page on reflective materials on helmets.
July 28
Posted a page on trailbikes, since retired.
June 22
Posted our Email Update on the Consumer Reports article.
June 21
June 20
Added Enon, OH to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
May 18
May 16
Posted Minutes of the November ASTM Shirtsleeves technical meeting in Tampa.
May 15
Posted Minutes of the November ASTM F08.53 Subcommittee meeting in Tampa.
May 11
Posted our Email Update: helmet usage survey.
May 6
Posted an article about Bell Sports seeks new owner.
April 29
Posted a note about the Consumer Reports bike helmet article coming in their July issue.
April 1
Posted a Brief on Safe Kids head count study to be announced on May 11th..
March 31
March 24
Added Dayton, OH to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
February 26
Added Lawrence, KS to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
February 24
February 20
January 23
Updated our collage of helmet ads. Prices are up!
January 9
Added a page on where to find famous gelatin brain mold.
January 4, 2004
2003
December 30, 2003
Updated Safe Kids/Bell Sports pricing on our inexpensive helmets page.
December 22
Posted minutes of the ASTM pole vault task group meeting, November 2003
December 10
Added a page of helmet tongue-twisters.
Added a page on the effects of wearing do-rags or head coverings with helmets.
Added a page on the effects of wearing do-rags or head coverings with helmets.
December 9
Posted another sad story on our page on visors.
December 2
Posted results of our sticker testing.
December 1
Posted Steve Meiers' study on Promoting Helmets in Poor Neighborhoods.
November 25
Added Florissant, MO to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
November 13
Revised our web page format.
November 8
Added a description of the Consumer Reports article on ski helmets.
November 3
Added a Dutch report on helmet promotion.
October 30
Added a comparison of ASTM standards.
October 29
Added a page on helmets for winter riding.
October 27
Added a link to a great pamphlet: First Wheels, First Helmets.
October 21
Added a page of other peoples' letters to the media on bad ads that need no comment from us.
October 19
Added a summary of Helmets for 2004.
October 16
Added Blue Ash, Ohio to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
October 9
Updated the NEISS statistics on our Statistics Page to 2002 totals.
September 24
Added Brunswick to our examples of those fined by CPSC.
September 16
Added the East Cleveland helmet law to our list.
September 15
September 9
Sent out an Update email newsletter about CPSC's study of recalls and the Safe Kids project
to measure helmet use.
September 8
Added an article on Bell's use of infomercials.
September 7
Added a scooter crash story--no helmet!.
September 5
September 2
Added a page on helmet posters.
August 25
Added a second crash story page for non-bicycle or non-helmeted crash stories.
August 22
Added comments to our FOIA request to CPSC seeking a list of their helmet compliance cases.
August 21
August 18
Sent out an Update email newsletter about the Falmouth, Massachusetts study on helmet fit and ANSI adopting ASTM bike helmet standards.
August 18
Added a page, a brief and a comment on our Quotes page about the Falmouth, Massachusetts study
on helmet fit.
July 22
Added a brief on the extension of the King County, WA bike helmet law to cover
Seattle.
July 17
Added a Brief about ANSI at last adopts ASTM bicycle helmet standard.
June 29
Added a link to CPSC's entire file on the 1999 Bell Sports recall of three models. The link is on our recalls page.
June 27
Added the abstract of a Swedish study on effectiveness of helmet promotion measures.
June 26
Added a note to our recalls page about CPSC's non-recall of some helmets that flunk their
standard.
June 16
Added our FOIA request to CPSC seeking a list of their helmet compliance cases.
June 14
June 9
Added a paper on test anvil finishes.
June 8
June 4
Completed a major update of our mandatory helmet law page.
June 1
Posted a new page on helmets and hearing aids.
May 22
Posted an Update by Email on the Catlike USA helmet recall.
May 1
Posted a brief on the adoption by the UCI of a mandatory helmet rule.
April 24
Posted a brief on an upcoming CPSC meeting on Recall Effectiveness
April 21
Added a link to a UK study on helmet effectiveness geared toward decision-making on mandatory helmet requirements.
April 20
Totaled up our hits for 2002: 1.1 million pages served to 327,772 users!
April 7
Added Columbia, MO to our mandatory helmet law page.
April 7
Added a page on how CPSC can override a non-working voluntary standard with a law.
March 26
Added a page on cleaning your helmet.
March 25
Added links to the California Department of Health Services helmet program materials.
March 18
Posted an email Update on a MOSA Sports helmet recall.
March 17
March 12
January 28
Added a link to a fine article on measuring helmet use from CDC.
January 23
January 14
Posted a new page on a how to send a defective helmet to CPSC.
January 10
Posted a new quote on a Reuters article questioning helmet effectiveness.
January 7, 2003
Posted new 2003 versions of our pamphlets.
What Was New: 2002
December 30
Posted our Budget projections for 2003.
December 29
Posted our BHSI Program Plan for 2003.
December 9
Posted the ASTM F8.53 Subcommittee task list from our Miami meeting.
November 22
Added a page on Bell planning to sell motor sports helmets again.
November 22
Added a new page on helmet patents.
November 21
Added info on Louisville's new helmet law.
November 20
Added a page on age guidelines for children and ride-on equipment.
Added materials from a grieving parent's helmet campaign.
Added materials from a grieving parent's helmet campaign.
November 18
Added info on Finlands's new helmet law.
November 17
Added a page on research needed to make progress in helmet standards.
November 1
Added stats from CPSC on national injury rates for 2001 to our statistics page.
October 30
Revised the formatting of our web pages to be more friendly to a variety of browser page sizes and different settings
for screen resolution.
October 22
Added a new foam concept called SALi to our page on helmet foams.
October 21
Added a new page on full face helmets.
October 9
Posted Highlights of Helmets for 2003.
October 4
October 3
Posted the draft agenda for the Miami ASTM meeting.
October 1
Added a quote on helmet laws and fitness.
September 21
Added a page on The ideal bicycle helmet standard.
September 13
September 11
Added a brief on a CPSC study on the effectiveness of State helmet laws.
September 9
Added a page on helmets and turbans.
September 4
September 3
August 31
Added a page on helmets for toddlers with very large heads.
August 26
Added Madeira, Ohio to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
July 25
Added a quote on the use of helmets in the 2002 Tour de France.
July 22
Added a link to a downloadable public service announcement on the Brain Injury Association of Minnesota website
July 11
Sent an Update on the Today Show helmet segment scheduled for July 12th.
Added an article on New Zealand's helmet wars.
Added an article on New Zealand's helmet wars.
July 3
July 2
Added Duval County helmet usage numbers to our statistics page.
June 26
Added a pamphlet version of how children see traffic.
June 26
Added a page of smashed helmet photos.
June 25
Added a page on multi-purpose helmets.
June 19
Added a page on why don't low-income kids wear helmets.
June 18
Updated our Consumer's Guide and child helmet pamphlets.
June 17
Added a page on When can I ride again after a crash.
June 12
Added two Nevada reservations to our Mandatory Helmet Laws page.
June 11
Added a page on managing "helmet hair".
June 10
June 9
Added a page on how children see traffic.
June 8
Added a page on bicycle rider education sources.
June 7
Added a Brief on the new French helmet campaign.
June 6
Sent an Update on the new Consumer Reports helmet article.
June 2
Added a page on Training helmet fitters.
May 31
May 16
Added a link to a new page summarizing an upcoming study of how helmet laws are made.
May 10
May 3
May 2
Sent an Update on the National Safe Kids helmet campaign launched on May 2nd.
Added a page on the National Safe Kids helmet campaign.
Added a page on the National Safe Kids helmet campaign.
April 24
Added Canada's New Brunswick and Alberta to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
April 14
Posted Voigt Hodgson's first study on the sliding resistance of helmets, the precursor to
his 1991 study with more variables, but still another landmark study.
We have a .pdf version too if it works better for you.
We have a .pdf version too if it works better for you.
April 11
Posted Voigt Hodgson's 1991 study on the sliding resistance of helmets, a landmark
study.
We have a .pdf version too if it works better for you.
We have a .pdf version too if it works better for you.
April 10
Added info on Minnesota's Train the Trainer helmet workshop.
March 29
March 29
Posted an original study on helmet effectiveness by Grant and Rutner.
Sent a March 29 email newsletter with that news and the DOT video announcement.
Sent a March 29 email newsletter with that news and the DOT video announcement.
March 29
Added a brief on the new free video from DOT.
March 25
Listed a new free video called Ride Smart.
March 20
Posted a new page on helmet graphics.
March 14
Started an experiment on sticker compatibility.
February 26
February 20
February 13
Added a page on National Bicycle Safety Month
February 12
Added a page on bicycle helmet foams
February 2
Added a Search button to the top of our home page.
January 30
Added the Draft ASTM Pittsburgh meeting schedule.
January 16
Added a brief on a study showing concussions can bring on Altzheimer's..
January 8
Added a page describing What is a "g" ?.
January 6, 2002
Added Bainbridge Island, WA to our helmet law page.
What Was New: 2002
December 30
Posted our Budget projections for 2003.
December 29
Posted our BHSI Program Plan for 2003.
December 9
Posted the ASTM F8.53 Subcommittee task list from our Miami meeting.
November 22
Added a new page on helmet patents.
November 21
Added info on Louisville's new helmet law.
November 20
Added a page on age guidelines for children and ride-on equipment.
Added materials from a grieving parent's helmet campaign.
Added materials from a grieving parent's helmet campaign.
November 18
Added info on Finlands's new helmet law.
November 17
Added a page on research needed to make progress in helmet standards.
November 1
Added stats from CPSC on national injury rates for 2001 to our statistics page.
October 30
Revised the formatting of our web pages to be more friendly to a variety of browser page sizes and different settings
for screen resolution.
October 22
Added a new foam concept called SALi to our page on helmet foams.
October 21
Added a new page on full face helmets.
October 9
Posted Highlights of Helmets for 2003.
October 4
October 3
Posted the draft agenda for the Miami ASTM meeting.
October 1
Added a quote on helmet laws and fitness.
September 21
Added a page on The ideal bicycle helmet standard.
September 13
September 11
Added a brief on a CPSC study on the effectiveness of State helmet laws.
September 9
Added a page on helmets and turbans.
September 4
September 3
August 31
Added a page on helmets for toddlers with very large heads.
August 26
Added Madeira, Ohio to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
July 25
Added a quote on the use of helmets in the 2002 Tour de France.
July 22
Added a link to a downloadable public service announcement on the Brain Injury Association of Minnesota website
July 11
Sent an Update on the Today Show helmet segment scheduled for July 12th.
Added an article on New Zealand's helmet wars.
Added an article on New Zealand's helmet wars.
July 3
July 2
Added Duval County helmet usage numbers to our statistics page.
June 26
Added a pamphlet version of how children see traffic.
June 26
Added a page of smashed helmet photos.
June 25
Added a page on multi-purpose helmets.
June 19
Added a page on why don't low-income kids wear helmets.
June 18
Updated our Consumer's Guide and child helmet pamphlets.
June 17
Added a page on When can I ride again after a crash.
June 12
Added two Nevada reservations to our Mandatory Helmet Laws page.
June 11
Added a page on managing "helmet hair".
June 10
June 9
Added a page on how children see traffic.
June 8
Added a page on bicycle rider education sources.
June 7
Added a Brief on the new French helmet campaign.
June 6
Sent an Update on the new Consumer Reports helmet article.
June 2
Added a page on Training helmet fitters.
May 31
May 16
Added a link to a new page summarizing an upcoming study of how helmet laws are made.
May 10
May 3
May 2
Sent an Update on the National Safe Kids helmet campaign launched on May 2nd.
Added a page on the National Safe Kids helmet campaign.
Added a page on the National Safe Kids helmet campaign.
April 24
Added Canada's New Brunswick and Alberta to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
April 14
Posted Voigt Hodgson's first study on the sliding resistance of helmets, the precursor to
his 1991 study with more variables, but still another landmark study.
We have a .pdf version too if it works better for you.
We have a .pdf version too if it works better for you.
April 11
Posted Voigt Hodgson's 1991 study on the sliding resistance of helmets, a landmark
study.
We have a .pdf version also if it works better for you.
We have a .pdf version also if it works better for you.
April 10
Added info on Minnesota's Train the Trainer helmet workshop.
March 29
March 29
Posted an original study on helmet effectiveness by Grant and Rutner.
Sent an email newsletter on March 29 with that news and the DOT video announcement.
Sent an email newsletter on March 29 with that news and the DOT video announcement.
March 29
Added a brief on the new free video from DOT.
March 25
Listed a new free video called Ride Smart.
March 20
Posted a new page on helmet graphics.
March 14
Started an experiment on sticker compatibility.
February 26
February 20
February 13
Added a page on National Bicycle Safety Month
February 12
Added a page on bicycle helmet foams
February 2
Added a Search button to the top of our home page.
January 30
Added the Draft ASTM Pittsburgh meeting schedule.
January 16
Added a brief on a study showing concussions can bring on Altzheimer's..
January 8
Added a page describing What is a "g" ?.
January 6, 2002
Added Bainbridge Island, WA to our helmet law page.
What Was New: 2001
December 30, 2001
Revised our page on hair styles in response to a reader comment.
December 27, 2001
Added a page describing the CPSC streaming video on helmet testing and fit.
December 19
Added a link to De Clarke's page of Helmet War URL's.
December 18
Posted a Task List for the ASTM Dallas meeting.
December 17
December 15
Posted our budget for 2002.
December 14
Posted our work program for 2002.
December 12
Added a page on bike helmets in very cold weather.
December 10
December 4
Added a page on helmets for the new Segway scooters.
November 17
Resumed posting our weekly server stats.
November 12
November 2
Added a page on one-size-fits-all helmets.
October 31
Added a page on other bike safety equipment.
October 29
Started a page of references to medical journal articles.
October 24
Added a page on our mail and the anthrax scare in Washington.
October 22
Added a link to ASTM's Award of Merit to Dave Halstead, Chair of F08.53.
October 16
Added a link to the IISA page on helmet laws for skating.
Added a brief on a new playground hanging incident.
Added a brief on a new playground hanging incident.
October 4
September 12
Added a page on helmet promotion materials in Spanish.
September 5
Updated our page on the status of ASTM bicycle helmet standards.
September 4
Added a page on what a helmet does in a crash.
August 23
Added a page on helmet cooling and ventilation.
August 22
Added a brief on the CPSC motorized scooter helmet recommendation.
August 21
Added The Bicycle Zone to our Videos page.
August 20
Added a brief about a helmet recall by World Industries.
Added helmet use observations by Scott Osberg to our stats page.
Added helmet use observations by Scott Osberg to our stats page.
August 14
Added links Institute for Traffic Safety Analysis data.
Updated our comment on the New York Times helmet article.
Updated our comment on the New York Times helmet article.
August 5
Added a page of Public Service Announcements.
July 29
July 17
Revised the ASTM F8.53 helmet Subcommittee task list.
July 9
Posted the latest Helmet Update by email.
July 7
Added a great helmet fit video to our videos list.
July 6
Added North Carolina to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
July 5
Added Louisiana to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
June 4
Added St Louis County, MO to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
May 25
Added a page on braided hairstyles and baseball caps.
May 24
Added a notice on ASTM's equestrian helmet standard.
May 22
Added a page on projects for new pages on our site.
May 21
Added some material on skateboard helmets.
May 15
Expanded our page on threading straps through buckles.
May 4
Posted a new national bike safety campaign.
May 2
Added Matthews, NC to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
May 1
April 30
Added a page on Helmets on Campus.
April 23
Posted an announcement of a new national campaign.
April 16
Added a page on fitting helmets to rounder heads.
Added Greenville, NC to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
Added Greenville, NC to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
April 3
Posted our collage of many ads for cheap helmets.
March 21
March 21
Posted the latest Helmet Update by email.
February 23
Posted results of a study on drinking and riding.
February 4
Posted the Bike rodeo guide developed by Ride Safe with their permission.
January 25
Added the Minutes from the ASTM F8.53 Subcommittee's November meeting.
January 21, 2001
Received the Smokin' Site Award from the Tennessee Fire Prevention Assn.
January 9, 2001
Added notes on our ideal helmet page on why the ideal is not available.
January 1, 2001
Posted our program for 2001.
What Was New: 2000
December 26, 2000
Posted a pamphlet on skateboard helmets.
December 23
Posted our Budget for 2001.
December 18, 2001
Posted our review of Helmets for 2001.
December 14
Updated our scooter info.
December 11
Added a page explaining molded in the shell (inmolded) helmets.
December 7
Added a copy of the District of Columbia helmet law. Added Glendale, Ohio, to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
December 6
Added the District of Columbia to our list of mandatory helmet laws.
November 19
Sent an email newsletter on November 19 with info on a new helmet recall. Posted our review of the Dateline coverage of the helmet recall.
November 8
Posted a new page on equestrian helmets.
November 7
Updated our page on helmet use in Vietnam.
November 1
Posted a brief on a British article finding helmets effective.
October 31
Posted the latest Helmet Update by email.
October 10
Posted the latest Helmet Update by email.
October 1
Added a graphic on how a helmet should fit from the CPSC server.
September 29
Posted the ASTM F8.53 actions list from the May meeting in Toronto.
September 5
Added info on our other helmets page about CPSC's warning to scooter riders to wear helmets.
August 28
Redesigned our web page.
August 19
Added a new helmet law to our mandatory helmet law page: Bremerton, Washington.
August 13
Took down our page of programs seeking donations: the addresses on it were being spammed.
August 9
Added some info on helmets for wakeboarding.
August 7
Added some info on helmets for scooters.
August 3
Added the text of Hawaii's mandatory helmet law.
July 31
Updated data on the helmet law in Brecksville, OH. Added a new helmet law to our mandatory helmet law page: Aberdeen, Washington.
July 30
Added some data on the effect of helmet laws in Duval County, Florida to our mandatory
helmets page.
July 27
Added CPSC's statistics on baby boomer bike injuries to our stats page.
July 25
Added a Search function to our site.
July 21
Added the Minutes from the ASTM F8.53 Subcommittee's May meeting.
July 17
Updated our Recall Page to add the two recalled on July 5th.
July 5
Added a link to Harborview's Evaluation of 15 bicycle safety programs.
July 5
Posted the latest Helmet Update by email.
July 5
Posted a brief on the recall of two helmets announced by CPSC.
July 4
Posted a brief on the helmet campaign in Wadley, GA.
May 22
Posted agendas for the May ASTM helmet committee meetings in Toronto.
May 12
Added a page on NHTSA's fall safety program: Getting to School Safely.
May 8
Added a page on our exhibit at the Smithsonian.
April 9
Added a link to a page of medical journal abstracts.
April 4
Posted our Helmet Update on paper, the longer version.
April 4
March 28
Posted our annual review Helmets for 2000.
March 27
Added a link to the Swedish Bicycle Helmet Initiative.
March 24
Added a brief on the rejection of an extension of the Tennessee helmet law.
February 28
Added a brief on the CPSC forum planned for May 2nd on repetitive impact head injury.
February 17
Added a link to the National Conference of State Legislatures mandatory helmet law page.
February 8
Added a page on our problems with our new DSL connection.
February 3
Added a page on our exhibit at the Smithsonian in May.
January 20
Posted our January 19 Update by email.
January 19
Added a 1995 survey on why kids say they do not want to wear a helmet.
January 18
Added a brief on a new helmet design using LED's to show correct fit. Added a brief on the
Oakwood, Ohio, direction to police to educate cyclists and encourage helmet use.
January 17
Added a "resolution" adopted in Oakwood, Ohio to our mandatory helmets page.
January 14
Posted the Minutes from the December ASTM F8.53 Subcommittee meeting in New Orleans.
January 12
Added a link to the new TRIS search page for researchers.
January 11
Changed over to our new DSL high speed Internet link.
January 1, 2000
All BHSI computers, web servers, mail servers, routers, network monitors and workstations are Y2K OK!
What Was New: 1999
December 24
Added a page for email notifications when our pages change.
December 23
Added a CPSC warning to our page on snow sports injuries.
December 15
Updated our ASTM meeting agendas.
December 14
Added information on sledding helmets. Posted updates to our ASTM
materials after a semi-annual ASTM meeting.
December 2
Added a link to a manufacturer of helmets with built-in blinking LED's.
December 1
Added a page on disadvantages of too many vents and square helmet styles.
November 29
Added a description of a study of helmet usage and the effects of laws in New York State.
November 18
Added a link to a manufacturer of helmet cameras.
November 3
We're rated accessible to disabled browsers according to the Bobby analyzer.
November 3
Updated our material on soccer headgear.
October 29
Added a link to a head injury site by psychologist Diane Roberts Stoler.
October 28
Added a link to a manufacturer of soccer headgear for kids, Headblast.
September 20
Updated our page on the status of ASTM helmet standards.
September 15
Posted the Minutes from the May ASTM F8.53 Subcommittee meeting in Seattle. Added a page with our
approach to bike lights (heavy!).
August 31
Added a page of suggestions for parents of teenage riders.
August 29
August 27
Added a summary of ASTM F8.53 actions in Seattle.
August 7
Added a page of tips on getting statistical info from CPSC through FOIA.
July 16
Added a page on the new Pennsylvania Bicycle Driver's Manual.
July 13
Added a page on using stickers on bicycle helmets.
July 11
Added a brief on a book about Jeff Pence's head injury in a bike crash.
July 6
Added a link to the new Protective Headgear Manufacturers Association page.
June 3
Added Maine to our List of Mandatory Helmet Laws.
June 2
Added Spain to our List of Mandatory Helmet Laws.
May 26
May 25
Posted a new page of Summer Riding Tips.
May 18
Updated our report on the Status of ASTM Helmet Standards.
May 17
Posted the Agenda for this week's ASTM headgear subcommittee meeting.
May 16
Added a review of the new helmet article from Consumer Reports.
May 15
Added a brief reviewing a new helmet article from Consumer Reports.
May 13
Added a link to Doug Mink's blockbuster page of links to bicycle helmet laws on the MassBike site.
May 7
Added PHMA's free Professor Helmut on Helmets to our list of videos.
May 4
Added info from BRIN on playground deaths involving helmets.
May 3
Added a link to the Rad Rider site with
its dynamite graphics! Added a page on the new graphical helmet sites for young riders.
April 30
Added a page listing Helmet Recalls. Added a page on how to contact
CPSC with a defective helmet report.
April 29
Sent an Email Alert on Bell's recall of 5,800 downhill and BMX helmets.
April 21
Sent out an Email Update on the CPSC/McDonald's helmet promotion campaign.
Added a link to the new helmet page sponsored by McDonalds and CPSC.
Added helmet usage estimates from a CPSC study to our Statistics Page.
Added a link to the bike rodeo page at Transportation Choices.
Added a link to the new helmet page sponsored by McDonalds and CPSC.
Added helmet usage estimates from a CPSC study to our Statistics Page.
Added a link to the bike rodeo page at Transportation Choices.
March 23
Added a page for students and other researchers on the design and construction of helmets.
March 15
Added a Brief on the repeal of Seymour, Connecticut's helmet law.
March 10
Added a review of a new Disney bike safety video. All helmets made for sale in the US after
today must meet the CPSC standard.
February 27
Added two articles about Bell Helmets and Giro.
February 22
February
Added page on playground accidents involving helmets.
February
Added draft minutes of the ASTM meetings in December.
January
Added the January issue of The Helmet Update.
January 26
Added a brief on a study of bike safety training programs.
January 25
Added a description of NHTSA's bike safety initiatives.
January 22
Added the text of a pamphlet available from DOT on helmet fit.
January 21
Added a link to the DOT web pages on child bicycle safety. Added a link to the youth-driven Earth Force environmental program web page.
January 8
January 6
Added Jeanne Smith's helmet quiz for 5th & 6th graders.
January 2, 1999
Added a Brief about PTI's cost-cutting measures Added a section about soccer helmets to our
page on non-bicycle helmets.
What Was New: 1998
December 26
Added a Brief about SEI certification of some Bell models to the CPSC standard.
December 22
Posted a local program in need of assistance on our donations page.
December 16
Added a Quote of the Day recommending helmets meeting the CPSC standard.
December 15
Posted a task list from the ASTM Nashville meetings.
December 3
Updated our page on the status of ASTM standards.
December 1
Squeezed our graphics a little more to make the home page load more quickly.
November 17
Added a link to the Brain Injury Association.
November 14
Ended our video lending program. We couldn't get them back.
November 10
Added a page on shattering and snagging visors to encourage victims to report incidents. Added
an article on a French ski helmet campaign.
November 9
Added a History of Bicycle Helmets.
October 31
Added a Brief on 1999 helmets.
October 28
Added 1997 data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to our Statistics page.
October 26
Added a Quote of the Day to buy helmets meeting the CPSC standard.
October 20
Updated our page on the status of ASTM standards.
October 17
Updated recommendations in the Standards section of our 1999 Helmets page.
October 14
Put up a new page of Needy Programs looking for donations. Took it down 8/00 when addresses were spammed.
September 22
Posted the first edition of our report on Helmets for 1999.
September 15
Updated our page on inexpensive helmets to add new sources.
August 6
Added Adrian, Michigan, to our List of Mandatory Helmet Laws.
August 1
Added reviews of three revealing articles on Bell Helmets. Listed Specialized's bike safety kit in our
Toolkit for Helmet Promotion Programs.
July 29
Added a new Researcher's Page. Added a quote on helmet usage in the Tour
de France this year.
June 8
Added an Awards Page.
June 2
We were "Director's Web Pick o' the Week" on the Batesville (IN) Memorial Public Library home page!
May 25
Changed the format for our web pages.
May 14
May 14
Added a page of helmet test labs.
May 13
Updated our page on the status of ASTM helmet standards after the May meeting in Atlanta.
May 11
Added a page with total visitors to our Home Page by week.
May 10
Added a report on progress on ASTM standards at the May meeting in Atlanta.
May 6
Added a proposal for vision requirements in the ASTM standard.
And a page on why the ASTM standard does not need vision requirements.
And a page on why the ASTM standard does not need vision requirements.
May 5
Added a detailed comparison of the ASTM and CPSC bicycle helmet standards.
May 2
Added a page on the status of ASTM headgear standards.
April 29
Posted the agenda for the Atlanta ASTM Shirtsleeves technical meeting on May 7.
April 21
Updated our page on head lice to add new info sources.
April 8
Added a pamphlet on Teaching Your Child to Ride a Bicycle. (since retired) With a version in Word format for printing
out in Word.
March 21
March 16
Added a page describing the 4 H Sports Grants for Youth program.
March 11
March 10
March 8
Revised our Must I Buy a Bicycle Helmet for My Child? and added a Word version.
March 8
Revised our Consumer's Guide to Bicycle Helmets and added a Word version.
March 7
Added a Word version of Teaching Your Child to Ride. (since retired)
February 27
Added a page of daily quotes for press people.
February 22
Added a page on Teaching Your Child to Ride. (since retired)
February 21
Added a page on How to Fix a Helmet when it comes unglued.
February 20
Added a brief on Bell Helmets Going Private.
February 13
Added a short Summary of Helmet Standards explaining what they are.
February 11
Added a page explaining how CPSC enforces its standards.
February 6
February 5
February 4
Added a link to a fine article from the Washington Post about the CPSC standard.
January 29
Added a press release from CPSC on a jail term for violating CPSC rules. Updated our
Frequently Asked Questions About Bicycle Helmets.
January 27
Added a note that CPSC's final decision on their helmet standard has been postponed until
February 5th..
January 21
Added a report on CPSC's January 21 meeting on their helmet standard. Added Jim Sundahl's letter to CPSC on their final draft standard.
January 20
Added draft minutes from the December ASTM headgear committee meeting.
January 14
January 9
Added info on our press policy on quoting our pages.
January 7
Added info on ski helmets to our page on "Other Helmets."
January 4, 1998
Added a page on how to tell the front from the back of a helmet.
January 3, 1998
Added the new CPSC US Government bicycle helmet standard draft.
January 2, 1998
Added a first cut on the new CPSC bicycle helmet standard draft.
Sent the same text out as an email edition of the BHSI Helmet Update.
Sent the same text out as an email edition of the BHSI Helmet Update.
What Was New: 1997
December 30
Added a "white paper on helmet safety" from a new national campaign.
December 28
Updated our basic ASTM page and our ASTM issues page.
December 27
Added a page of quick answers to helmet questions.
December 24
Logged a visitor from our 64th country, Trinidad and Tobago.
December 22
Added a report on the innovative Maine helmet retrofit program.
December 19
Added a report on the December ASTM headgear committee meeting.
December 1
Added PTI to the page where you can check current stock prices.
November 30
Added a page on the travails of bald riders.. Reorganized our Home Page to clarify the
categories.
November 25
Published the November issue of The Helmet Update.
November 19
Logged a visitor from our 63rd country, Slovakia.
November 18
November 17
Sent out the email version of our Helmet Update. Most of it is here in Helmets for 1998.
Added a link to the new Consumer Reports web page. Full access costs
money. Added a note in Helmets for 1998 that CU found a Best Buy helmet.
November 10
November 9
Added the agenda for the December ASTM F8.53 helmet subcommittee meeting. Added info on a Bicycle Retailer & Industry
News article on our FOIA info on CPSC's buckle tests .
November 8
Added an explanation of why car drivers don't see cyclists.
November4
Reorganized our list of mandatory helmet laws and added three Ohio cities.
October 30
Reorganized our links page to make it more accessible.
October 29
Added a model bicycle helmet law prepared by Safe Kids.
October 27
Added "last revised" dates to the bottom of all of our pages.
October 23
October 19
Upgraded our web server with a new P200+ motherboard and a 10ms hard drive.
October 15
Added Bike Helmet: Perfect Fit to our videos page. Best how-to-fit video we have seen.
October 13
Updated our List of Mandatory Helmet Laws with new info on the Canadian City of Cote
Saint-Luc.
October 10
Added a link to the Moving Kids Safely Conference on November 16-19.
September 25
Added a press release from advocates pressing Universal/MCA studios for helmets in Leave it to
Beaver.
September 22
Added 1996 data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to our Statistics page.
September 19
Edited our Comparison of Bicycle Helmet Standards.
September 19
Added Carboro, NC to our list of mandatory helmets laws.
September 11
Added Chemung County, NY to our list of mandatory helmets laws.
September 9
August 31
Updated our FAQ on BHSI and its 25 year history.
August 30
Added Steve Frothingham's terrific article for BRIN on new helmets. Highly recommended!
August 29
Updated our When to Replace a Helmet page.
August 26
Added a copy of California's bicycle helmet law.
August 21
Updated our Most-Asked Questions About Bicycle Helmets FAQ.
August 20
August 19
Added a link to the International Pro-Choice Bicycle Helmet Coalition, a European anti-helmet law site.
August 18
Updated our link to Bell Sports and their FAQ on returning helmets.
August 13
Added a copy of the Connecticut bicycle helmet law as revised to raise the age from 12 to
15.
August 12
Added a brief on the New Jersey report that fatalities fell 60 per cent after their helmet
law. Added a copy of the New Jersey press release.
August 11
Revised our mandatory helmet laws list to add Connecticut's new cutoff: 15 years old.
July 11
Added a link to Plum Enterprises: protective caps for non-bicycle use.
July 2
Logged a visitor from our 62nd country, China. Might have been just another Hong Kong HK
yesterday!
June 29
Removed our text-only version. Robots would not leave it alone, doubling their hits on our site.
June 25
Added a link to FARS where you construct your own query on fatality data.
June 18
Added a BRIN article on our FOIA request for CPSC lab date.
June 13
Added a letter from Consumer Reports defending their findings.
June 11
Added Thad Ide's draft minutes of the May ASTM meeting.
June 10
Updated our list of mandatory helmet laws, adding Manassas and Manassas Park, VA.
June 1
Added a link to PowerSlide, the Bicycle Police Netletter from Aiken, SC.
May 30
Added a message from SEI warning about fraudulent uncertified helmets.
May 28
Added a letter from PHMA questioning the Consumer Reports buckle test results.
Added a medical journal article on bicycle child seats.
Added a medical journal article on bicycle child seats.
May 24
Added an article on skaters' injuries from CPSC.
May 19
Added our review of a new helmet article in Consumer Reports.
May 15
Added a page on How to Fit a Helmet.
Posted a brief about NHTSA adding "your bicycle helmet" to its annual "Buckle Up campaign.
Posted a brief about NHTSA adding "your bicycle helmet" to its annual "Buckle Up campaign.
May 12
Added notes from the ASTM technical meeting in St. Louis last week.
Updated our link to Headstrong Helmets.
Updated our link to Headstrong Helmets.
May 11
Updated the list of ballot items expected for the ASTM F8.53 Subcommittee's Form and Style Committee.
May 1
Added our May Newsletter, the Helmet Update.
April 28
Added our Report on Helmets for the 1997 Season.
April 25
April 24
April 15
Added a link to a personal injury page with another crash story.
April 14
Added a Brief noting that Consumer Reports has announced that it will publish a helmet
article soon.
April 11
Added a Brief on our FOIA request to CPSC for helmet test data, along with a copy of our FOIA request. .
March 31
Added a Brief on a New York Times article reporting Harborview's call for a national
helmet campaign.
March 29
Added a message from an injured cyclist who can add the impact of his personal story to your helmet law campaign.
March 20
Added Port Washington, Wisconsin, to our mandatory helmet laws page.
March 18
March 5
Added Barrington, IL to the list of helmet laws--all ages.
February 26
February 23
Posted a Swedish study demonstrating injury reduction with a helmet program.
February 18
Updated our helmet laws list with Washington State info from Ralph Wessels.
February 10
Added a brief on the Snell Foundation's new Education Center.
Added a link to the Washington State helmet bill now under discussion.
Added a link to the Washington State helmet bill now under discussion.
January 30
Added an article saying that the government of Quebec has decided not to introduce helmet
legislation.
January 28
Added a brief on publication of Harborview research in JAMA, a major event. Added a brief on a
Wall Street Journal article on the Snell
Foundation.
January 16
Added our activity statistics for 1996.
January 9
Added a paper from Velo Australis questioning the efficacy of their helmet laws.
January 7, 1997
Added an updated bicycle helmet campaign manual originally written by John Williams. Great!
What Was New: 1996
December 28, 1996
Added an article from Bicycle Retailer and Industry News about Bell's big helmet
project .
December 24
Updated our Program for 1997.
December 17
Added briefs on the ASTM meetings in New Orleans, and some photos, too.
December 16
Added a list of action items from the ASTM meetings in New Orleans, December 10 and 11.
December 13
Added notes from the ASTM meetings in New Orleans, December 10 and 11.
December 4
Added a link to the Ride Safe web page, a great source of inexpensive helmets.
November 21
Added a link to the new 50 cent bicycle stamp souvenir sheet and the two stamps alone.
November 12
Added a brief on Bell's plans to produce a new super large size helmet.
Added a page on the Protective Headgear Manufacturers' Association (PHMA).
Added a page on the Protective Headgear Manufacturers' Association (PHMA).
October 29
Added a page on advice for parents seeking extra-small helmets for tiny tots.
October 27
Added a new dedicated fax number (our auto switch still works on the main line) and a new data number.
October 17
Added NHTSA's Traffic Safety Facts 1994: Pedalcyclists to our collection of statistics.
Ivanhoe Broadcast News mentions BHSI in this week's Fitness Factor on Helmets.
Ivanhoe Broadcast News mentions BHSI in this week's Fitness Factor on Helmets.
October 16
Added the sixtieth country to our list of visitors--Romania.
October 15
Updated our list of mandatory helmet laws with extensive additional info from Alex Fine of
Safe Kids.
October 11
Added Newport News, VA to the list of helmet laws.
October 6
Added the 59th country to our list of visitors--Antigua.
October 2
Updated our info on cheap helmets to add Aria Sonics and their $3.75 per helmet deal.
Added some more descriptions of helmet manufacturers and a link to Headstrong's stock price.
Added some more descriptions of helmet manufacturers and a link to Headstrong's stock price.
September 29
Added a page with the new helmet law exemptions permitted by British Columbia.
September 24
Added the Rhode Island helmet law for kids under 8 and updated our laws list where we had
been showing it as kids under 18.
September 17
Updated our Helmet Standards Comparison with the 1996 Australian/New Zealand standard
changes.
September 12
Added our Helmet Update newsletter for September, the first we have published this year.
September 11
Added a copy of the British Columbia mandatory helmet law.
Added a link to Bell's latest quarterly report, which appears on the SEC's EDGAR server.
Added a link to Bell's latest quarterly report, which appears on the SEC's EDGAR server.
September 10
Added a brief on the Harborview study released today and a link to Snell's website where there is a full copy.
Added info from an article from the Wall Street Journal illustrating variables in bicycle statistics.
Added info from an article from Bicycle Retailer and Industry News about the industry's satisfaction with new helmet designs.
Added info from an article from the Wall Street Journal illustrating variables in bicycle statistics.
Added info from an article from Bicycle Retailer and Industry News about the industry's satisfaction with new helmet designs.
September 5
Added a page on child helmets.
September 4
Added a link to a fine new page called BikePlan Source, with info on planning and programs to improve cycling
conditions--primary measures to reduce the crashes that make helmets necessary.
August 31
Added a brief on the new all-ages helmet law in British Columbia.
August 27
Added the 58th country to our list of visitors.
August 1
Updated our link to Steve C's page with his comments on helmets in London.
July 27
Added a brief on Oregon's video to convince police officers to enforce their helmet law.
July 26
Updated our description of the SEI certification program..
July 24
Added a page on issues frequently raised by helmet warriors on the usenet lists.
July 22
Updated our Server statistics page.
July 18
Added Fort Worth, Texas to the list of cities with mandatory helmet laws
Added a brief on The WHO Helmet Resource Center opening this fall. Competition!
Added a brief on The WHO Helmet Resource Center opening this fall. Competition!
July 16
Added some briefs on recent helmet studies, including two that question the consensus
view.
July 15
We've been picked by eye on the web as a Selected Site! Added their link at the bottom of our home page.
July 12
Added a brief from Sam Boskey about helmet law developments in Montreal.
July 9
Added a brief on an ANSI Committee vote: Snell or ASTM for ISO TAG administrator.
July 7
Added a brief about a helmet law protest in Austin.
July 2
Added a link to the new Consumer Product Safety Commission site, with information on
their helmet standard, product recalls and hazards, research, and the agency's current calendar of meetings.
June 27
Added info from a BRIN article saying that Bell is making data available on the Internet.
Added Sykesville, MD to the list of cities with mandatory helmet laws
Added Sykesville, MD to the list of cities with mandatory helmet laws
June 21
Added a Site Map in addition to our Subject Index.
June 14
Added a page on the Danish view of the CEN bicycle helmet standard.
June 10
Added a Tool Kit page for helmet promotion program organizers.
June 2
Added the 55th country to our list of visitors.
June 1
Added a link to The Bicycle Accident Page.
May 30
Added an article from Bicycle Retailer about Bell's President, Mary George.
May 23
Added notes from an ASTM technical meeting before an ASTM headgear committee meeting.
Added a page on Jaw Joint Injuries published by Dr Ed Williams.
Added a page on helmets for non-bicycling activities.
Added a page on Jaw Joint Injuries published by Dr Ed Williams.
Added a page on helmets for non-bicycling activities.
May 19
Updated our Helmet Standards Comparison.
May 16
Added info from a BRIN article on Bell's third quarter profit.
May 12
Added the 54th country to our list of visitors.
May 11
Added Austin, Texas to the list of cities with mandatory helmet laws
May 6
Added a link to the Snell Memorial Foundation site, with info on all their
standards.
May 4
Added Florida to the list of states with mandatory helmet laws.
April 24
Added a message on bicycle helmet history.
April 17
April 8
Added info on the new West Virginia bicycle helmet law - 14th State to pass one.
Revised our home page graphics.
Revised our home page graphics.
April 2
Added a brief quote from Jocelyn Pedder on new Canadian child's helmet standard: 200g's !
March 17
Added the 52nd country on our list of visitors.
March 11
Added some statistics on our website traffic here.
March 8
Added The European Cyclists' Federation position paper on helmets from 1990.
March 4
Added a brief about a new study recommending lower g's for helmet standards.
March 1
Added Bedford, Texas, to the list of cities with mandatory helmet laws.
February 29
Added a page of BHSI activity indicators for 1995 - how bhsi were we?.
February 26
Added info from a BRIN article on Bell's second quarter loss.
February 24
Upgraded our web server to an IBM "Blue Lightning" to permit handling 16 simultaneous
users.
February 17
February 14
February 6
Added a link to the Australian site with information on the 3rd International Conference on Injury Prevention and
Control, Feb 18-22.
January 25
Added a link to The Cyclists Rights Action Group, an Australian site opposing helmet laws. Recommended for helmet
warriors.
January 21
Added a description of Ride Safe's discount helmets for 1996. Their lowest price ever.
January 18
Added a description of the new Safe Kids video for kids up to age 14. Great video!
January 14
Added a link on how the Blizzard of '96 has affected BHSI's physical neighborhood. This snow page has big, slow-loading
graphics. From the cyberneighborhood point of view, traffic on our server was cut by at least 75 per cent, and for that
week was mostly those of you from West of the Mississippi or from outside the U.S. We
appreciate your visits!
January 8, 1996
Revised our Robots page to reflect an increase in visits.
January 1, 1996
Added a link to The Ontario Coalition for Better Cycling anti-helmet law page.
What Was New: 1995
December 13, 1995
Added notes from Les Earnest on the December ASTM meeting.
December 11, 1995
Added the best study of helmet effectiveness that we have ever seen, by Australia's Dr.
Michael Henderson.
December 8, 1995
Added the official version of CPSC's second draft of its bicycle helmet standard including
drawings.
Added CPSC's Supplementary Material explaining how comments on the first draft were handled.
Added CPSC's Supplementary Material explaining how comments on the first draft were handled.
Gap: February to December, 1995, before we started a Whatsnew page.
Our site came up in February, 1995.
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