What WAS New --
What we had modified in previous years
This is old stuff! Many external links no longer work.
What Was New: 2007
December 30, 2007
December 30
December 21
December 20
December 18
December 7
December 3
December 3
December 3
November 26
November 22
November 22
November 20
November 19
November 10
October 28
October 10
September 30
August 23
Finished a summer project to validate all of our links.
August 20
August 7
August 7
July 2
Added a link to the free teacher's resource guide from the Bike Smart program.
June 26
June 22
June 22
June 21
June 12
June 11
June 6
May 29
April 20
April Fool's Day
April Fool's Day
March 19
January 12
January 12
January 11
January 11
January 3
January 1, 2007
2006
November 26, 2006
Posted a draft agenda for the spring ASTM F8.53 headgear subcommittee meeting in Norfolk.
November 19
November 11
November 10
November 9
November 5
November 4
September 11
September 11
August 25
Updated our references to the North Carolina study of British Columbia's helmet law.
August 22
August 22
Posted the first draft of an agenda for the ASTM F8.53 Helmet and Headgear Subcommittee meeting in Atlanta.
August 21
August 17
August 9
July 30
July 27
July 10
July 14
July 10
Sent out the Task List from our ASTM Subcommittee meetings in Toronto.
June 19
June 19
Added Dr. Pietro Tonino's numbers for injuries in US sports to our statistics page.
June 3
May 26
Posted a draft agenda for the fall ASTM F8.53 headgear subcommittee meeting in Atlanta.
May 4
May 4
April 26
Added a link on our Journals page to a report on a study on skull fractures in lab testing.
April 13
March 30
March 29
February 22
Added rugby to our page on Other Helmets.
February 23
February 22
January 19
February 4
Posted the first agenda for the ASTM F8.53 Subcommittee meeting in May.
January 19
January 13
January 12
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
December 27
December 26
December 14
December 2
Added Bell's survey result showing that just over 40% of kids wear helmets to our Stats page.
December 1
November 14
Added minutes of the ASTM technical meeting in Dallas.
November 13
November 4
October 31
October 20
October 20
October 17
Added a book review of Mick Harte was Here, a book about the death of a cyclist used in classrooms.
October 17
September 14
September 13
September 12
September 7
August 31
August 16
August 13
August 12
August 11
August 11
August 3
July 12
June 23
June 20
Posted Reno minutes of the ASTM Equestrian Task Group.
June 19
June 17
June 7
May 12
May 12
May 3
April 25
April 12
March 30
March 27
March 22
February 26
Added links to the WABA bike safety site with on-street class manuals.
February 24
February 22
February 22
January 20
January 3, 2005
Completed our year-end update of all links on the site.
2004
December 28
December 27
December 8
December 3
November 23
November 22
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
October 24
October 16
October 16
October 14
October 13
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
August 25th
August 23rd
August 19th
August 17
August 7
June 21
July 29
July 28
Posted a page on trailbikes, since retired.
June 22
June 21
June 20
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
May 6
April 29
April 1
March 31
March 24
February 26
February 24
February 20
January 23
January 9
January 4, 2004
2003
December 30, 2003
December 22
Posted minutes of the ASTM pole vault task group meeting, November 2003
December 10
December 9
December 2
December 1
November 25
November 13
Revised our web page format.
November 8
November 3
October 30
Added a comparison of ASTM standards.
October 29
October 27
Added a link to a great pamphlet: First Wheels, First Helmets.
October 21
October 19
October 16
October 9
September 24
September 16
September 15
September 9
September 8
September 7
September 5
September 2
August 25
August 22
August 21
August 18
August 18
July 22
July 17
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
June 26
Added a note to our recalls page about CPSC's non-recall of some helmets that flunk their standard.
June 16
June 14
June 9
June 8
June 4
June 1
May 22
May 1
April 24
April 21
Added a link to a UK study on helmet effectiveness geared toward decision-making on mandatory helmet requirements.
April 20
April 7
April 7
March 26
March 25
Added links to the California Department of Health Services helmet program materials.
March 18
March 17
March 12
January 28
January 23
January 14
January 10
January 7, 2003
What Was New: 2002
December 30
December 29
December 9
Posted the ASTM F8.53 Subcommittee task list from our Miami meeting.
November 22
November 22
November 21
November 20
November 18
November 17
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
October 21
October 9
October 4
October 3
Posted the draft agenda for the Miami ASTM meeting.
October 1
September 21
September 13
September 11
September 9
September 4
September 3
August 31
August 26
July 25
July 22
Added a link to a downloadable public service announcement on the Brain Injury Association of Minnesota website
July 11
July 3
July 2
June 26
June 26
June 25
June 19
June 18
June 17
June 12
June 11
June 10
June 9
June 8
June 7
June 6
June 2
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
April 24
April 14
April 11
April 10
March 29
March 29
March 29
March 25
March 20
March 14
February 26
February 20
February 13
February 12
February 2
January 30
Added the Draft ASTM Pittsburgh meeting schedule.
January 16
January 8
January 6, 2002
What Was New: 2001
December 30
December 29
December 9
Posted the ASTM F8.53 Subcommittee task list from our Miami meeting.
November 22
November 22
November 21
November 20
November 18
November 17
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
October 21
October 9
October 4
October 3
Posted the draft agenda for the Miami ASTM meeting.
October 1
September 21
September 13
September 11
September 9
September 4
September 3
August 31
August 26
July 25
July 22
Added a link to a downloadable public service announcement on the Brain Injury Association of Minnesota website
July 11
July 3
July 2
June 26
June 26
June 25
June 19
June 18
June 17
June 12
June 11
June 10
June 9
June 8
June 7
June 6
June 2
May 31
May 16
May 10
May 3
May 2
April 24
April 14
April 11
April 10
March 29
March 29
March 29
March 25
March 20
March 14
February 26
February 20
February 13
February 12
February 2
January 30
Added the Draft ASTM Pittsburgh meeting schedule.
January 16
January 8
January 6, 2002
What Was New: 2001
December 30, 2001
Revised our page on hair styles in response to a reader comment.
December 27, 2001
December 19
December 18
Posted a Task List for the ASTM Dallas meeting.
December 17
December 15
December 14
December 12
December 10
December 4
November 17
November 12
November 2
October 31
October 29
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
October 4
September 12
September 5
Updated our page on the status of ASTM bicycle helmet standards.
September 4
August 23
August 22
August 21
August 20
August 14
August 5
July 29
July 17
Revised the ASTM F8.53 helmet Subcommittee task list.
July 9
July 7
July 6
July 5
June 4
May 25
May 24
Added a notice on ASTM's equestrian helmet standard.
May 22
May 21
May 15
May 4
May 2
May 1
April 30
April 23
April 16
April 3
March 21
March 21
February 23
February 4
January 25
Added the Minutes from the ASTM F8.53 Subcommittee's November meeting.
January 21, 2001
January 9, 2001
Added notes on our ideal helmet page on why the ideal is not available.
January 1, 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 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
Posted our Helmet Update by email.
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
Added a CPSC interpretation modifying their bicycle helmet standard.
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
Posted a note on the Bicycling magazine article on us in their July issue..
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 an article 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.
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
Added the CPSC warning on playground incidents involving helmets.
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
Added a press release from CPSC recommending snow sport helmets.
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 |