"DOT Approved" motorcycle helmets

How many time have you seen stickers on the back of a helmet with the words "DOT approved" ?
Have you ever used this as a method of selecting one helmet over another?
If you did, you've been taken for a ride...

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A "DOT-APPROVAL" FOR HELMETS....!

There are even State laws in the USA that require bikers to wear DOT-approved helmets,
and yet "D.O.T. itself has no authority to 'approve' or 'not approve' any item of equipment and the phrase 'D.O.T. approved' has no meaning and should not be used."
4/8/98, John Womack, Acting Chief Counsel NHTSA.

See:
http://www.bikersrights.com/nhtsa/notapproved.html

Here I was, thinking DOT is the american version of Isabel Jones...

steyngert wrote:Here I was, thinking DOT is the american version of Isabel Jones...

skerp boet, baie skerp


myself, ek like vir Schnell (sp) meer

Droopy ol' t....?

*catches a clip from wife*

You should duck faster - or see where she is before you make comments that might be taken up as the mood fits.

I was referring to Isabel Jones.... not my wife!

Perhaps I should duck Schnell-er...!

Found elsewhere on the web...



Anybody able to translate...?

Interesting about the DOT, I would've placed a bet that it is some sort of "approval". At least we have a South African standard that is in place


SANS 20022:2005/ECE R22:2002
(SABS ECE R 22)
Title Uniform provisions concerning the approval of protective helmets and of their visors for drivers and passengers of motor cycles and mopeds
Date approved 2005-10-28
Edition 2.00
Amendments
Abstract Applies to protective helmets for drivers and passengers of mopeds and of motor cycles with or without side-car and to the visors fitted to such helmets or intended to be added to them.
International relatedness ECE R22:2002 IDT

Date reaffirmed
Date withdrawn
Replaces SANS 20022 (SABS ECE R 22)

Replaced by
Use in conjunction with
Issued by STANDARDS SOUTH AFRICA
Collation
Price (including 14% VAT) R306.66
Shipping costs (hardcopy) Terms & Conditions
Date project approved 2005-09-02
Target date 2005-12-24
Stage code 60.60
Stage date 2005-11-03
Committee 1031A
ICS 13.340.20: Head protective equipment
43.140: Motor cycles and mopeds

ISBN 0-626-17296-9

...and the SANS inspector charges R??? to certify the product...?

(We also have a SANS for condoms too, if I remember correctly!)

oohh, I got the translation of the cartoon...

... Oh good!

Do share it with us...?

I refuse to answer on the grounds that I might incriminate myself and incur the wrath of the moderators of this forum...

I don't even know what language it is.....???

I've tired out Babelfish using Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Dutch...

let's just say he views a BMW boxer engine as a motoguzzi that was subjected to a bit of gravity...

(psst! I've known all along...!)

Gravity does really suck!!!!

Richard H wrote: ...and the SANS inspector charges R??? to certify the product...?

(We also have a SANS for condoms too, if I remember correctly!)

No idea, point was merely that there are standards other than DOT. I would hope that Lafe would adhere to these ?