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DOT helmets and novelty helmets]
[Federal Register: October 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 192)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 57297-57314]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr02oc08-21]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 571
[Docket No. NHTSA-2008-0157]
RIN 2127-AK15
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Motorcycle Helmets
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: NHTSA is proposing to amend several aspects of Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 218, Motorcycle Helmets. Some of
the amendments would help realize the full potential of compliant
helmets by aiding state and local law enforcement officials in
enforcing state helmet use laws, thereby increasing the percentage of
motorcycle riders wearing helmets compliant with FMVSS No. 218. The
amendments would do this by adopting additional requirements and
revising existing requirements to reduce misleading labeling of novelty
helmets that creates the impression that uncertified, noncompliant
helmets have been properly certified as compliant.
The other amendments would aid NHTSA in enforcing the standard by
specifying a quasi-static load application rate for the helmet
retention system; revising the impact attenuation test by specifying
test velocity and tolerance limits and removing the drop height
requirement; providing tolerances for the helmet conditioning
specifications; revising requirements related to size labeling and
location of the DOT symbol; correcting figures 7 and 8 in the Standard;
and updating the reference in S7.1.9 to SAE recommended practice J211.
A PDF of the full proposal is attached.
 NHTSA Motorcyle Helmet rule proposal Docket No NHTSA-2008-0157.pdf | [ ] | 218 Kb |