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<blockquote data-quote="ACME" data-source="post: 1757504" data-attributes="member: 2140"><a href="http://www.hotrod.com/articles/ctrp-1106-helmet-safety-standards/">SA2010 And What It Means To You - Circle Track Magazine</a>Mr B: I don't disagree at all, but how many times at tech have you seen a helmet that looks thrashed, or dropped, crashed in numerous times etc... but it met the dating vs a prestine, safe/solid SA2005 helmet that next year doesn't pass as it's &quot;old&quot;. Keep in mind it's the same sport that has guys sitting on fuel cells and racing in cotton single layer suits with tennis shoes and mechanix gloves...IMO it's kinda of like the chassis inspection process. I watched Savage argue and tell a well known fabricator who used a 1&quot; X on the C pillar on his cars while teching cars in the guys shop: That the &quot;requirement&quot; mandated a single 1.5&quot; Diagonal and &quot;that would have to be changed&quot; in all these cars. When the builder asked if a 1&quot; X was less safe than a single 1.5&quot; diagonal in the same place, Savage said it was the rules regardless if they made sense or not...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ACME, post: 1757504, member: 2140"] [URL="http://www.hotrod.com/articles/ctrp-1106-helmet-safety-standards/"]SA2010 And What It Means To You - Circle Track Magazine[/URL] Mr B: I don't disagree at all, but how many times at tech have you seen a helmet that looks thrashed, or dropped, crashed in numerous times etc... but it met the dating vs a prestine, safe/solid SA2005 helmet that next year doesn't pass as it's "old". Keep in mind it's the same sport that has guys sitting on fuel cells and racing in cotton single layer suits with tennis shoes and mechanix gloves... IMO it's kinda of like the chassis inspection process. I watched Savage argue and tell a well known fabricator who used a 1" X on the C pillar on his cars while teching cars in the guys shop: That the "requirement" mandated a single 1.5" Diagonal and "that would have to be changed" in all these cars. When the builder asked if a 1" X was less safe than a single 1.5" diagonal in the same place, Savage said it was the rules regardless if they made sense or not... [/QUOTE]

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