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| The Department of Transportation in the world of | | | | the helmet, model number or name and a list of |
| motorcycling is referred to as the DOT. This | | | | components that have gone into the making of the |
| organization has made it a rule that all motorcycle | | | | motorcycle helmet.o If you don’t find these |
| helmets must be checked and tasted on grounds of | | | | details on the sticker, or if one or more of these |
| safety before use. The DOT performs a check on all | | | | features are missing, your best bet would be not to |
| helmets and labels only those which meet its security | | | | buy the helmet. |
| requirements. If you have a motorcycle and are | | | | DOT Benefits |
| thinking about buying a helmet, look for the DOT tag on | | | | With the DOT ranking, a consumer can test the safety |
| it. If that is missing, think again. You don’t want | | | | standards of the helmet they are purchasing. You |
| to get into trouble with the law on grounds of using an | | | | don’t have to take the dealer’s word |
| illegal helmet. Helmets that have not passed the DOT | | | | for the safety of the helmet. You can judge it for |
| test are simply not safe enough. They won’t go | | | | yourself. We have just listed all the criteria for you. |
| very far in protecting you from injury, in case of an | | | | DOT Helmet Testing Procedure: |
| emergency or an accident. | | | | Let’s talk a bit about the process of ranking |
| How to Identify a DOT Helmet? | | | | helmets and how DOT goes about it.o An impact test |
| We have for a near-exhaustive list of points, you need | | | | is an obvious part of the procedure. A headpiece is |
| to check in order to understand which a DOT | | | | inserted inside the helmet.o Next, the helmet is dropped |
| approved helmet is and which is not. After you have | | | | from a height of about ten feet. A human head can |
| gone through this, you can find DOT helmets very | | | | survive if it receives a G-force of 400 units on impact. |
| easily:oFirst, check for the DOT sticker. You should find | | | | It cannot take any more than that. A G-force is the |
| it at the back of the helmet, towards the bottom, at | | | | gravitational force exerted on objects in free fall. |
| about the middle of the helmet.o In addition to the | | | | Helmets that can protect the headpiece in this |
| sticker, there should be a DOT label sewn to the inside | | | | condition are labeled.o Manufacturers don’t |
| of the helmet.o The label’s location is important. | | | | need to test their products all over again after it has |
| It should be in a place from where it cannot be torn off | | | | received a DOT sticker.o A manufacturer is free to |
| easily.o The DOT sticker should carry some basic | | | | sell any of his helmets that are DOT rated. |
| information. This includes the name or logo of the | | | | |