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DOT Motorcycle Helmets
The Department of Transport in terms of motorcycle helmets refers to the Department of Transportation. It states that All motorcycle helmets should be tested for safety issues. The Department of Transportation conducts its own internal testing of the helmets and helmets tags only complying with its rules. If all you are thinking of buying a motorcycle helmet and not see a DOT approval label on it, you'd better think again if buy or not. This will not be the helmet that you can trust him, to save his life in an emergency or accident.
How to identify the DOT helmet
Let us consider some of the labeling requirements of these DOT motorcycle helmet. You should check the following before buying a helmet:
• A label DOT is attached to the back of the helmet, located in the center to the bottom.
• In addition, they must be a DOT label that is sewn permanently inside the helmet.
• This label must be in a place where you can easily remove.
• A true label must include the DOT the name or logo of the manufacturer of the motorcycle helmet, the date of manufacture, size of the helmet, model name or model number and the data used to the hull.
• If you do not see all the information listed on the label of the hull, will be much not to buy a helmet.
Benefits Department Transportation
DOT Classification is an industry standard and half through which customers can judge the efficacy and safety helmet. These ratings provide objective criteria to certify the safety of the helmet you are buying. Thus, instead of just relying on what the dealer says it is now possible to buyers to identify the real criteria on his own and judge the measures of protection offered by a specific helmet.
Helmet Test Procedure DOT
So what are the test procedures used to determine these criteria is? Let's discuss it:
• The Department of Transportation conducts a very direct impact test. Simulated wear a helmet placed on the hull.
• Next, the tester drops the helmet from a height about 10 feet. A human head can not receive more than 400 units of the G-force on impact. A G-force unit measures the gravitational force exerted on an object when moving. Here is the kicker for the helmets labeled with DOT.
• Manufacturers are not required to test their helmet to prove that an DOT index.
• The manufacturer of the helmet only needs to know that the helmet meets DOT specifications to be marked as "DOT rated helmet."
Therefore, we conclude that the DOT number is a sign of helmets for motorcyclists quality that meets the minimum standards to ensure safety the rider. If the helmet is DOT certified, it means it has met the minimum amount of certification process and therefore you are purchasing a decent helmet.
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