INC 60 million consumers rate the best motorcycle helmets

On the model of the British motorcycle helmet assessment program Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Program SHARP (read MNC of March 9, 2012: update on motorcycle and scooter equipment standards), the National Consumer Institute and the Maif Foundation publish in the September 2015 issue of the magazine 60 million consumers a comparative essay on …

Modeled on the British Motorcycle Helmet Assessment Program Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Program SHARP (read), the National Consumer Institute and the Maif Foundation publish in the September 2015 issue of the magazine a comparative essay on the safety of 12 full face helmets.

"Developing the current standard"

At the end of this work carried out with biomechanical engineers from the ICube laboratory in Strasbourg, who subjected the helmets to drop tests similar to those practiced internally by manufacturers (read in particular our), it appears that the three best helmets in safety terms are the Shoei GT-Air which scores 17/20, the HJC FG-17 (16.5 / 20) and the Arai Axces II (15.5 / 20).

"Motorcycle helmets are all approved but do not offer the same protection in the event of an impact", notes the National Consumer Institute which therefore invites "manufacturers to improve their performance in terms of safety and the public authorities to do evolve the current standard ".

The full ranking, to be discovered in, also shows that "the results in terms of impact resistance are not correlated with the price, which is therefore not a criterion of choice".

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