helmet eject mandatory?
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csik magnet
Well-known member
Helmet eject is not required. It will need SNELL certification though. Certification has to be 2010 or newer, and I'd expect that to roll to 2015 next year. DOT cert alone isn't good enough.
Hope that helps!
FourThreeSix
Tall Guy on a Little Bike
ECE 22.05 is acceptable as well.
ctwo
Merely Rhetorical
I totally love that you are still riding your bike on its fairings :thumbup
Removable cheek pads could still cause issue when trying to detach them. Many of the premiere racing helmets have already added this feature several years back.
It is mandatory in MotoAmerica but not AFM. But should be highly considered and desirable when being attended to.
An alternative is Simpson sells the Eject helmet removal system and it comes with a bladder which fits up top in the helmet and has a hose that comes down by the ear which responders can blow up and push the helmet off as opposed to pulling it.
It is mandatory in MotoAmerica but not AFM. But should be highly considered and desirable when being attended to.
An alternative is Simpson sells the Eject helmet removal system and it comes with a bladder which fits up top in the helmet and has a hose that comes down by the ear which responders can blow up and push the helmet off as opposed to pulling it.
jtiisto
Well-known member
The medical crew at the track(s) has been known not to know how the eject system works (despite the "pull here" tabs).
eeeeek
Freelance Superhero
What he said. Thankfully, SNELL certification is NOT required. I always wore Suomy which use the ECE certification.
This is not an untrue statement
Mechanikrazy
The Newb of Newbs
Not surprising considering that only some helmets have it and it isn't promoted much. I didn't even know my last helmet had the release tabs, which were hidden away, until I removed the liner to install a comms unit.
I wonder if having a vinyl sticker on the chinbar identifying a helmet as having an emergency removal system would help. Really though, track orgs should consider just briefing medical crews on this stuff, as I doubt EMT training can cover every unique aspect of specific sports gear.
jtiisto
Well-known member
Emergency crews haven't used those systems even when they have been pointed out to them. I can see that, though, if they have not been trained on them. Potential neck injuries seem like a bad time to improvise.
velazcod
AFM#986
I can speak from my own experience, that a lot of emergency responders do not have a clue how to use the cheek pad release, or read.
A year ago I was taken to the ER after a crash in Round 1, they had no freaking clue on how to remove the helmet safely, 3 nurses and 1 EMS, and when I went to tell them there was a red tab they can pull on they told me to to shut up, ended up pulling the helmet without taking cheek pads off first, but they had to call a 4th nurse that knew how to take helmets off the old fashioned way.
A year ago I was taken to the ER after a crash in Round 1, they had no freaking clue on how to remove the helmet safely, 3 nurses and 1 EMS, and when I went to tell them there was a red tab they can pull on they told me to to shut up, ended up pulling the helmet without taking cheek pads off first, but they had to call a 4th nurse that knew how to take helmets off the old fashioned way.