[Shotimes] Re: (OT) Airbags & Helmets: from Ford and SCCA

[Donald Mallinson]

Ron,

ACtually, the 2000's won't have four years knocked off, they 
are still good for the same time period before the 05's come 
out as after, but you just lose four or five years of use 
because they are older.

Right now for SCCA use, the oldest sticker is 1995, and that 
is what we go by at the SHO Club conventions.  I think these 
will be valid till 2005, or 10 years.

A 2000 helmet bought now, will be good till 2010.  A 2005 
helmet bought next year will be good till 2015.

As you were pointing out, you get the most value if you buy 
a helmet the same year as the new Snell sticker.

I just wanted to point out that as of that point, four years 
aren't knocked off, they are just lost due to the overlap of 
sticker sales.

Too bad they can't just update the sticker every year.

Don Mallinson

Ron Nottingham wrote:

> The Snell 2005 rating helmets won't be sold until sometime around the 
> last quarter of 2005. With this info in mind, the Snell 2000 helmets are 
> only available and when the 2005's are available, the 2000's will have 4 
> years knocked off their "life expectancy" for SCCA competition. 
> Something else to think about.
> 
> Ron Nottingham - Dalton, GA
> 89 325i
> 90 SHO
> 
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> Thanks Ron,
> 
> I have been looking at helmets, this is very useful information.
> 
> BTW, I would consider this post far more ON TOPIC than alot of the recent
> list activity.
> 
> Rick Glass
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
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> "SHO Tech" <techsho@topica.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 8:19 PM
> Subject: (OT) Airbags & Helmets: from Ford and SCCA
> 
> 
> Here's the content of a couple of posts that deal with helmets and airbags.
> First is from the SCCA, and I have cut-n-pasted the second, which was 
> from a
> Ford release that someone posted.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Murray [mailto:mattm@optonline.net]
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 2:03 PM
> To: 911/993/996
> 
> Before you buy that helmet yet, there has been a firestorm on various Solo
> 2/autocross/rally list. Yesterday, the SCCA released the following
> information. It is not final, but would certainly be relevant to your
> purchases.
> 
> http://scca.org/_Filelibrary/File/AirbagAdvisory.pdf
> 
> 
> In addition to what you mentioned they also are looking at this
> information:
> NOTE THIS IS NOT SCCA INFORMATION NOR SCCA DIRECTIVE, BUT INFO
> FROM FORD.
> 
> Something from Ford that SCCA might find interesting.
> 
> EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, PLEASE CEASE USE OF FULL FACED
> HELMETS IN VEHICLES WITH LIVE STEERING WHEEL AIRBAGS.
> 
> It was brought up at the recent International Committee for
> Proving Ground Safety that several companies do not allow use of
> full face helmets in vehicles with (driver-side) airbags,
> due to the risk of severe neck injury for the airbag impacting the
> bottom of the full-faced helmet. Full-faced helmets are, of
> course, allowed in vehicles without airbags or in vehicles with
> de-activated airbags.
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