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Old 09-11-2007, 05:42 PM
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Safety Helmet Council of America

A group of motorcycle helmet manufacturers formed an industry organization, the Safety Helmet Council of America (SHCA), to provide a third party certification program to the new DOT standard. The program required manufacturers to submit test data for each new motorcycle helmet model before introducing into the market and to make annual submissions of test results for each model already on the market. Participating manufacturers were allowed to mark their products with an SHCA label. The SHCA collapsed during the 1980's.

When the DOT standard took effect, it was accompanied by a Federal push for State laws requiring motorcyclists to use appropriate headgear. Mandatory use laws were enacted in a number of states but many were repealed a few years later. For a time, NHTSA linked distribution of Federal highway monies to the passage of state helmet laws. This practice has been disallowed.
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