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Alcohol and bicycle head injury.

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

The ANSI Z90.4 standard has expired and will not be renewed
Minutes from the final ANSI meeting on renewing the standard

Anthrax risk and our mail.

ASTM

ASTM F08 Committee Bicycle Helmet Standard Stuff
ASTM response to CPSC request for comments
Photos of activities at an ASTM meeting
Issues to be considered in ASTM standard meetings
Les Earnest's notes on the December, 1995 ASTM Meeting
Minutes of ASTM bicycle trailer standard meeting, Dec. 1995
Notes on ASTM technical sessions
Status of ASTM draft standards
Bicycle Trailer Standard subcommittee

Awards for our Web page

Bell Sports, Inc (Bell Helmets)

Bell Buys Giro
Bell's First Losing Quarter
Bell as a powerhouse - March, 1995

Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute

Contact BHSI by phone, fax, Internet or snail mail
Our program for this year
FAQ on BHSI
Publications
Helmet workshop
Our Internet link
Countries of our visitors
User activity on our Web server: hits and accesses.
Robots visiting our Web site

Bicycle Retailer and Industry News Articles

Senator gives Snell a boost - May, 1995
Misc articles - May, 1995
Bell brand to be sold on mass market - July, 1995
Helmet prices stabilize - September, 1995 (wishful dealer thinking!)

Bibliography of helmet documents

Big helmets for big heads.

Buckles.

Buying a Helmet

Consumers Guide to Bicycle Helmets

Cheap helmets

Consumer Product Safety Commission

CPSC Documents on the BHSI server.
CPSC Interim Bicycle Helmet Standard - March , 1995
How CPSC intends to enforce its standard
BHSI comments on the first CPSC standard draft (5/95)
Second Draft of a U.S. Government bicycle helmet standard (12/95)
Supplementary materials to second CPSC standard draft (12/95)
CPSC analysis of changes in the second bicycle helmet standard draft (12/95)
BHSI Comments on the 2nd draft CPSC standard
U.S. Law requiring CPSC to establish a bicycle helmet standard
Announcement on "streamlining" the product recall process
CPSC news release on death of Fabio Casartelli in the Tour de France
CPSC notice of a helmet recall
Amnesty for manufacturers to confess prior sins
CPSC on Skate Helmets

Contact Info for BHSI

Fitting and Wearing Helmets

How to Fit a Helmet
Advice for very large heads
Are lice a problem in swapping helmets?
How to determine helmet size

Henderson's 1995 Study: Effectiveness of Bicycle Helmets

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The study as a large Web page
The study as a Web page compressed in ZIP format
The study as a plain ascii text file
The study as a plain ascii text file compressed in self-extracting form.
The study as a plain ascii text file compressed as a ZIP file.

Home page

Laws: index page for our resources.

List of mandatory helmet laws
Evaluations of helmet laws - chart prepared by CDC
An article on California's law for children
Delaware's law
Massachusetts' law
Pennsylvania's law
Article on the Virginia Beach law
Response to "Helmet Warriors" Issues

Links to other sites

Links to bicycle helmet sites
More links, including everybody who links to us Our policy on new links

Mandatory Helmet Laws - See Laws above

Manual for helmet promotion programs.
(see also Toolkit for Helmet Promotion Programs.

Manufacturers and importers of bicycle helmets

Military regulations on bike helmets

Miscellaneous

FAQ
Helmets for the current season: 1995-present
Crash stories from the helmet front
A poignant story of family difficulties after a head injury
Some documents available on our server
European Commission policy on bicycle helmets
The cost of manufacturing a bike helmet
Ancient History of Helmets
Ideal Helmet
Visibility and Drivers - Email Message
Introducing Your Child to Bicycle Helmets
Military Regulations
Retrofitting Helmets
Ride and Roll Safely
Standards Comparison (long download)
Most-Asked Questions
Update Newsletters: all years
Australian Helmet Legislation Working?

News and Press

What's New on this Web server
Brief articles on current helmet world happenings
Annual helmet report: 1994 to this year
An article on the death of Fabio Casartelli in the Tour de France
Another article about Casartelli, from the London Times

Newsletter: Intro and index to the Helmet Update.

Pamphlets: formatted as Web pages

A Consumer's Guide to Bicycle Helmets
A Bicycle Helmet for My Child
How to Fit a Bicycle Helmet
Teaching Your Child to Ride A Bicycle

Pamphlets: Word format

A Consumer's Guide to Bicycle Helmets
A Bicycle Helmet for My Child
How to Fit a Bicycle Helmet
Teaching Your Child to Ride A Bicycle

Pamphlets: .pdf format

A Consumer's Guide to Bicycle Helmets
A Bicycle Helmet for My Child
How to Fit a Bicycle Helmet
Teaching Your Child to Ride A Bicycle

Photos: links from our Press page

Press page

PSA: Public service announcements

Replace a Helmet?

Reflectivity

Resources

Toolkit for helmet promotion programs
List of expert witnesses for court cases
Resources for teachers
Helmet Promotion Program Manual

Sizes

How to fit a helmet.
How to measure your head size for a helmet
Advice on helmets for larger heads
The biggest helmet on the market

Skate Helmets

Skate Helmets
CPSC on Skate Helmets

Standards for Bicycle Helmets

Bicycle Helmet Standards discussion
Comparison of bicycle helmet standards
CPSC Standard: Explanatory Material - 1996
BHSI Comments on CPSC Draft Standard - 1995

Statistics

Statistics on helmets and bike safety
Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control
CPSC study by Greg Rodgers

Toolkit for Helmet Programs.

Washington Area Bicyclist Association

List of available videos we have seen
New video from the U. of California

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