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2021


>>>March 4

    Added CPSC's COVID19 emergency room report to our Stats page.

>>>February 24

>>>February 22

>>>February 20

    Added possible coefficient of restitution concerns to our airbag page.

>>>January 14

    Added Folksam's Euro helmet recommendations to our Ratings page.

>>>January 12

>>>January 1, 2021

    Posted updates of many pages and handouts for 2021.



2020


>>>November 30

>>>September 8

>>>August 30

>>>August 29

>>>August 12

>>>July 31

>>>July 27

>>>July 21

>>>July 21

>>>July 19

>>>July 13

>>>July 9

>>>July 7

>>>July 3

    Added ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene shell material to our liners page.

>>>June 26

>>>June 25

>>>June 17

>>>June 9

>>>April 21

>>>April 10

>>>April 1

>>>March 31

>>>March 15

    We are fully functioning despite COVID-19 restrictions.

>>>February 28

>>>February 18

>>>February 10

>>>January 14

>>>January 3

>>>January 1, 2020

    Posted updates of many pages and handouts for 2020.



2019


>>>December 13

>>>December 13

>>>December 12

>>>December 4

>>>November 29

>>>November 26

>>>November 25

>>>November 19

>>>November 19

>>>November 5

    Added info on a National Transportation Safety Board study to our Helmet Laws page

>>>October 3

    Added Comodo/Sectigo high-level extended validation security verification for our site.

>>>September 15

>>>September 11

>>>September 11

>>>August 28

>>>August 27

>>>August 26

>>>August 11

>>>August 6

>>>July 27

>>>July 3

>>>May 17

>>>May 5

>>>April 20

>>>April 13

>>>April 13

>>>April 12

>>>April 10

    Updated our ebike page to add more models and links.

>>>April 6

>>>April 3

>>>March 31

>>>March 30

>>>March 19

>>>March 13

>>>February 11

>>>February 3

>>>January 30

>>>January 29

>>>January 6, 2019

>>>January 1, 2019

>>>January 1, 2019

    Posted updates of many of our pages for 2019.



2018


>>>December 16

    Added a photo of a scalp apparently damaged by a MIPS liner to our MIPS page.

>>>December 14

>>>November 26

>>>November 20

    Noted that Time magazine chose the lumos helmet as one of their Best Inventions of 2018.

>>>November 13

    Added info on a new market research study to stats page.

>>>October 26

>>>October 25

>>>October 17

>>>October 10

>>>October 5

>>>September 27

>>>September 17

>>>September 16

>>>September 16

>>>August 26

>>>August 23

>>>August 20

>>>August 1

>>>July 1

>>>July 1

>>>June 26

>>>June 22

>>>May 29

>>>May 29

    Added info on Snell's MIPS testing to our MIPS page.

>>>May 25

>>>May 3

    Sent a comment to CPSC on Hövding's petition for exemption from CPSC's bicycle helmet standard.

>>>March 26

>>>March 26

>>>March 22

>>>March 15

>>>March 15

>>>March 14

>>>March 10

>>>March 8

>>>February 27

>>>February 18

>>>February 8

>>>February 7

>>> January 15

>>>January 10

>>>January 1, 2018

>>>January 1, 2018

    Posted updates of many of our pages for 2018.




2017


>>>October 27

>>>September 23

>>>October 16

    Linked to a study relating helmet damage scans to injuries on our Journals page.

>>>October 6

>>>September 28

    Purchsed a TLS/SSL secure server certificate to encrypt all outgoing and incoming traffic.

>>>September 25

>>>September 23

>>>September 23

>>>September 16

>>>September 13

>>>September 6

>>>August 29

>>>June 18

>>> June 14

>>> June 5

>>> June 5

>>> May 31

    Added a 2017 study titled "Bicycle helmet effectiveness is not overstated" to our page of journal articles.

>>> May 25

>>> May 3

>>> May 2

>>> March 28

>>> March 27

>>> March 24

>>> March 20

>>> January 20

>>> January 5

>>> January 3

>>> January 2, 2017

>>> January 1, 2017

>>>December 18

>>>December 13

>>>December 1

>>>November 27

>>>November

    Revised many pages to acknowledge our transition from a sponsored program to an incorporated 501(c)3 non-profit.

>>>October 6

>>>October 4

>>>October 3

>>>September 26

>>>September 11

>>>September 6

>>>September 6

>>>September 1

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>>>August 19

>>>August 13

>>>August 1

>>> July 4

>>> June 28

>>> June 28

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>>> June 6

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>>> April 14

>>> April 11

>>> April 3

>>> March 21

>>> March 17

>>> March 16

>>> March 4

>>> February 27

>>> February 26

>>> February 19

>>> February 8

>>> January 31

    Added statistics from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons to our Stats page.

>>> January 29

>>> January 29

>>> January 25

>>> January 24

>>> January 20

>>> January 12

>>> January 1, 2016

>>> December 30

>>> December 29

>>> November 23

>>> October 9

>>> September 27

>>> September 22

>>> August 23

>>> August 13

>>> July 26

    Began tests washing helmets in a dishwasher.

>>> July 20

>>> May 22

>>> May 12

    Added new NHTSA fatality and injury data to our Stats page.

>>> May 1

>>> March 7

    Updated our site design to improve response to mobile devices.

>>> February 27

>>> February 19

>>> February 19

>>> February 13

>>> January 1

>>> January 1, 2015


2014


>>> December 23

>>> December 15

>>> December 12

>>> November 12

>>> October 15

>>> October 13

>>> October 13

>>> October 9

>>> October 8

>>> September 20

>>> September 17

>>> September 17

>>> August 1

>>> August 1

>>> June 14

>>> May 14

>>> May 2

    Added new enthusiastic links to DOT's new Bicycle Safer Journey site: a 2014 upgrade of resources for classroom instruction on basic bicycle safety, including helmets.

>>> March 17

>>> February 22

>>> January 1, 2014


2013


>>> December 18, 2013

>>> November 26

    Made numerous changes to our home page. Added Edmonton's cartoon bike safety videos to our page on web videos.

>>> November 12

>>> November 4

>>> October 17

>>> October 7

>>> September 23

>>> August 30

>>> August 27

>>> August 16

>>> August 14

>>> July 19

>>> July 18

>>> July 2

>>> June 23

>>> June 16

>>> June 4

>>> May 30

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>>> May 20

>>> May 7

>>> April 26

>>> April 15

>>> April 10

>>> February 2

>>> February 26

>>> January 20

>>> January 16

>>> January 7

>>> January 1, 2013


2012


>>> December 12

>>> December 12

>>> November 30

>>> November 27

>>> October 22

>>> October 10

>>> October 7

>>> October 1

>>> September 30

>>> September 11

>>> August 20

>>> July 28

>>> July 27

>>> July 4

>>> June 21

>>> June 21

>>> June 19

    Added a reference to an Ontario Coroner's study on our journals page.

>>> June 18

>>> June 15

>>> June 1

>>> May 22

>>> May 14

    Sent out a Helmet Update reporting that Consumer Reports has published bike helmet ratings.

>>> May 6

>>> May 4

>>> April 23

>>> April 15

>>> March 30

>>> March 28

>>> March 18

>>> March 17

>>> March 16

>>> March 16

>>> March 11

    Installed Google's Custom Search to handle our search function. Our previous search engine was not finding all of our pages.

>>> March 2

    Completed a comprehensive offsite backup.

>>> February 5

>>> January 14

>>> January 7

>>> January 6

>>> January 1, 2012


2011


>>> December 30, 2011

>>> December 20

>>> December 6

>>> October 31

>>> October 19

>>> September 24

>>> September 19

>>> September 6

>>> September 1

>>> August 28

>>> August 25

>>> August 13

>>> August 5

>>> August 3

>>> July 18

    Tried new mobile device subdomains but modified the main page instead.

>>> July 16

    Achieved 100% XHTML validation for our home page on the W3C validator.

>>> July 7

>>> July 6

>>> July 1

>>> June 5

>>> June 1

>>> May 31, 2011

>>> May 31

>>> May 27

>>> May 21

>>> May 3

>>> April 27

    Added info on a study in St. Albert, Canada on the effects of their all-ages helmet law to our Journals page.

>>> April 23

>>> April 22

>>> April 6

>>> March 15

>>> March 15

>>> March 11, 2011

>>> March 11

>>> March 5

    Added Geared Up! The essentials of adult bicycling to our Videos page

>>> February 21

>>> February 15

>>> February 15

>>> January 13

>>> January 12

>>> January 3, 2011


2010


>>> December 31

>>> December 28

>>> December 15

>>> December 12

>>> November 15

>>> October 22

>>> October 16

>>> October 7

>>> September 30

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>>> May 3

>>> May 1

>>> April 26

>>> April 24

>>> April 21

>>> April 12

>>> April 7

>>> April 5

>>> March 21

>>> March 20

    Added a reference to a 2009 statistical analysis that concluded that state helmet laws reduce cycling to our mandatory helmet laws page.

>>> March 18, 2010

>>> March 17

>>> March 15

>>> March 11

>>> March 8

>>> March 8

>>> March 1

>>> February 24

>>>February 18

>>>February 2

>>>February 2

>>> January 6

>>> January 6, 2010


2009



>>> December 31, 2009

>>> December 4

>>> December 3

>>> November 30

>>> November 19

    Added advice for using jello brain molds to our page on demonstrations.

>>> October 20

    Added views of a recumbent cyclist to our page on visors.

>>> October 10

>>> September 16

>>> September 15

    Updated our Helmets for 2009 page and our Chrono page to add info on Kask helmets.

>>> September 13

    Updated our Helmets for 2009 page to add info on the new Giro Prolight.

>>> September 11

    Updated our test lab page to refer to CPSC's list of certified labs.

>>> September 9

>>> August 16

>>> August 6

>>> August 5

>>> August 2

>>> June 18

>>> April 17

>>> June 6

>>> May 15

>>> April 20

    Added a special icon for those who access us on an iPhone.

>>> April 17

>>> April 15

>>> April 14

>>> April 12

>>> March 18

>>> March 10

>>> February 23

>>> February 20

>>> January 30

>>> January 28

>>> January 13

>>> January 11

>>>January 11

>>> January 10

>>> January 10


>>> January 1, 2009

    Updated all of our pamphlets and many other pages for the new year.



2008


>>> December 29, 2008

>>> December 5

>>> December 3

>>> December 3

>>> November 25

>>> November 10

>>> October 31

>>> October 25

>>> October 12

>>> October 3


>>> October 3


>>> October 1


>>> September 30


>>> September 29


>>> September 28


>>> September 28


>>> September 19


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>>> September 17


>>> September 15


>>> September 15


>>> September 15


>>> September 15


>>> September 7

>>> September 7

>>> August 20


>>> August 20

    Began adding to this page again after four months of not maintaining it.

>>> April 22


>>> March 24


>>> March 21

    Updated the IIHS fatality data on our Stats page to the current 2006 results.

>>> March 18


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>>> January 8


>>> January 6


>>> January 6


>>> January 4


>>> January 2


>>> January 1, 2008

    Updated all of our pamphlets and many other pages for the new year.



2007



>>> January 24


>>> January 20


>>> January 17, 2008


>>> January 15


>>> January 8


>>> January 6, 2008


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