Originally Posted by
ridelikeaturtle
^^^ This, and if the helmet meets whatever safety standard is applicable to your region, e.g. EN 1078 in the EU.
all helmets, regardless of price, must meet the same safety standards - so poor people get the same level of safety protection as rich people.
Well, sorta. All helmets must meet
or exceed a
minimum safety standard but that doesn't mean they all offer the same level of protection. You can have one helmet that barely passed and one that could have passed even with twice the impact and they still get the same certification sticker.
The Snell Foundation is a good organization that puts helmets through rigorous tests. A Snell Foundation certification means you have a very good helmet. Before someone jumps on it . . . yes, some companies produce equivalent or better helmets but don't go through the Snell certification process, which is absolutely fine, but a Snell sticker is
one way to assure that your helmet will perform well in an accident.