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Updates archive
- February 21, 2012
- Want to know the difference between Snell, DOT and ECE helmet
standards? Come and talk to the Snell staff at the
Charlotte Motorcycle Show
this coming Friday Feb. 24th through Sunday 26th 2012 at the
Charlette Convention Center, NC
- Want to know the difference between Snell, DOT and ECE helmet
standards? Come and talk to the Snell staff at the
Charlotte Motorcycle Show
- February 14, 2012
- New Pre-Test Information Forms and Instructions are available in Manufacturers Zone
- January 11, 2012
- The annual Snell manufacturer’s meeting will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Indianapolis on at 9:00 AM on February 16th, 2012. Representatives of Snell certified manufacturers are welcome to attend. Any other interested party should contact the Snell office for an invitation.
- See you at
International
Powersports Dealer Expo - Indianapolis, IN, February 24-26,
2012
Snell booth #1111
- January 10, 2012
- See you at the
Motorcycle show at the Washington Convention Center in Washington
DC, January 13-15, 2012
Snell booth #638
- See you at the
Motorcycle show at the Washington Convention Center in Washington
DC, January 13-15, 2012
- November 23, 2011
- Holiday Schedule: The Snell Lab will be closed for annual calibration and maintenance from December 12, 2011 until December 25, 2011. Testing services will resume on December 26, 2011.
- November 22, 2011
- November 15, 2011
-
"Snell Certification and Motorcycle Helmets" article (pdf)
in November issue of "BMW Motorcycle Owners News" magazine.
The BMW Motorcycle
Owners of America
was formed in April of 1972 as an all volunteer organization.
According to the Articles of Incorporation the BMW MOA was formed
for the purpose to operate and maintain a national BMW motorcycle
owners club. The goal of the club is to promote the camaraderie
and friendship of individual members and BMW motorcycle clubs.
-
"Snell Certification and Motorcycle Helmets" article (pdf)
in November issue of "BMW Motorcycle Owners News" magazine.
The BMW Motorcycle
Owners of America
- October 31, 2011
- The separation between the demands for the certification testing and the enforcement tests are explained in "Snell Certification and Enforcement Testing" (pdf) article
- September 23, 2011
- September 22, 2011
- Dr. Daniel Thomas will speak at the Gear Up Conference in Springfield, IL on December 15, 2011. This is a state-wide motorcycle rider education conference organized by the Illinois Dept. of Transportation. Dr. Thomas’s presentation will illustrate the mechanism of head and brain injuries and the advantage of M2010 certified helmets in managing impacts and prevent such injuries.
- August 26, 2011
- Snell will host a helmet testing lab tour for a group of nursing students from California State University at Sacramento on September 22, 2011. This lab tour is Snell’s effort to offer a unique opportunity to enrich the nursing program’s curriculum in injury prevention and community health activities. It has been well received for the last several years. Students will learn about head injury risks, effectiveness of various helmets in preventing injury, observe Snell helmet testing, and receive hands-on training to fit helmets properly.
- July 25, 2011
- Dr. Thomas is going to give a Snell & Helmet Standards presentation to the annual conference of the State Motorcycle Safety Administrators Association in Des Moines, Iowa on August 20th and 21st, 2011. The audience of Dr. Thomas’ presentation is state administrators of motorcycle safety and licensing agencies and motorcycle riding school coaches from all over the United States. The presentation will cover these subjects: motorcycle injury statistics, brain injury mechanisms, helmet’s effectiveness in preventing fatalities and injuries, comparison of Snell M2010 standard, DOT and EC standard, Snell test programs and standards.
- June 30, 2011
- April 26, 2011
- Snell Foundation laboratory has been approved for continued accreditation by American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) in the Mechanical field of testing. The laboratory is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005. More on the laboratory accreditation
- March 20, 2011
- Mr. Ed Becker will make a presentation on helmets and Snell Standards during the BMW Motorcycle Owners Association's (BMW MOA) 39th International Rally from July 21 to July 24, 2011 in Bloomsburg, PA. He will also meet young riders in the workshop CAMP GEARS before the rally to have similar discussions. In 2010 the Snell Foundation received the award of OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MOTORCYCLE SAFETY given by the BMW MOA Foundation.
- March 6, 2011
- Updated smf.org web-site is up, check out new certified helmet lookup feature
- March 3, 2011
- Mr. Edward Becker, Snell’s Executive Director, is going to give a presentation to the Missouri Motorcycle Safety Program Spring Meeting on March 19th, 2011 at Lake of the Ozarks (central Missouri). He is looking forward to meet motorcycle safety administrators and motorcycle riding school coaches in Missouri. His presentation focuses on brain injury mechanism, effectiveness of protective helmets, comparison of Snell, DOT and EC motorcycle helmet standards.
- February 18, 2011
- Updated snellfoundation.org web-site is up, check out new certified helmet lookup feature
- January 5, 2011
- December 15, 2010
- December 2, 2010
- October 1, 2010
- September 20, 2010
- September 16, 2010
- May 28, 2010
- April 28, 2010
- February 13, 2010
- Happy New Year!
- Headsup Newsletter Issue 52 January 5, 2010
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