Would you buy or use a used helmet, or get a new one?

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Originally Posted by adrianinflorida

That statement is a bit misleading. Most racing helmets legal for use in Europe under FIA regulations are SNELL rated as well as being rated by the wuropean organizations. Arai, Scheuberth (The current favorite among F1 drivers, actually the "spec" helemet in F1 for a season or two, until the other Helmet manufacturers complained and were allowed to submit thier helmets for approval)Stand 21 and others have SNELL ratings as well as Euro ssafety ratings.

That may be so, but I remember reading (and of course, I can't find the article anywhere) that the big name helmet manufacturers (Shoei, Arai, etc etc) actually manufacture their European helmets to the ECE standard instead of the SNELL standard. *shrugs*