[Lucazade 749s]

Originally Posted by RodH

Sorry Luca, but I think that you are far too willing to believe and defend everything that the Dept for Transport feeds you with regards to the Sharp Test, irresepecive of whether or not their results fly in the face of all previous helmet tests.

Believe what you wish, 'cos we all know that all government departments are 100% correct 100% of the time FFS . In the meantime I'll go with my 3* Arai.

Rod why can’t you just admit that that test can be correct? There is that possibility, it is on the same level as it being incorrect. Is it because you always had ARAI helmets and a Gov possibly proved you wrong? Grow up on that front.
- There were plenty of people saying that NCAP is crap and now you can clearly see in accidents that survival rate in new cars is higher.
- Seat belts were also a bad idea....
- Before steel ships people believed that wooden is the only way.
- Long time ago we could not fly! in devices heavier then air and yet were proven wrong (two brothers).
The Gov you speak off forced you to have a lid in the first place. As per you that is a wrong decision as Gov is always wrong as per you. So why do you listen and have one and even join this debate?
Yes Gov does not always get it right (smaller bins will make us produce less rubbish) but then there are times they do.
Step back to the time you got your first bike and first lid how did you choose it? Did you know what to look for by your self?
This testing, and easy to understand scoring, is here to help us understand which helmet is best value for money. It is here to make manufacturers of 3 or 4 * lids think and go up a level as now they compare worse to cheaper competition.

Now re different lid for racers and common folk.

When a top rider crashes we all see it on TV, if it is a big accident it is in the news. Guess what all can see his ARAI lid due to fact they are sponsors and have huge stickers. If he gets up and walks away great lid if he does not crappy one. Public is a simple as that. When you or I or any of Ducatisti go down (we do not want that!!!) we tell it here and that is it. No pictures or any coverage. Unless it was big but then no one will talk about your lid. That in other words mean no bad or good publicity.