CPSC Issues New Safety Standard for Bike Helmets
Press Release # 98-062
Transcript
There is no audio for this video clip. The picture sequence is as follows:
- Screen reading: "The CPSC standard has two new provisions that will help provide greater head protection to bicyclists: --additional head coverage for children ages 1-5 years to protect the child's brain and skull; --chin strap stability to protect the helmet from coming off in a crash."
- Helmet being turned around.
- Close-up of helmet being turned around.
- Far view of helmets on a table and a person examining one.
- Person putting helmet on a machine, strapping it on securely and putting a long cord with an object on the end of the helmet. Person picks up the object on the end of the cord and then drops it again.
- Close-up of helmet snapping.
- Screen reading: "CPSC's test method calls for bicycle helmets, fitted on weighted headforms, to be dropped onto steel surfaces representing shapes that may be encountered in actual riding, such as flat asphalt or a street side curb."
- View of a helmet on a table, and two helmet one on each side of a machine. Person pulling lever on machine, so that the helmet is raised up and is level with the other one. The lever is released and the helmet falls.
- Close-up view of machine and helmet going up. Helmet comes back down.
- Screen reading: "In the chin strap strength test, a sudden force is applied to the chin strap by allowing a weight to fall a designated height and strike a metal stop."
- View of helmet on a table and person picking up cord and throwing it back down.
- Close-up of mechanism falling.
- Close-up of helmet and person holding mechanism. Person letting mechanism fall and helmet snaps.
- View of small machine with screen and helmet on top.
- Screen reading: "How to "fit" a helmet: --Wear the helmet flat atop your head, not tilted back at an angle. --Adjust the chin strap according to the instructions to provide a secure fit, and always fasten the buckle. --Make sure that the helmet, when fastened, fits snugly."
- People outside with bikes putting on helmets.
- Close-up of adult putting helmet on child.
- Close-up of helmet being fastened on securely.
- Close-up of child putting on helmet, buckling it and checking to make sure it is secure.
- Close-up of person strapping on helmet, checking to make sure it is secure, and then going over to children and checking to make sure their helmet are on correctly.
- People get on bikes and peddle away.
- View of people riding bikes.
- View of one person riding a bike.
- View of person passing by on a bike.
- End