{"id":1131,"date":"2014-05-26T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2015-08-30T01:24:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T12:24:07","slug":"helmet-standards-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/helmet-standards-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Helmet standards in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand has very little manufacturing of helmets and therefore uses a mixture of international standards from Australia, the EU, Japan and the USA.<\/p>\n<p>All helmets sold for road use in New Zealand must meet one of the following approved international standards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UN\/ECE Regulation No. 22: Protective helmets and their visors for drivers and passengers of motorcycles and mopeds (Europe)<\/li>\n<li>Australian Standard AS 1698: Protective helmets for vehicle users<\/li>\n<li>New Zealand Standard NZS 5430: Protective helmets for vehicle users<\/li>\n<li>Snell Memorial Foundation: Helmet Standard for use in motorcycling<\/li>\n<li>Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218: Motorcycle helmets<\/li>\n<li>British Standard BS 6658: Specification for protective helmets for vehicle users (for type A helmets only)<\/li>\n<li>Japan Industrial Standard T8133.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/motorbike-helmet-standards-AS1698-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"motorbike-helmet-standards-AS1698\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/motorbike-helmet-standards-AS1698-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/motorbike-helmet-standards-AS1698-595x461.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/motorbike-helmet-standards-AS1698.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The standards are to ensure consistency in head protection. A helmet can have a wide variety of different designs and types (<a title=\"Choosing a helmet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/?p=1127\" target=\"_blank\">see them all here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>A helmet will have a sticker on it showing which standard it adheres, too. For example, this helmet shows Australian Standard AS1698.<\/p>\n<p>Helmets must also be marked or labelled with the:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Size<\/li>\n<li>Month and year of manufacture<\/li>\n<li>Name of the manufacturer<\/li>\n<li>Model designation<\/li>\n<li>words &#8220;Vehicle Users&#8217; Helmet&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>warnings about cleaning, care and destruction in the event of an accident<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Helmets should only be cleaned with soap and water, and should be destroyed and replaced if they are involved in an accident.<\/p>\n<p>We can see in the following image that the model is a Rapier, the size is 58, the batch is B19, the manufacture date is March 1999, and it&#8217;s made by F Ferrentino Mfg Ltd in Waihi. There are also construction details, instructions for cleaning and a reminder to destroy or return the helmet if it&#8217;s been involved in an accident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/motorbike-helmet-interior-sticker-595x393.jpg\" alt=\"motorbike-helmet-interior-sticker\" width=\"550\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/motorbike-helmet-interior-sticker-595x393.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/motorbike-helmet-interior-sticker-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/motorbike-helmet-interior-sticker.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The local laws for each country that produces the standard will outline penalties applicable for not conforming to it. For example, in Australia there are fines of up to $220,000 for an individual and $1.1m for a body corporate for failure to comply with a mandatory safety standard. In Australia it is recommended that any helmet bought before the standard was put in place on 19 December 1990 is replaced with a more modern one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand has very little manufacturing of helmets and therefore uses a mixture of international standards from Australia, the EU, Japan and the USA. All helmets sold for road use in New Zealand must meet one of the following approved<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/helmet-standards-in-new-zealand\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[135,136],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","category-motorbike","tag-helmet","tag-standards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1580,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions\/1580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}