DOT Motorcycle Helmets

The DOT in terms of motorcycle helmets refers to the Department of Transportation. It mandates that all the motorcycle helmets should be tested for safety issues. The DOT performs its own in-house testing on the helmets and then labels only those helmets that meet its standards. If at all you are thinking of purchasing a motorcycle helmet and you don’t see a DOT approval label on it, it’s better that you think again whether to buy it or not. This will not be the helmet that you can trust on, to save your life in case of emergency or accidents.

How to Identify DOT Helmet

Lets us consider some of the labeling requirements of these DOT motorcycle helmet. You should check for the following things before you purchase a helmet:

• A DOT sticker should be attached on the back of the helmet, located centrally towards the bottom.
• In addition, these should be a DOT label that is sewn permanently at the inside of the helmet.
• This label should not be in such a place from where it can easily be taken off.
• A genuine DOT sticker should include the name or the logo of the manufacturer of the motorcycle helmet, date of manufacturing, size of the helmet, model name or the model number and the components used to make the helmet.
• If you don’t see all the above-mentioned information on the helmet’s label, it will be great not to purchase such a helmet.