Originally Posted by rekmeyata

That fee is necessary to pay for the testing procedures, not a bribe, if it was a bribe every helmet manufacture on the planet would be paying to get their stickers. So no, they do test the helmets and not take bribes, remember too that they test a slew of helmets for all sorts of sports, if it ever was proven that they took bribes they would be opening a serious can of whipass lawsuits going against them.