Originally Posted by
mconlonx
Not unfair or misleading at all, I was actually being technical with my description. According to the government body which defines what constitutes a bicycle helmet, they are defined by how a manufacturer
markets a helmet.
CPSC published rules and regs definition of a bicycle helmet, p. 11715:
Yes, a bicycle helmet isn't one unless the seller says it is. That's just reversing the statement that someone can't sell a helmet that doesn't meet the standard. All government rules have some kind of similar statement to define the turf. In this case it ensures that Stetson can't be held to the helmet standard when they sell 10 gallon hats.
But I posted only because the way you made the statement in response to the quoted passage implied that fashion was trumping engineering in helmet design. If that wasn't the intent, consider my post as a minor technical correction and ignore it.