10-02-2007, 12:45 PM
DOT approval basically just means it's legal to use on public roads. Pretty much all helmets have this approval, even those tiny plastic brain buckets the Harley guys like so much (which provide next to zero actual protection in an accident.) Snell approval means it's built to a common safety standard, has been tested, and may offer some measure of actual protection.
Look inside the helmet, probably buried under the liner, for a metallic orange or brown Snell Foundation sticker. It's rectangular, maybe 1.5" long. Set into it in white letters will be "M2000" or "M2005" ... if it doesn't have either of these, or has a sticker that says "M95" or "M90"... then unfortunately it's not legal for TrackDaze.
Here's what you are looking for:
![[Image: M2000.gif]](http://www.snellfoundation.org/certlist/cert_files/M2000.gif)
or
![[Image: m05dec.jpg]](http://www.snellfoundation.org/images/decals/m05dec.jpg)
Hope it helps,
Jon
Look inside the helmet, probably buried under the liner, for a metallic orange or brown Snell Foundation sticker. It's rectangular, maybe 1.5" long. Set into it in white letters will be "M2000" or "M2005" ... if it doesn't have either of these, or has a sticker that says "M95" or "M90"... then unfortunately it's not legal for TrackDaze.
Here's what you are looking for:
or
Hope it helps,
Jon
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