Helmet law question.
Hey everyone,
I have a question about the helmet law here in AB.
Division 4 of the Vehicle Equipment Reg deals with helmet law. The part in question is 108 (3):
(3) A safety helmet must have the mark or label of the organization in subsection (2) indicating that the safety helmet met one or more of the specifications required on the date on which it was manufactured.
Last year, I was riding my Highball and I had my Sena attached to my helmet. I had inadvertently covered up the DOT label on my helmet in the process of attaching the comm unit.
So I'm out for a ride and I'm cruising around when I get pulled over by a Peace Officer. He tells me that it's against the law to HIDE the DOT label. Says it has to be visible on the exterior of the helmet at all times. I then asked about the ECE labels (Euro helmets WITHOUT DOT labels - I also own one of those) that are sewn into the inside of the chin strap with no visible markings on the exterior. He said he had never come across one before.
I was going to push the interaction with the officer pretty far because I thought he was wrong but then he started checking out my bike and said he was a fellow rider and we had just general motorcycle conversation so I just dropped it.
I moved my Sena off of the label and it's been like that ever since. There was no ticket given during this traffic stop.
In terms of this law tho, does the label really need to be visible at all times? My ROOF helmet isn't DOT certified, it only has the ECE label thats attached to the chin strap - no exterior labels or markings or anything.
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