Laws and standards
Worldwide, many countries have defined their own sets of standards that are used to judge the effectiveness of a motorcycle helmet in an accident, and define the minimal acceptable standard thereof. Among them are:
ACU (Auto-Cycle Union) Gold or Silver badge
AS/NZS 1698:2006 (Australia and New Zealand)
BSI (British Standards Institute) 6658
CSA CAN3-D230-M85 (Canada. they no longer certify motorcycle helmets)
DOT FMVSS 218 (USA)[19]
GOST R 41.22-2001 (ГОСТ Р 41.22-2001) (Russia) (based on ECE 22.05)
NBR 7471 (Brazil)
IS 4151 (India)
JIS T 8133:2000 (Japan)
Snell M 2005 "2005 Helmet Standard For Use in Motorcycling"
SNI (Indonesia)
SHARP (UK) - Star Rating
CRASH (Australia) - Star Rating
ECE Regulation 22 (Europe) (2001)[20]
TCVN 5756:2001 (test and certify by QUATEST 3) (Vietnam)
ICC (Philippines) MAKA UULAW JUD TA!