Nasty rumor - NJMP requires FULL face helmets?

[bigjim]

NJMP requires FULL face helmets?

If this is false please pass it on!

[MiataSteve]

The way I read the state regulations is that full face helmets are required for motorcycles and open race cars ONLY, otherwise just a Snell rating.

See SUBCHAPTER 3, " ....ROAD RACING AND HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVERS SCHOOL";
13:62-3.6 (page 12) http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/info/pdf/ra ... ations.pdf

[bigjim]

Section "A" in that same spec doesn't differentiate between vehicles, full face and face shield. The part I don't get is that it looks like nothing has changed since May 2009. I don't quite get where this started NOW.

[McMahonRacing]

From NASA NE newsletter :


NJMP HELMET REQUIREMENT !!

For 2011, NJMP is requiring ALL DRIVERS and passengers to wear FULL FACE helmets. This requirement is only for events at NJMP.

We will have a limited supply available for rent
but suggest that you make your own arrangements if you are currently using an open face model.

[jlwhorf]

Here is an excerpt from the pdf linked above

13:62-3.6 Helmets and eye protection
(a) All drivers shall wear a properly secured, full face
helmet, with face shield, which meets or exceeds Snell
Memorial Foundation Testing Standards M or SA, incorporated
by reference herein, as may be amended and supplemented,
which has not reached the expiration date established by the
Snell Memorial Foundation at the time of the event. The
standards are available from the Snell Memorial Foundation,
3628 Madison Avenue, Suite 11, North Highlands, CA 95660.
A Nomex, or similar fire-resistant head sock is recommended to
be worn in conjunction with the use of the full face helmet with
shield. The use of open face helmets and goggles shall be
prohibited.

[MiataSteve]

Ah, missed that! Looks like section "e" that I was looking at just spells out that the visor has to be down/closed with open cars and motorcycles.