IMPACT TESTS

A FALSE IMPRESSION

Even if your helmet is as shiny and lacquered as a piece of Chinese furniture, even if at first sight you can legitimately imagine that in the event of a fall it will slide like a ball in a game of bowling, the fact of the matter is that things are much more complex. In any case, this is what has been proved by work carried out by the biomechanics team at the Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg in association with the CNRS (the French National Centre for Scientific Research), as well as by tests for official approval carried out by the independent Transport Research Laboratory in the United Kingdom, among others.

On carrying out impact tests on an anvil (the inclined impact test, part of the approval tests for the ECE 22.05 regulation) with a LazerRider standard model, and comparing the results of these with results of the same tests carried out on a Lazer Rider SuperSkin®, video recordings clearly show that the rotational effect is greatly reduced with the model equipped with the SuperSkin® membrane.

Standard helmet

The elasticity of the covering combined with the lubrication of the Lazer SuperSkin® helmet provides a quantitative reduction of up to 60% of the tangential force. Computer simulations even demonstrate that the maximum rotational speed experienced is four times greater with the standard helmet than with the SuperSkin®. These experiments have clearly indicated that the synthetic membrane reduces the rotational acceleration by two-thirds, clearly demonstrating the potential effect of this unique solution on the risks of lesions and therefore on our physical integrity and well-being.

So it is with good reason that we claim that with this major technological advance, the LazerSuperSkin® becomes the pioneer of a new generation of advanced helmets whose qualities in terms of passive safety will soon be indispensable to all users of two-wheeled vehicles, drivers and passengers alike. The helmet of the future must guarantee your improved safety. And that is precisely what the Lazer SuperSkin® helmet now does.

SuperSkin® helmet