Question for Ed, or anyone else that want to put in their £00.02 worth :0)

[gruntygiggles]

I personally don't think it should have anything to do with the age of the helmet.

It should be judged on how many miles you have done whilst wearing that helmet. When I went through my training in March/April, I was shown cross sections of impact damaged helmets, including one that had just been dropped from a shelf and three undamaged helmets. One that had done 40,000 miles and the lining was less than half the original thickness, therefore meaking it nowhere near as safe as a new helmet, yet it was just 1 year old. It's just the mileage. The helmet that had the thickest lining left was actually 4 years old, but the rider had only done 3000-4000 miles a year over that time and it had still lost a good few mm of thickness.

So, I would not think it sensible to set a law on the age. If a law was going to be set, it should be set on the mileage covered whilst wearing that helmet!

That's just my 2p