The Department of Trade and Industry Central Visayas Office (DTI-7) recently released to the media a list of helmet brands issued the ICC Mark by the agency.To recall, Congress promulgated Republic Act 10054 otherwise known as
Motorcycle Helmet Act in 2009 requiring all motorcycle riders, including drivers and back riders to wear standard protective motorcycle helmets or those that have a PS license or ICC mark at all times while driving, whether long or short drives, in any type of road and highway.
The DTI, through the Bureau of Product Standards (BPS), is tasked to conduct a mandatory testing of all manufactured and imported motorcycle helmets in the Philippines and shall issue periodically a list of motorcycle helmet manufacturers and importers and the brands which pass the standards of the BPS to be published in a newspaper of general circulation or in its website.
The BPS has issued an ICC Mark to the following brands of helmet as of 2009-2012: 2, AGV, AINON, AM, AXA, BEN-2, BIO / H, CABERG, CARTING, GDR, GPX, HF, HJC, HNJ, HONGYING BIO, HPH, INDEX, KBC, KOR, LEV3, MRC, NEXX, NOLAN, POSH, POWERCYCLE, SHOEI, SNELL, SOL, SPACE CROWN, SPYDER, TANKED, TRANSCYCLE, VCAN, VOLTZ, XPOT, EXSOL, YAMAHA, YEMA, ZEBRA, ZEUS. This list can be found at the BPS Portal - http://www.bps.dti.gov.ph/Any person caught not wearing the standard protective motorcycle helmet
and those who use, sell and distribute substandard motorcycle helmets shall be penalized according to law.
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