'Half-shell' helmets to be banned


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 16 Dec 2008

UALA LUMPUR: ‘Half-shell’ motorcycle helmets will be banned as they do not offer adequate protection.

Road Safety Department director-general Datuk Suret Singh said the half-shell helmets did not meet safety standards and the department was drafting a provision in the law to ban them.

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