China is a big country in the production and consumption of electric bicycles, with a market of about 300 million. Every year, there are many deaths and injuries in electric bicycle related accidents, one of the main reasons is the low rate of wearing helmets. Therefore, the Ministry of Public Security launched the "One Helmet and One Belt" campaign to improve Electric vehicle helmet Use rate, enhance the personal safety of cyclists, and reduce casualties in traffic accidents. Due to the sudden increase in demand in a short period of time, the supply of helmets falls short of demand, forming a wave of rising prices, which leads to various problems. Among these problems, inferior helmets have the greatest impact, laying huge potential safety hazards, which need to be solved urgently.
Helmets are protective equipment, mainly to protect the life safety of cyclists. In the event of a traffic accident, they need to be able to prevent scratches, buffer and other functions, and have higher requirements in production. However, at present, strict production standards have been formulated for motorcycles and bicycle helmets in China, but for electric vehicle helmets, relevant national departments have not yet issued corresponding production standards. Obviously, the lack of national standards makes it difficult to control the production quality. Most enterprises act on their own, leaving room for inferior products.
There are many types of helmets. The functional requirements of helmets in each specific field are different, and the products are also very different. There is no standard to follow for electric vehicle helmets, so it is difficult to form consistent testing requirements. It is completely dependent on the consciousness of manufacturers, resulting in uneven product quality. At present, some large enterprises mainly refer to the national standards for motorcycle helmets and bicycle helmets, and use high-quality materials for production. The process is rigorous, and the product quality is also excellent. However, the production cost is high, and the price is mostly more than 100 yuan. Those low-quality electric vehicle helmets are made of recycled materials, which are sold at a low price, but lack of protection ability. Once an accident occurs, it is difficult to protect riders.
At present, in the absence of national standards, some places have made active exploration, such as helmet industry associations in Yueqing, Zhejiang, Shenzhen and other places, which have independently issued local industry group standards, playing a reference role for enterprise production and quality inspection. However, because such group standards are not binding and mandatory and cannot be promoted in the whole industry, their coverage is very small. Therefore, the most effective management measures and plans still need to introduce national standards as soon as possible to achieve mandatory constraints, so as to raise the industry threshold, make the regulatory authorities have rules to follow, and "escort" high-quality electric vehicle helmet products.
In addition, consumers should also establish a sense of safety. They should not be tempted by cheap and low-quality helmets and put themselves on the edge of danger. We should be aware of the market rule of "one price, one goods", and give priority to the high-quality products produced by formal enterprises based on the position of protecting personal safety Electric vehicle helmet 。 In this way, it is also possible to give play to the market self-regulation mechanism through the positive choice of consumers, promote the survival of the fittest in the market, and let low-quality helmets gradually withdraw from the market due to shrinking demand.
