They will check helmets and @moorey is right about insurance companies checking as both have happened to me.
A bit different but I raced a lot of dirt bikes back in the day. They used to check helmets. I always took 2 helmets. I bought in a top of the line AXO helmet from Italy as couldn’t be sourced here at the time. They picked it once, I was able to run a piece of shit with a sticker on it. Did depend on person on the day. I understand why the do it.
If I had the choice of wearing a $1200 unstickered helmet and a $100 stickered helmet I know what I’d choose. My eyes have boggled how some slip through passing the tests
A bit different but I raced a lot of dirt bikes back in the day. They used to check helmets. I always took 2 helmets. I bought in a top of the line AXO helmet from Italy as couldn’t be sourced here at the time. They picked it once, I was able to run a piece of shit with a sticker on it. Did depend on person on the day. I understand why the do it.
If I had the choice of wearing a $1200 unstickered helmet and a $100 stickered helmet I know what I’d choose. My eyes have boggled how some slip through passing the tests