Originally Posted by
mikeshoup
A) Studies show that I'm at no greater risk of incurring head injuries while I am cycling than I do while walking, driving my car, showering, etc.
B) I do not wear a helmet while performing said activities.
Therefore, I chose not to wear a helmet while riding my bicycle.
Also, none of that relates in any way to the question of whether or not you'd be less likely to get a head injury
only while cycling were you to wear a helmet.
Your risk of head injury from walking to your john may very well be higher than when you bike in traffic, and therefore you may decide that the risk is already low enough while cycling that you decide that reducing the risk further by wearing a helmet isn't worth the effort.
But that doesn't remove that reduction in risk.
Your argument is subtly different from the argument that helmets do not help reduce injury risk. THAT argument is risible.