Originally Posted by
achoo
I've hit pavement hard enough to shatter my helmet. It isn't hard to figure out the results sans helmet would have been bad - real bad.
Not hard if you're not too bright. The more you learn about the world though, the more you realize that things aren't necessarily as obvious as they at first appear to be. Helmets are MADE to break easily. They're made out of styrofoam, for God's sake! An impact hard enough to crack a helmet may not necessarily be all that hard.
And technically, you're incorrect in saying surgeons with experience treating head injuries have "NO clue what kind of injuries would have resulted from just seeing a smashed up helmet", because they have PLENTY of clues: all the busted noggins of those who crashed without helmets compared to the lesser head injuries suffered by those wearing helmets.
You REALLY can't read, can you? I wrote about EXACTLY this.
Just man up and admit you don't think the marginal increase in safety from wearing a helmet is worth the hassle. Don't try to justify not wearing a helmet by trying to claim they're useless.
Don't tell me what to do, and I won't tell you where to go.