Originally Posted by
Doohickie
And yet you hear of people like the OP going 20 mph who crack helmets and get away unscathed. Your line "I have been known to put it on if the conditions warrant it" cracks me up; you don't get to pick when you're going to have an unexpected fall; that's why they're unexpected. All of sudden you need one, but didn't think the conditions warranted it. Oh well.
and as always, that's applicable off the bike as well as on the bike.
It's not that incidents can happen, but more the likelyhood of it happening.
Far more people hurt their heads in far more mundane ways, yet no one calls for helmet use 24/7 even if everyone would be safer if that were to happen.