Chairman anus, maybe you should learn to spell "acquiescing" if you hate doing it so much.

Today I went scuba diving in Puget Sound, and I was the only diver to wear a helmet. Why did I wear it? First, it was a platform for my light. Second, it provided visibility to me on the water's surface on a dark day (some years ago, my dive buddy and I got picked up by the Coast Guard because of a brightly marked helmet). Third, it looks good in photographs to define the diver's head. Divers wearing black hoods and black face masks are very difficult to photograph against a dark background. Take a look at the underwater photograph produced by the Cousteau teams if you don't believe me.

So, why should bicyclists wear a helmet?

--First, for the safety it provides in a fall.

--Second, to increase visibility for drivers to see the bicyclist. Wear a bright helmet so as to stand out against a dark background.

--Third, because it looks "cool" in photos, and some people of the other sex may value a person who values his/her own head (see the entries above).

John