Originally Posted by
closetbiker
that would be your neck of the woods, and if you had a broader view of the issue, you'd see that relatively few people in the world wear helmets, except where they been legislated and have had little to no evidence of making a difference except in the minds of those who want to believe they have.
You're assuming my view is narrow. Either way, what the majority of the world's cyclists do doesn't directly answer the question about the potential of helmet wearing to prevent injury or the question of whether a government has a right to dictate that behavior.
Fwiw, the law where I live only dictates helmet use for minors, though the majority of adult cyclists I see wear them.