Originally Posted by
irishbill76
Unnecessary
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't but what we do know is that it's extremely rare for a cyclist to suffer a serious injury or death from a simple fall, something you have said was likely to happen had you not worn your helmet.
The likelyhood that you would have suffered a serious injury in the circumstances you described would parallel the same chances of your receiving the same injury while on foot, that is to say, very rare indeed