Delmarva

Hmmm...heading off on a tangent I see. The point to be made is that helmets do reduce the chance of doing serious damage to ones head when colliding with solid objects. As with seat belts and motorcycle helmets some of us feel their rights are being trampled if they have to wear a helmet. That argument would work if we all lived completely self-sufficient lives with no dependence on one another. The world in which we live requires that the rest of us bear the costs of hospitlization, brain damage, etc., in situations where the injuries could have been reduced or eliminated by the use of somehting as simple as a helmet. Are there other types of self-centered behaviour that sometimes results in huge social costs that aren't regulated? Sure, but we can't solve all problems at once.

A $50.00 helmet is pretty cheap protection.