Majority of people who wear helmets, do so out of the mistaken impression that a helmet will provide some modicum of safety, such safety effects attributed to helmets in very outsize and outlandish proportion to what they are actually good for.

Still, the perception is that if you are wearing a helmet, you are a safe rider (in locations where this might be the case...). A helmet certainly won't keep you from riding safely, right?

So why not wear one? If helmet use is the primary factor in indicating to other, less informed riders and the general public that you are a safe rider, why not wear one simply to indicate that you are among those who ride safely? That you identify as a proficient rider to those who don't know The Savage Truth About Helmets and Those Who Use Them?