Originally Posted by
350htrr
The ONLY reason I'm here is to try and make people on the fence think first before they decide whether to wear a helmet or not.
I think once you have decided one way or the other change will be hard either way...
But people have posted their real life experiences that run contrary to yours, so whether you're deciding based on "real-life experiences" (which is anecdotal, and there's a reason it's considered a far inferior form of evidence of something ) or "pieces of paper" (studies), you're filtering out some you don't like to hear.
:EDIT: FWIW, the "common-sense" option to me is as obvious as it is to you: bicycles are safe, and I feel no more in danger riding a bike to the grocery store than walking to the mall. I'd find wearing a helmet for errand-running as silly as walking around with a helmet downtown. And the benefit is approximately the same.
