Yes we're all setting examples, even if we're not conscious of it. The little kids here (and some of them LITTLE) are wearing their lil' helmets their parents put on them and riding their lil' bikes around, and then they see me, to them I'm a Big Grownup Person, with a Big Bike and wearing a Big Grownup Helmet. To them, that shows helmets are OK, grownups wear 'em too! I expect as the gas situation worsens we're going to see a lot of new cyclists on the roads and they're going to see us. And, always be nice to peds. It's hard to "pants" a ped from a bike anyway, you could fall down.