Originally Posted by
mconlonx
In a bicycle crash which results in headstrike, possible injury mitigation in cases where less than serious head injury would have been sustained or might still be sustained.
Before helmet thread, I never would have included so many qualifications...
Also, helmets are way cool and I am happy to have a socially acceptable reason to wear one in public.
If you are in accident,
and if you strike your head in that accident, the helmet
might reduce a
less than serious injury to even a lesser injury. Got it.
Your second reason is almost as good a reason to wear a helmet as your first from a risk reduction standpoint.