Originally Posted by yugyug

I could speculate about the combined impact speeds of car-bicycle collisions and the danger of pointy things at the backs of trucks, but I don’t really care to because I’m not that interesting in making a claim the helmet standards should be more rigorous. What I did just claim is that the lack of a pen-test makes helmets less safe - to what degree, other here are better informed.

But, for me anyway, when I do wear a helmet, when I know I’ll be riding in very sketchy traffic or fast downhills, I wear a hard shell skateboarder type. Might as well make it count.