All of the ranting against helmets is astounding to me. Why so much ranting and whining against helmets when they may help prevent injury, and almost NEVER harm anyone in a crash?

Since there are almost no laws requiring anyone to wear helmets except kids why are a few here so exercised against helmets? And------------BTW I need to state again that I am totally against any mandatory helmet laws.

Personally of course I am pro helmet usage. Even tho I ride a recumbent bike, and a trike that probably more safe and calls for a lessor reason to wear helmets I do. Especially riding my trike, the number of times that a helmet would prevent injury is very low, since I sit about 6 inches above the ground.

Remember I fully agree that wearing a helmet, and being hit by a car doing 75 would be useless. Remember that most bike accident take place at low speeds where helmets will usually pevent any injury, even if they are just bumps and scrapes. Any injury prevented no matter how minor is a good thing.