Originally Posted by
njkayaker
You are free to used them for that benefit but it isn't really the benefit that people are arguing about here.
In closetbiker's case, that wasn't a benefit that did anything to justify wearing helmets.
I've stated more than once that if a helmet does nothing else except mitigate "minor" injuries, for me, that's enough reason alone to wear one. There are plenty of people here who wear a helmet for this reason and plenty of bare-headers who have no issue with helmeteers who wear a helmet for such reasons.