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Old 01-06-15 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 350htrr
I never said people should wear a helmet... What I was getting at is they need to decide whether to wear a helmet or not on all the numbers available, not just, oh it wont happen cause... I think 1% chance of having an accident is small, I also think 1% chance of if you do have an accident and hitting your head is very small, BUT I wear a helmet not because I think I will ever need one... But because I want my brain to have that 65% chance of the helmet helping if I ever do hit my head.
Makes sense. You're like me, in that you wear a helmet based on your own judgment, and you respect others' decisions based on their own judgments. We do have a mandatory helmet law where I live, but I would wear a helmet with or without an MHL.
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