I'd like to give my opinion on wearing helmets. I believe each individual adult should have the right to choose what safety precautions they take when it comes to cycling...I wouldn't argue making wearing helmets for children compulsory because I think children are more prone to falling off bikes. For me personally..it's makes absolutley no sense to wear a helmet..the statistics prove this....I am 57 years old and have never had a serious crash and i have ridden commuter and city bikes all my life...I would be a complete hypocrite to wear a helmet to cycle when the risk of head injury is 2 or 3 times more when I drive my car...in fact head injuries caused by cycling are only slightly higher than people just walking around on the street...most of these people wearing helmets only do it because some politician on TV that has probably never ridden a bicycle tells them to...these people conform to anything someone in a position of authority tells them to regardless if it makes any sense at all....what really grinds my gears are some of these spandex warriors who shake their head at me as they go by and won't even say hello....then they load their bikes onto the back of their vehicles ..take their helmets off...get into their car and drive off!