Originally Posted by chipcom

I don't wear a damn seat belt, have been riding motorcycles without a helmet for years and I survived a little shooting war with my helmet mostly used to sit on, more than on my head. Perhaps the reason some people feel the risk of cycling without a helmet is so great is because cycling is the riskiest activity they have engaged in?

Over 40+ years I have only rarely wore a helmet - I wear one when required to and sometimes wear one for my winter commutes. I've taken spills and had run-ins with stuff that was bigger than me, but I obviously am not a carrot in the care of the state. I pay my bills and my taxes, I have good insurance and I spilled my own blood supposedly defending this little thing called freedom and liberty. So if you want to wear your helmet, I am happy for you and would defend your right to do so, but for those of us who never give it much of a thought and don't consider cycling a risky endeavor, please just give us the same courtesy and quit yer preaching and snide-assed uppity remarks.

Edit: That felt good - NOW we got us a helmet debate furball goin!