Originally Posted by pedex
and for the real kicker, in a situation where you know you are very very likely to whack your head, would you wear a typical plastic coated styrofoam roadie helmet or a real helmet? and why?
I assume by real helmet you're talking about a full-face motorcycle helmet as opposed to a lightweight helmet. What about a lightweight hardhat on the job? (I've a cool one with stickers all over it from my days in a shipyard) yeah, I wore one. smacked my head, too, many times.