Friend smashed his face in when he hit a bump at the end of his driveway. He was going 20 yards down the road to bring something to his kids. It's quite possible that a helmet would not have prevented the injuries, or the lost teeth or the pain and suffering, but it definitely wouldn't have made things worse. I'm sure he'd sooner have broken his helmet than undergo the raft of dental surgery he faces now.

I never wore a helmet growing up either, as has been said before, they just didn't exist.

I wear one now.