Wow, I didnt know that these helmet nazi's really existed. I have heard tales of them and thought they existed only on the internet. That is until I came across one. i was tooling around one afternoon in the middle of a field. Practicing my wheelies and wheelie drops in a public park soccer field. There was nobody around me for at least 100 yards. A little later this lady comes up to me while I am still practicing and tells me that I need to stop and put my helmet on. I was a little miffed and asked her why. She said something about getting hit by a car and then that it was required by law...yadda yadda. Now normally i am all about wearing my helmet, I do so when I commute and when I go on my epic mountain bike rides, but was not feeling it since it was just wheelie practicing. So I told her I didnt have mine with me. She told me I needed to leave. well...long story short we go back and forth for a few and I tell her I am not leaving and that I ahve a right to be here, since it is a public park. She then proceeds to rant about how I might hit one of her children and hurt them by doing tricks on my bike and so on. I think she was just looking to get in someones face at this point. So I said fine, I jumped on my bike and pedaled 50 yards in the opposite direction from where she came and resumed my activities.

For a while I thought I wasnt going to be bothered until the same lady comes back with a park officer. So I am thinking Uh oh... Turns out the lady was telling the park police I was running amok and causing problems and not wearing a helmet. The lady is very insistant and basically fuming next to the police dude. So he writes me a ticket...I couldn't believe it. I was actually getting a ticket for not wearing a helmet...or so I thought...

Turns out he was just writing on the ticket for me to leave and come back later so the lady would get off his back.

I swear, some people just need to chill...Its my head and I will choose to protect it as I see fit.