Originally Posted by closetbiker
ah, so even if you hit your head in a car with airbags and seatbelts just as much as when you ride a bike, you don't choose to wear a helmet in a car even if the price of failure is great. Curious. Doesn't make sense to me.
That's because my experience differs from yours. I ride in the city a lot, I'm more likely to get wacked off my bike on my head than be hit hard enough for the entire car to dent into my head and kill me. If I'm out on the open road, at 100mph, no helmet would help since your neck wouldn't be able to take the force anyway. Unless you happen to have an unhumanely strong neck.
So basically, at 40mph, if something were to wham into my car, my body would displace enough and be cushioned enough by side curtain and dash airbags that I personally don't worry about it. At 100mph, it will take an act of god to save my neck if my head were fully encased in concrete. If I'm on a motorcycle, at 40mph and I hit my head, I'd probably die.
Why are you trying to make decisions through me? Live your life as you see fit. I'll wear a helmet, you can ride without one if you want to. If we both live to 90, we'll sit down and have a beer.