Originally Posted by
SesameCrunch
Adults are not legally required to wear helmets in CA. 99% of cyclist, do however, because they're smarter than the law...
No need to spend a ton of bucks on helmets if you're just a casual rider. Just make sure it has the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Council) sticker on them.
Considering that those same cyclists don't wear helmets when driving or walking down the block I have to wonder whether smarts has anything to do with it or if they even know what the CPSC certification tests for.
Helmets make you safer, no doubt about it, but the kind of danger they protect from is not one that concerns me. Call me a fool, but I do not wrap my head in styrofoam when I sleep even though I got a minor concussion a few years ago when I fell out of bed; Do you?