I'm posting here because I went for a nice little ride this weekend, great weather here in Chicago, Lots of people out with the kids...and a handfull AT BEST had the helmets properly straped to their heads. I got a LOT of dirty looks from parents because I don't wear one, yet these so called "concerned " parents don't even think enough of their kids heads as to read the instructions on how to put a lid on. A lot of adults didn't even have the strap on right, lots of loose helmets. What good is a loose lid? If the kid falls off a bike, the parents sue the helmet maker and the kid ends up with SS checks because he now has a "learning disability" great parenting

Now I am going out to buy a helmet because I want to do some beginer group rides, and was "asked" to wear one, I did the first ride with out one. I will put a lid on to make other people around me feel comfortable, if everyone is concerned about me not wearing a lid, there is more chance for error & an accident.
And I want to add about the insurance thing...if something horrible long term really happens, lets say you end up a bedriden the rest of your life, private insurance has limits you won't be taken care of for life by them, you still won't be able to work, you will probably end up on government assistance anyway.
OK so if you wear a lid, wear it right, put it on your kid right & don't bug me because I don't wear one... OK my rants over