If you consider brain damage 'ok' than yes, your retarded point is correct.

Possibly the dumbest point I've ever heard.

For us over here in the UK it is law to wear a lid unless you are riding a trike. For myself I would always wear a lid on a bike just as you wear leathers to give you at least some kind of protection.
I have come off a few times and if i wasent wearing leathers I would have had some nasty burns for sure. When you are on a bike you are so much more vunrable so any thing that gives you more protection like a lid is good in my book

Helmet saved my life for sure... I hit a car that cut out of his suddenly stopped lane into my flowing lane... When I woke up in the hospital, Shoei helmet was cracked down the side..
of course, I had to have a titanium plate put in my shoulder, broke 8 ribs, cracked a kneecap, and some other miscellaneous fun.

Still, better a cracked helmet than a cracked head...

And you say that until you have an accident.

I had an accident in my youth where I laid a bike down and slide for 300 feet. My helmet was cracked in half. If it wasn't for that helmet, I'd be dead now.

I road bikes for years, and rode in Phoenix where their wasn't a helmet law. More often than not I wore the helmet. Yes, it's claustrophobic, and yes your hearing or vision is obstructed. That's part of the motorcycle charm.

No sense of humor today?

You didn't use the sarcasm html tag...

I'm sorry :winkwink:

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My last helmet got fucked up when I landed on my head and shoulder at about 50 mph, my head was fine, shoulder has a torn rotatory cuff, here is my new helmet!

http://cdn-w.pornstarblognetwork.com.../07/229-05.JPG

It's odd that everyone here is so anti-censorship, so anti-regulation, so pro-freedom of choice yet want to dictate how someone dresses while pursuing a hobby that makes them happy.

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I dont care whether people want to wear a lid or not tbh and yes it should be a choice but for myself I would always wear one. Just like i used to wear a condom when i was younger to protect myself :)

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I don't care what they wear, but to say that helmets don't help is pure madness.

If they want to take that risk, it's all on them.

Baddog isn't sure the helmet saved your life. Can you be 100% SURE RICHARD?

...Or are you just as unable to see alternate futures as everyone else, and are pretty sure the covering you provided your head helped in a sudden impact situation?

You sound like the nurse that chided me for not wearing a helmet . . . while I was there for a broken leg.

I got 200$ fine once due not wearing helmet but never paid it due to specific reasons.But i would always carry it if i would have my own bike.

I'm just trying to prevent the centre of the universe from destroying itself unwittingly.

And hold on.. You broke your leg in a bike accident (I'm assuming), and failed to see how your head could also break in a similar situation? Most people would see their leg as a warning.. You see it as... proof that you can survive a bike accident or something?

People saying no to helmets, do you also say no to car seatbelts?

Fuck that dude anyway!

You people who are arguing with the anti-helmet people...you do realize you are arguing with people who place no value on their own heads, literally, right?

its common sense to wear a helmet

Did you at least give a smile when Osama bin Laden died?

I wear a lid irrespective of what a state law says.

Beyond any law that binds me to where one, It not that I feel a helmet can afford a more reckless riding style or that wearing one would prevent any accident of my own making while riding carefully

.....I wear one predominantly because of the other road users.

- there are some fucking idiot road users out there and I can't control what they do.

We saw a guy on a bike hit a deer at about 70 mph one night. He slid down the road maybe a hundred feet or so. His helmet was trashed but he walked away with minor injuries.

Having said that, I think helmets should be optional. I'm all in favor of weeding out the stupid.

Heh, least he died for what he believed in. I used to be against seat belt laws when they came to FL back when I was a younger. After I started racing I realized how much seat belt actually do keep you in position to control the car.

I view helmets much the same.. while it might not help you control the bike, it's damn sure more likely than not to give you a better chance at survival if you crash.

wear a helmet or die.

too fucking funny, any idiot that doesnt wear a helmet riding deserves to die

fucking moron.. only in America..

just wear the helmet..

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Yup, that's 5! I like to call this one the nut cracker... :upsidedow

I like seeing idiots riding without helmets or shirts, I just smile knowing when they hit a junebug or bumblebee they'll regret that decision! But really you get smacked in the face with a bug you lose control of your bike and hit a car causing a bigger accident... then is a full face shield a right or an obligation for EVERYONES safety?

And I rode for years, actually had a motorcycle endorsement before I had a drivers license. Always wore a helmet, I know what it's really good for.