Helmet pro's and con's

[SailnDive]

"You've chosen to wear a helmet that even you acknowledge, probably isn't up to the job"

I never said it was not up to the job! It's just not legal. If the heavy helmet saves your brain but breaks or severs your head from your neck... You are just as dead. I know the risks and I'm WILLING to take the chance. I've lived a life of risk taking and I'm amazed that I made it to 70...but here I am. I lived in a "no helmet required" state for 30 years. I almost always worn one...But my choice. Now I'm in one that requires them.

[Bob Denman]

"You've chosen to wear a helmet that even you acknowledge, probably isn't up to the job"

I never said it was not up to the job! It's just not legal. If the heavy helmet saves your brain but breaks or severs your head from your neck... You are just as dead. I know the risks and I'm WILLING to take the chance. I've lived a life of risk taking and I'm amazed that I made it to 70...but here I am. I lived in a "no helmet required" state for 30 years. I almost always worn one...But my choice. Now I'm in one that requires them.

If you want to take risks... get married again!

[Pirate looks at --]

"You've chosen to wear a helmet that even you acknowledge, probably isn't up to the job"

I never said it was not up to the job! It's just not legal. If the heavy helmet saves your brain but breaks or severs your head from your neck... You are just as dead. I know the risks and I'm WILLING to take the chance. I've lived a life of risk taking and I'm amazed that I made it to 70...but here I am. I lived in a "no helmet required" state for 30 years. I almost always worn one...But my choice. Now I'm in one that requires them.

Relax......nobody really cares whether you wear a helmet or not. People, for the most part, are commenting on why they wear a helmet, and the CHOICES they have made for themselves. You are choosing to wear a helmet that is not legal in the state you live in ( your words) and so you choose to accept the ticket if it is ever issued, also fine. Congrats on 70! I guess what I look at is I can choose what I wear, and I can choose how I drive, but as many have leaned on this site, we can't choose whether someone else is going to "rear-end" us or not. So, my helmet weighs in around 3 lbs, and I fell confident that the cause of my death won't be severe brain trauma when I am hit from behind at a stop light. Oh, and I would never Sky Dive in my motorcycle helmet!

[Bob Denman]

I wouldn't even sky dive with a gun to my head...

The only way that I'm leaving a perfectly flight-capable aircraft: my lifeless corpse will need to be thrown from that sucker!

[flaggerphil]

I'm 64. When I was 29 in 1980 a Simpson full faced helmet LITERALLY saved my life when I was hit by a drunk driver. I paid $175 for that helmet in 1979 and people laughed at me for spending that much money on a helmet. But that helmet kept me alive in an otherwise non-survivable incident. Since then I've continued to wear GOOD full faced helmets when I ride. Why? I MUCH prefer the odds in my favor.

Now, here's something I don't understand. If you're against wearing a helmet, fine, that's up to you. But why wear a helmet you KNOW is no good for motorcycle riding, either because it's illegal or won't protect you? Why not either don't wear a helmet at all, as you want everyone to know is your right, or, if you MUST wear one, why not at least wear a cheap DOT approved helmet? What, exactly, is the point of wearing something you know won't do you any good at all?

I don't get it.