Helmets: Do You Wear One?

[chubster2003]

riding around town here i have noticed that about 1 in 10 people are wearing their helmet.. i was just curious how many of you wear you helmet all the time and/or part of the time?

[DealsGap]

I value my head, so I wont throw a leg over a bike for any reason without a helmet on.

[MARS]

Most definately!

[BP2K2Max]

always wear it.

[Nerve]

Never leave home without it.

[o|||||||o]

I ALWAYS wear my helmet! Always! I think it is because I value my brain. I don't know. I think it is a very hard thing to survive without one (Although I know a few people that I think do go on without one.)

About 1 1/2 years ago Pennsylvania repealed the manditory helmet law in this state. If you follow the rules (either MSF graduate or 2 years licensed riding experience) you can go riding helmet-less. A group that I previously belonged to actually protested against the no-helmet law. We did an "undie" ride. Everyone rode through the city (Pittsburgh) wearing nothing but underwear (and a helmet) of course. People used body paint to write things like "At least my head is protected" and "I always wear my helmet" on themselves. It got some really great media attention, infact I think I still have some pictures of one of the organizers riding around in her underwear that day. You all know her as saturntangerine.

[speediva]

The "extra" convo has been moved to a new thread. Sorry for whoring through.


As my post (which was moved) said, I wear my helmet because I might want to think someday.

[CBURKE]

Tell me this.......

A cop is gonna pull me over and make a big deal about me not putting on my seat belt, but it's ok to ride on a 2 wheel deth trap with no helmet. Got me, good old FL.

[o|||||||o]

Originally Posted by CBURKE

Tell me this.......

A cop is gonna pull me over and make a big deal about me not putting on my seat belt, but it's ok to ride on a 2 wheel deth trap with no helmet. Got me, good old FL.

That is your elected officials hard at work... making no sense at all!

[CBURKE]

Lol

[aussieidiot]

always wear one due to a photo i saw once on a wbsite full of rotton photos. not going to advertise it because this is a family website.

anyhoo it showed a rider with no helmet with his face torn apart and he was alive. HE HAD NO JAW OR TEETH

[polacek]

Always wear mine. I went over the bars about 2 weeks ago after being cut off by a drunk late at night. My head had the initial impact. Only thing that happened was a broken mirror on the bike, and a beat up helmet. Worth the $200 all the way!!

[CBURKE]

Originally Posted by aussieidiot

always wear one due to a photo i saw once on a wbsite full of rotton photos. not going to advertise it because this is a family website.

anyhoo it showed a rider with no helmet with his face torn apart and he was alive. HE HAD NO JAW OR TEETH

owch!!!
I guess the will only be eating jello.

[danmdevries]

There's some of us that learned the hard way. I was in the parking lot across the street, went down and ate a concrete parking block with the side of my head, cracked my skull, caused my brain to bleed and because of that, I was unable to continue with studys (I had a 4.0GPA premed) and went to work. I've finally made it back to where I can think clearly enough to reenroll, but my memory is only a quarter of what it used to be. This was a 5-10mph wreck, no other broken bones, minor scrapes (though I did tear the cartilage in my right ear). There's no reason for that amount of damage to be done in such a small accident. I for one don't want to know what could have happened. I got lucky, but I'm not about to push my luck too much (was back up on a bike 2 mo after the crash) and I went out, bought a nice helmet that I don't mind wearing, and even when I run to the hardware store two blocks down, it's on my head. Had I worn one the night I went down, I could have avoided more than $7k in hospital bills, brain damage, and a f'd up ear.

[CBURKE]

UMM DAMN, sorry to here that.
The first time I went down it was at like 10mil hr, and i did not even notice because i had my helmet on. When i got home I looked at it and was like damn you could see marks on the side were my uper forhead would be.