WOW I must have been angry?!?!

never wear one on the street.always on the dirt.i have never had a tree branch bounce off of my head on the road

One of the funniest things I ever seen or heard. Is the fact we will let the GOVERMENT intrude in to our own lifes a let them decide any thing. These are the same floks who for the betterment of all of us decided to allow things like,
Testing of V.D. on the Teisgeige Airmen. The use of permant sterlation of Disabled Childen in the 1950s. Testing of germ warfair in the late 50s and 60s on the subways of New York. The use of agent orange in the jungles of Viet Nam Knowing full well of the issues of the compounds.
Also rember these are the same floks that cant balance a buget. Or get control of the ATF Lets never forget Ruby Ridge or Wakco Tx. And God forbid you bring up the lack of pants control.
No I am not suprised. I lied becuse when it come to pulling the BULL out of the bag The FEDs have got it under control. Just like the Ralph Nater. The man that killed the auto industery here in the USA. Lets not forget, His laws covered our cars But always left a GAP for the forien market of at least 3 to 5 years!!! You got to wonder just how much money went in to old Ralphs pocket????

I learned something new today.  Thanks for sharing that Celtic!  I pass a guy every day  and he's always decked out just as you described.  I often thought...WTF?  Now I know...

I wear one because I live in MD and its required.  I prefer to remove it in States that don't require it but I always honor the wishes of the person I am riding with...

I always wear a helmet, and require my passenger to do the same. If you want to chance it with all the morons on the road then go for it.

Full face for cooler weather and a 1/2 for summer riding. My opinion something is better than nothing

Living in Calif we have helmet laws,and personally I think it should be up to the driver if he chooses to wear one of not.Before this helmet law was enacted,I used to wear a helmet anyway,yet at times would go w/out a helmet for quik trips down the street or around town in super hot weather.
My problem with the current laws are the lack of any real data to support the reasons for mandating them? The only two accidents I am familiar with that were fatal locally,both times rider & passengers were killed thru operator fault and all of them wore helmets,colliding with trees and being thrown n bounced headfirst into a sewer hole grate.In both of these it was blunt force trauma,severe internal injurys,tho in one case they apaprently used the kidney of the female passenger to help another person who needed one,so in my own experience I dont see where having the helmets saved them?
So for me it all comes down to a matter of personal choice,sadly enough we dont have any here anymore,we have a state legislature full of corrupt politicians/lawyers, of course if ya want try n sue me for my statements here I am sure you could figure out a new law to enact to harass my freedom of speech LOL
In my mind this push for the helmet laws came from the same deep corporate pockets all the other bs laws do or special interests group LOL their special interest being lining their pockets with taxpayers monies..I am waiting on the day when they outlaw liquor or caffiene,tobacco, etc etc.. this time I wont miss the bus !!! :)

Do any of you have to have an extra insurance coverage on your policy to be legal? In Mi. you have to carry and extra $20000 "benifit plan". Well the problem i have is that my $250000 bodily injury policy would be void if i do not carry this extra coverage. Well here is the real bullshit....my wife and i both are on the policy, we both ride our own bikes, one year of the $250000 for both of us on both bikes is roughly $650 a year. To add this other coverage the insurance jumps to over $1000 a year. For an extra $20 grand of coverage...WTF? If anyone out there is an insurance agent please explain this to me because i just don't get it.

 Bell helmets years ago had an ad that said "if you have a $10 head, wear a $10 helmet." So, if you have a head worth nothing, wear no helmet. I've ridden all my life, always with a helmet, and I have had two accidents where a helmet saved me. Bike dealer near me was bringing a new bike from the back of his dealership up to the front. He had a low speed crash and killed himself on his own property. He always wore a helmet, except then, and it cost him his life.

Moto, I have a back and neck Doctor, "Hes a rider also." Over the years of seeing him weve had lots of talks about motocycle injurys. Weve both had a few.
First off. Nearly any fall could kill you. From the low speed, to a fall from the fall from a 3 step latter getting a can of chillie for moms.
1 more thing about the LOW FALL numbers not the NTSB or the NSBA keep records of the speed of the helmeted or helmetless at witch thay died. Nor do thay seporate the cause of DEATH. There numbers are just NUMBERS. I'll run the seniro for you. Older rider weaves around a bad cager The sudden shock causes a hart attack. Before he stops he falls. Before your claims That this is but 1 of many times where regurdless of the lid it leaves you with a death but according to the BEAN COUNTERS its got to fit in to one of the groups. It wasnt the helmets fault eather way. Thats the issue.
Also I would like to point out Bell helmets has a vested intrust in YOU buying there brand. The testing by D.O.T. Dosent rate helmet From better to best. But on a pass fail grade.