Remember kids... always wear a helmet. (The almighty bikeradar helmet thread)

I see people that have been cycling for a long time answering their phones whilst they ride...i've seen plenty of forum members riding when drunk and weaving all over the road and ploughing through crossings shouting at pedestrians who get in their way.

People take risks all the time...thankfully i've never had an accident on the roads since i was 6yrs old.That doesn't mean i never will...thankfully i've never lost a relative due to a car crash, but again that doesn't mean i never will.

As has been mentioned already, not everyone who chooses not to wear a helmet does so because they think they look 'cooler' without one.
I wear one every time i ride off-road for the simple reason that i'm far more likely to crash riding on muddy, rocky, rooty, uneven surfaces than i am riding on predominantly smooth tarmac.
I know that if i'm going to be involved in an accident on the roads it's more likely to be due to a careless driver than to my own actions...but at the same time, i don't put a helmet on every time i cross the street incase a careless driver should crash into me either.

I agree with all this.

Yeah is it safer to wear a helmet and ride when you are pissed up. Than not wear a helmet when you are sober.

When I wiped out on the track a couple of months ago. I landed on my head at about 38mph, the helmet took the full force of the accident. Would not like to think what would have happened if I hadn't been wearing one. Similarly, when mountain biking I dropped off a 10 ft drop and landed on my head. Helmet saved me again that day. Funnily enough, the only times i have wiped out and landed on my head on a bike is when I was wearing a helmet. But you expect this when mtb or track racing. You dont expect to come crashing onto your head at +30mph on the street. Fingers crossed