Yes, you are free not to wear a helmut, but when you are riding on a public road, you are subject to all sorts of restrictions. Furthermore, you are less likely to die if you wear one. If you care nothing aboiut yourself, think of the motorist and what a pickle he/she faces if he/she kills you. You are dead and strangers have to pick up the mess.
Hold on a minute. I'm supposed to get my guts in a knot over the person who runs me over, fails to yield or pulls some other stupid stunt in a cage that gets ME mangled or killed?
You can die with a helmet on, too. It happens a lot.
I am sick and tired of my brothers and sisters dying to preserve people's alleged right to drive like assholes, especially those people who characterize motorcyclists as lowlife subhumans to assuage any guilt they might feel over running over another human being.
Put the blame where it belongs, helmet or no helmet, the rider would have been fine if some jerk hadn't cut them off or hit them.
Look Gabz, only five posts before Nanny showed up!
I wore a helmet in Viet Nam fighting for freedom. One of the freedoms I like to enjoy is not having a bunch of strangers telling me what I can do with my own head.
Head injuries occur in automobile accidents, so I ask you, do all the people in your car wear helmets when you drive?
If not why not?