[nickcarraway]

[Diogenesis]

Flat tire One.

[theDentist]

I am no fan of him, but it’s his call whether or not to wear a helmet.... he should tell the groups to stuff it... Besides, if he were seriously injured, his ObamaCare mentors will discuss with him quality of life and how he has the option to end it all.

[Salo]

Gotta side with Zero on this one: those helmets are dorky, and I’d rather die with some dignity than live wearing one of them.

[Fester Chugabrew]

N0 news, please.

[relictele]

These moaning do-gooders kicked off about a statue in a Cincinnati suburb (i.e., inanimate representations of humans made out of bronze) featuring kids riding bikes. There was an expression of exhilaration on their faces but - HORRORS - the sculptor omitted helmets!

Perhaps the most annoying aspect of the Safety Nazis is their naked opportunism: a president, a celebrity, a film, a TV show are there simply to serve as set pieces for their control freakery.

[grobdriver]

it would have been better if Obama had worn his helmet, but cut him a little slack.

Slack is for taking up, not for giving out.

And this guy is a champion turd-slacker.

[vg0va3]

Don’t the health care advocates (Nazis) scream about the “idiots” on the motorcycle and wreck being a burden on our current health care system? Well, “that ONE” is who they are talking about.

[Uncle Ike]

” Bicycles up and turn over by themselves “

There ought to be a special circle in Hell for people who utter this kind of inane stupidity in public....

[LearsFool]

"Most bike accidents just happen. Bicycles up and turn over by themselves,"

Wow! Is this a recent development? This should be headline news at every science convention in the world! We're gonna need millions in grant money to study this "up-and-turn-over" phenomenon! /s

Sheesh. Is this how helmet laws got passed?

[WayneS]

Unfortunately, I have to side with the Obamessiah on this one.

He should tell these people to kiss his bicycle seat.

[Right Wing Assault]

He wanted his tan to be more even.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

No fan of bike helmets....and not because they look goofy.

The fetish of bike helmets will die once the deaths and crippling injuries from cervical (neck) injuries moves to the forefront.

If you land on your head, wearing a bike helmet, you are more likely to break and/or dislocate vertebrae in your neck...causing paralysis and/or death. Helmets put more stress on your neck in high-impact crashes and accidents.

[Sloth]

But he pointed out bicycling superstar Lance Armstrong looks cool in his helmet.

Uh, no he doesn't. He looks like a colossal dork, just like everyone else.

[aruanan]

"Most bike accidents just happen. Bicycles up and turn over by themselves, and head injuries are a possible consequence of that," he said.

Is it possible there are people this stupid? What is the possibility of a possible consequence of a bike turning up and over by itself?

[maddog55]

Obama getting a head injury may actually knock some sense into him.

[Charles Martel]

"Helmets look goofy - you look a little dorky," he said. "When you're the leader of the free world you have to look tough."

I guess Obama's predecessor didn't have to worry so much about "looking tough". I definitely remember a helmet in the bicycling pics of 43.

[stevie_d_64]

Don’t they know there is a Secret Serviceman that is supposed to throw himself between the Presidents head and the pavement at all times???

[Citizen Tom Paine]

I have ridden a bike for 60 some odd years without a helmet. I always wear one when I ride my motorcycle.

[Tennessee_Bob]

There's a difference between riding on the congestion-clogged streets of Manhattan and a bucolic swath of Massachusetts, he said.

Not much difference between how hard the pavement is, though.

[SES1066]

I started riding a bicycle to deliver the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin in Ocean City, NJ, at about age 13. Kept riding throughout my life (so far). Started wearing a helmet way before it was cool, the first one looked like an 'Star Wars Imperial Storm Trooper' helmet. I am a good rider but I have 3 helmets on the shelf that had saved me more serious injury than I got.

I NEVER ride without one and it does not take speed to have an accident. I sincerely wish I had a picture of me when I had my bike standing still and turned the front wheel too far and down I went like the best of the 'prat-fall' comics. Funny now, but I fell HARD and the helmet saved at least a major bruise but probably more.

Having said this, when I see pictures like this of the President, my libertarian ideals and my experience war with each other. I do know one thing, that parents are the very best role models for their kids before they become 'too smart'. It is different to say "wear it because it is the law" versus "wear it because I do".