So far so good! We wear all of our safety gear both on the dirt and the street -- we're pretty anal retentive about it. no one is allowed to ride on our property without safety gear...a rule which stood us in good stead on New Year's Day last year. We had to have a friend air-lifted to the hospital after he sent his dirt bike one way and he hit 3 trees - the last with his chest protector. He had a bruised lung from his ribs bending in. Had he not been wearing he gear he could easily have been dead. God took care of him for sure!
Ooof! It's hard to steer in the air, I would imagine. Sounds like a combination of divine providence and prudent care.