Helmet or No Helmet, Not a debate! A simple do you wear always or sometimes.

[98valk]

Since some states require wearing helmets, isn't this poll misleading?

I wonder what the percentage of the population (not necessarily the percentage of states) that has to wear a helmet is compared to the polling results.

[Old Ryder]

For most of us that wear helmets; I have a question....

...do any of you also wear a "dew rag" underneath it?

I normally wear a 'dew rag" under my helmets; and it helps keep the helmet innards clean. However it does seem to defeat (at least to me) in cooling effect that is built into many helmets; regarding the vents and air channels in the liner.

I am (I may) dispense with the "dew rag" solution and just go "naked" inside my brain bucket this summer. But that results in an mildly unpleasant helmet interior... due to sweat and hair oils... maybe.

I don't wear "dew rags"---I wear helmet liners and like helmets, I have more than one or two. The best is named "Wick it". I never believed a piece of cloth would make such a difference in helmet comfort. BTW---added a WSB and Bilt helmet since the picture. Can't wait to Daytona to see what I can try on this year!!!! (It is a sickness)

[Cool Hand Luke]

“Motorcycle fatalities are not only our No. 1 source of organs, they are also the highest-quality source of organs, because donors are usually young, healthy people with no other traumatic injuries to the body, except to the head… [a mandatory motorcycle helmet law] could put us out of business – or at least the business of organ transplants.”

—Transplant surgeon quoted in “Brain Dead: Why Are There No Mandatory Helmet Laws?” by Jerry Garrett, New York Times online, July 7, 2008.

http://www.motorcycle.com/features/s...norcycles.html


I always wear a helmet even though my state (SC) does not require it. However, I don't like full face helmets too much, only use them when raining or very cold. I do believe that each one of us has the right to decide if wearing a helmet is important to us, therefore I oppose the mandatory helmet laws even though I choose to wear one.

[pilotguy299]

I always wear a helmet, even where it ins't required. Sometimes I do wear a half helmet instead of a full face, but that is becoming more rare for me to do.

I wear a dew rag sometimes, like when t's really hot outside, but I find them pretty uncomfortable.

[Az Wingrider]

I always wear a helmet, no exceptions. I have ridden for a long time and I have come off the bike a few times and I have always been thankful I had a helmet on. I never know when I am going to be put in a situation when I am going to need the protection so I always wear the skid lid. I had a neighbor who got run over a block from his house. You just never know. Besides it has been proven that in hot weather a helmet actually keeps your head cooler.

[Britur]

Dont u remember the pumpkin and the telephone pole?

this is your head at 20mph duuhhhhhh!

[buckeyeken47]

I never leave home without one.

[Rob41]

No need for a dew rag or liner washing here as I rarely wear a helmet. I only wear a helmet for extremely cold weather riding. I've only been riding for 35 years and only get to log 30k or so miles a year which I know is far less than many riders here.

Never went down while riding a bike so no extra incentive for me there. I have always wondered why on earth helmets aren't required while driving a car. Even with the advent of airbags head injuries are still the number one cause of death in motor vehicles. Or seat belts for children on a school bus.

I wonder how many motorcyclists wear a helmet in their car?

[willtill]

No need for a dew rag or liner washing here as I rarely wear a helmet. I only wear a helmet for extremely cold weather riding. I've only been riding for 35 years and only get to log 30k or so miles a year which I know is far less than many riders here.

Never went down while riding a bike so no extra incentive for me there. I have always wondered why on earth helmets aren't required while driving a car. Even with the advent of airbags head injuries are still the number one cause of death in motor vehicles. Or seat belts for children on a school bus.

I wonder how many motorcyclists wear a helmet in their car?

Because your head is not going to contact the pavement at speed; while in a car. Unless your ejected because you weren't wearing a seat belt.

I am sure you posted that reasoning in jest. If not... I am speechless.

[wjduke]

No need for a dew rag or liner washing here as I rarely wear a helmet. I only wear a helmet for extremely cold weather riding. I've only been riding for 35 years and only get to log 30k or so miles a year which I know is far less than many riders here.

Never went down while riding a bike so no extra incentive for me there. I have always wondered why on earth helmets aren't required while driving a car. Even with the advent of airbags head injuries are still the number one cause of death in motor vehicles. Or seat belts for children on a school bus.

I wonder how many motorcyclists wear a helmet in their car?

Not looking for a pissing match, but...it only takes one time. It happened to me and the helmet did it's job. My head would have hit for sure.
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