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Originally Posted by Jockey
You can ride a motorcycle all you want. Putting a helmet on is a simple safety precaution. Risk mitigation. ORM. Common sense. Whatever you want to call it.
It doesn't take a brain surgeon to understand bouncing your head off the asphalt even at 20 mph = vegetable or with a helmet, you get some road rash and walk away. I know too many people who have dumped their bikes because of road debris or other drivers and would be dead if they weren't wearing a helmet. Your skill on a bike only goes so far.
Fortunately most of my friends aren't idiots and practice common sense.
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Okay, but motorcycles go faster than 20 MPH. And not to get into the physics much, but crashing at 20 MPH is not the same as hitting your head on the pavement at 20 MPH. The Z-AXIS vector is about the same as falling off your feet.