Mandatory Helmet Law

[margo49]

The New Zealand compulsory helmet law was the result of one mother's crusade after her son (aged 12 at the time) got totally head-injured and vegetative. She just went and spoke and spoke more and wrote letters and wrote more letters to schools and pollies and councils till it got passed. Got so as she was known as The Helmet Lady!
Which is a different kind of compulsory from the US descriptions of passing laws in the objective or theoretical.

I only started wearing one when I was 45.Out of responsibility to the children .(And not wanting to give the SO the chance at finding someone better! rofl !)

Now I think - ok,so you have a 0.000whatever % chance of it happening to you; but if it *does* it happens to you 100%. Now I wouldn't ride without. You get used to it. And feel nekkid without it.
And recently I did have a crash on my head and it would have been very bad (tho' not in the DeniseGoldberg league!) if I had not had a helmet.