Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
Melalvai, how in the world can you feel that way about helmets after being on this board for this long?! never mind, I really don't want to get into that debate, I just don't understand it on a board with so many "saved by the helmet" stories.
I don't get into that debate either, but I'll point out a couple things... First, I have a handy "excuse" to wear the helmet anyway, because it's so ingrained in me that a helmet is like a seatbelt, vital to my safety, that I honestly would feel very uncomfortable and unsafe without it, even though I'm convinced otherwise. I know it in my head, not in my heart...

Second, there is a difference between anecdotes and data. Admittedly the helmet data isn't rock solid, as is the case with most clinical & epidemiological data, but I am more confident of it than I am of anecdotal evidence.