Guys. Guys why am I seeing so many skaters without helmets? Did some sort of communication breakdown occur where people think it’s optional now? Aesthetics are not worth your life. What is happening.
When I was in my late twenties, I rode a bicycle around town instead of driving, and always wore a helmet.
Once, at the post office, a couple of tweens or teens pointed out that the local bike helmet laws only applied to people under 18.
I replied, truthfully, that I worked in the hospital up the road, in the X-Ray department, across the hall from the Emergency Room, and got regular reminders about why helmets are a Good Idea.
About ten years later, I had to break abruptly when a dog ran in front of me, and went over my handle bars to wind up flat on my back. I had a cracked rib and a fractured elbow, but that was it.
The back of my bike helmet, though, had a barely-visible crack – and a VERY obvious soft spot when you poked it.
Without the helmet, dear friends, that soft spot would have been on my SKULL.
amhrancas 