I have both... sometimes I just don't want to feel gravel, bugs, or wind on my face. So, I wear this:

 

I wear a DOT half helmet. Will be picking up a full face this year mostly to extend my riding season into cooler weather.

 

Nobody protests seatbelt laws like helmet laws. Now why is that?

 

The more experienced I've become over the years the more I realize that helmets offer only so much protection. At highway speed its bearable in 80F + weather but not in city driving its horrid in stop and go. A 3/4 or Half helmet are way more comfortable in the summer heat that a FF. I've also learned more about gear. My vented textile jacket is ALOT cooler than my vented heavy leather jacket but then again sometimes I wear a leather or jean jacket vest depending on mood or even a Tank top some days.

 

Sometimes I wear usually weather reasons like near freezing weather or rain, but most times I don't like to wear a helmet. When I get on my bike I know the risks in the same way you know the risk every time you drive a car. I know I push it harder when riding with full gear on then I do without. If I stilled raced through the twisties of course I'd gear up because that riding style is 100 times more risky than riding in a small town or by yourself on slow winding country roads which make up about 95% of all of Ohio. I don't race through the twisties anymore. It's not the same riding experience with a FF that it is with a 3/4, 1/2 or even without. Get on a bicycle and put on your FF helmet and ride through a winding country road during fall when all the trees are turning and then do it without. If you don't experience a difference then well I don't know what to tell you.

One day you might figure it out .. Life's a lot more then worrying about what's going to do you in. That's the problem with people these days. They worry too much. If a Helmet makes it so you feel safe enough to ride a motorcycle then more power to you. I'm not against people choosing to wear because like I said I occasionally do too. Maybe you should wear your helmet 24/7 that way if you fall out of bed you won't die of massive head trauma if you hit the end table just right. I ride because I love riding. If doing what you love takes you out then well that's how I want to go out of this world. The MAJORITY in Ohio don't wear so I guess that makes the entire state of riders stupid or it makes them more realistic in what life is all about. They are doing what they enjoy and so am I.

 

I see a certain 1% motorcycle club riding with full face helmets on the open road here in Texas all time.

 

Because they are not uncomfortable and do not distract from the driving experience. Imagine if they tried to make wearing a helmet in a car mandatory. That would go over about as well as trying to bring prohibition back Why don't you voluntarily wear a helmet in your cage? You would be better equipped to survive a crash right? Right back at the probability thing. You could get into a motor vehicle accident, You could win the lottery, You could get hit by lightning. Of all of 3 that could happen its more likely that they wont.

 

Person is a moron!

 

Good comeback!

But were you wrong in the past, are you wrong now, or will you be wrong with your next theory?

That is one problem with the 'net. Once something is out there, it never goes away. It is important to really understand an issue before posting about it.

 

A small sacrifice in the "experience" is a small price to pay in exchange for a potentially devastating injury vs. walking away with no injury.

I love having a much better chance of being uninjured or a minor injury. And yes, the "majority" as you've measured it is making a stupid decision. Yet somehow I bet the "majority" of dedicated cyclists ALL wear bicycle helmets.

Sure they can be uncomfortable, wrinkle clothes, potentially trap you in a car, etc. I don't wear a helmet when I drive because I already wear the mandatory and most basic protective device. In the environment of a car, a helmet can cause obstructions and I believe are illegal on the street. AND in a car, it could also necessitate wearing a HANS type of device. Not only that, head and side-curtain airbags in street cars make it redundant.

Again, you're trying to argue against the merits of wearing a helmet and on a two wheeled form of transportation without a cage, the benefits are clearly evident. If you want to have a better "experience" vs. helmet, why don't you remove the windshield in your car? You'll really get an awesome experience then too?