Monday's accident shows this. Without a helmet on, your head is a 0 on a scale of 1 to 10. But even with a K-Mart special helmet, your head is now a 9. After California recently passed thier helmet laws, requiring all motorcyclist to wear a DOT approved helmet, they have already seen a 45 percent decline in motorcycle fatalities. That is hard evidence that helmets work.
Some people claim helmets limit their vision.
Well, unless you have eyes in the back of your head, you are wrong. Not to mention the effects on you face and ears. Your hearing goes away very quickly, and your face develops stretch marks from not wearing a helmet. Or when you are in traffic, and the car in front of you throws a rock up and hits your nose and breaks it. But if you wear a helmet, you can avoid all of this.