Riding Without A Helmet

I really resent paying the NHS costs of all the fat people, but I don't give them aggro every time I see them heading for Greggs. I don't harass people who drive fast cars, smoke, or play rugby either.

You might ride a thousand times without a hat, with no damage at all, but those cream buns will surely kill you... cancer, heart-disease, stroke, mobility problems - they all cost society huge sums of money. I'm not saying don't wear a hat, but I do think people have a very poor sense of risk-perspective. It's not like wearing a hat makes you immortal, or even materially improves the survivability of a serious riding accident (it doesn't stop you breaking your neck, and in some cases actually makes it worse).

If you're that het up about other people's risk profiles, you should be campaigning to ban horse riding altogether. Damn silly, dangerous thing to do.

Exactly! If we're asking why people take unnecessary risks lets start asking why fat people take the risk of not loosing weight? Why do people risk drinking alcahol? Why do smokers start smoking?
Seriously if you worry about all the unnecessary risks people take youd drive yourself mad.
 
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