Originally Posted by polyspheric
I'm really surprised at the incredible naiveté expressed here.

Who do helmets protect:
1. the person wearing it
1. the insurance companies

Who do they have absolutely not effect on:
1. the other 7,000,000,000 people on the planet, including you


Then the question is, who pays the increased Insurance rates because of a track injury?:
1. The poor choice helmeted injured driver?
2. The 7 + billion?
3. Or the other track racers?


Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.