I thought helmets were the law in Florida? We used to go to "Daytona" every spring and I know quite a few people who had to go out and buy helmets just for that because helmets are not the law in Illinois.
When I was riding, I never wore my helmet. I was all for the "freedom to decide" side of the issue. The one thing that changed that was seeing my dad in the hospital after their car accident. He banged his head really hard on the b-pillar of the car and was really out of it for quite awhile. By out of it, I don't mean unconcious, but I mean loony toons out of it. He would see my Grandma (his mom) in the TV set when the TV was turned off (she has been dead for years now) and other such silliness. I know what I went through with him, and he was in a car accident, not a motorcycle accident. I swore then and there that if I ever got on a motorcycle again I would wear a helmet because there is no way I could put my parents through what I went through watching my dad.
I still believe it should be the individual's decision to wear a helmet or not, and of course people who wear helmets can still die from a motorcycle accident - internal injuries are nothing to mess with, but for me and anyone I can influence, I would recommend a helmet anyday.
One last note of interest, I don't know whether to pray these two live or not because sometimes life after a serious brain injury is no life at all.
Tubby
Spring 1986 - Dec. 11, 2004
RIP Big Boy
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Peanut
Fall 1988 - Jan. 24, 2007
RIP Snotty Girl
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Robin
Fall 1997 - Oct. 6, 2012
RIP Sweet Monkeyhead Girl
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