why do some motorcycle drivers don't wear helmet?...?

Answer 1

If you don't wear one, there isn't anything inside your head worth protecting anyway.
TOO heavy? What kind of pencil necks we got riding these things anyways, too heavy my left nut. They DO make these things out of material other than cast iron ya know, they don't weight hardly anything, and if it's too hot for ya just drive your cager with the AC on ya wimps. It ain't gonna be that much hotter with that lid on, for cryin' out loud if it's 90+ stinkin degrees out, and you are on a cycle on the open road baking in the hot sun and hot asphalt, you're gonna be hot and that lid won't matter one bit. They make them ventilated now, or with chins that lift up for talking when gassing up or stuck in traffic. Open the vents, open the visor, whatever. Heat and weight aren't valid arguments. They give good enough peripheral vision too, better than these morons with the WW2 goggle things that they sometimes wear, all you gotta do is look around a bit, you'll see trouble coming. Hearing? That's BS, there are DEAF guys out there getting the job done just fine, by the time you HEAR trouble it's too damn late. Like these straight pipe Harley guys can hear anything over those 2 wheeled jackhammers anyways.
No helmet is probably just fine for these HD driving bar-to-bar posers, but REAL serious bikers wear a lid, guys who really RIDE.

Answer 2

Good question! I think the reason why is because they are only going to drive in town, but they still at least wear a helmet. When I am out on the road I see motorcycle drivers quite a bit when the weather is warm, and at times I see motorcycle drivers not wearing helmets while they are on the cycle whether they are a passenger or the driver. Sometimes, I see the driver in a T-Shirt, shorts and flip flops and/or sandals. On a rare occasion, I will see someone in all motorcycle attire such as a leather jacket, long pants, boots, etc. What worries me is if they get involved in an accident and they do not have the proper attire on.

Answer 3

If the state does not have a law requiring the use of a helmet. I am happy to ride there. I happen to live in a state that requires the use. So for the first and last mile of every ride I will wear the helmet. My state will allow men to choose to marry men and women to choose to marry women but I may not choose weather or not to wear my helmet. This States laws also do not require that the helmet be worn on head or fastened. I have also checked on the fine for not wearing the helmet. It is a little More than the cost of filling my gas tank on the bike.

If I thought I had enough support I would ride without the helmet and contest every ticket. The law DOES NOT REQUIRE THE HELMET TO BE ON YOUR HEAD IN THIS STATE. Show up with the law and they are forced to drop the charges. Tie up the system long enough and they will want to change the law one way or the other.

Answer 4

I guess it is down to personal choice,but my own experience of skidding on an oil patch and hitting a parked truck, where the stanchion supporting the trailer split my Bell Fibreglass helmet like an egg,suggests that the helmet is a good idea. I still fractured my skull and spent 7 weeks in a coma, but having seen what was left of the lid there is little doubt that were it not for the safety helmet the ambulance guys would've had to peel me off the underside of the lorry.

For what it's worth I agree with the personal choice issue but would strongly try to influence the choices of friends and family where helmets are concerned.

Colm, Ireland

Answer 5

Some helmets are restictive and heavy. They can limit periphreal vision and hearing.

Aside from that, what you don't hear about is the number of people who die BECAUSE they have a helmet on. I personally know of two people. I also know of a family who got some time to say "goodbye," because their girl wasn't wearing one; they way her accident went down, the doctors felt the helmet would have snapped her neck, killing her instantly. When helmets are mandated, neck braces should be too.

Also, if you have the facts, most people who die in motorcycle accidents do not die of head injuries, so a helmet is a non-factor. Many die of internal injuries that a helmet wouldn't protect. I don't know why the media even bothers to mention it when a rider wasn't wearing a helmet, because they certainly don't tell you when a dead rider does.

In general, the public is very uneducated on helmets, and it is difficult to find unbiased studies. They are out there, and arguments can easily be made against their use.

Answer 6

This controversial question has been asked many times before and evoked the same cross section of replies and opinions.

If I rode my bike every day on a grass lawn or soft sand, I would take the chance and not wear a helmet because the 'wind in yer face' experience is far superior to the 'helmeted' one and worth the negligable risk. I think most camps would agree on that point.
However, I ride on hard roads ( mostly in crap Scottish weather) in amongst heavy traffic most of the time. When I get out of the concrete jungle, I like to have a good blast, especially on my sports bike which is very rapid.. There is no way on this earth would I ride in either of those conditions without that lump of carbon round my very dear, precious nut!
As far as I'm aware, most sports bikers seem to wear a helmet so I think this debate applies ( I'm generalizing here!) mostly to the cruiser type bikers who's style of riding is more of a traditional renegade, Marlon Brando kind of thing which I respect, having done the 1960's biker hooligan thing. I think the debate goes way beyond the safety issue because a lot of these guys are taking offence at what they see as an attack on their lifestyle and freedom to choose. Again, I can totally relate to that!
What it boils down to is that , although I prefer to wear a helmet at all times on the road, other individuals have the right to make the choice for themselves where the law allows.

I have the right to dissaprove, I have the right to advise them of the safety issues but I have no right whatsoever to insult them and try to force them to comply to the norm.
That is the sort of heavy handed approach which got us all fired up in the 50's and 60's with the resultant explosion of biker gangs, mods, rockers etc, you name it we did it. ( or didn't do it if we got told to do it.) Even in those days, most bikers wore lids but there was always the mavericks!

I recently got into this debate with some bikers friends after watching a video of Indian Larry's last ride. After everyone put their two cents worth in about safety and about he would still be here if...blah blah and so on.. , someone asked
' can any of you imagine Indian Larry with a helmet on?'
None of us could!, it just didn't fit the picture!

Answer 7

Choice.
I have a right to choose, and I exercise it.
There are many things that go into my personal choice.
You won't get the lame excuses from me like can't see, etc. That's BS. What you will get is that I don't want to be in a coma (for any length of time), or have my life supported by a machine.

This question is asked and answered frequently. I see a number of new answers that go along with my thinking. They wear a helmet because they choose to, for their own reasons. Yet they don't force their preference on me or anyone else and seem to believe that doing so is wrong.

I actually wear one a lot more than I used to, but that's the choice I make. For my own reasons.

Answer 8

Some places allow riders to not wear helmets.

Personally I like my face and brain as they are! I always wear a helmet and protective gear when I ride!

I hadn't seen the excuses about helmets restricting your sight & hearing before. What a joke! The wind noise will stop you hearing anything and the wind will get into your eyes even with glasses.

And yes .... I've had my share of crashes. Low speed, high speed, off road and on road. (Been riding for a long time.) The helmet saved me from head injury everytime and I only got bruises. My only broken bone was my wrist, which you can't protect and I was only doing 30 k's (About 15 mph) :-(

Answer 9

If you've never ridden without one, try it, and then ask your question again. When I first started riding I always wore a helmet. Then one hot day I tried riding without and ever since I've ridden helmetless. It is an entirely different sensation riding without one. I think most riders just prefer it to the closed in feeling of a skid lid. Also being claustrophobic doesn't lend itself to wearing helmets.

Answer 10

its all in the person's personal reason. i prefer to wear a helmet although it can get annoying at times and sometimes i do admit depending wear im at i will ride without a helmet just to feel the wind but most of the time i always have some protection just in case something was to happen.

Answer 11

The simplest answer that I can give you, is to put on a helmet. Then, have someone drive you around and stick your head out the window, with the helmet on and the helmet off, just wearing a pair of sunglasses. With the helmet on, your visibility is limited and your head gets bumped around from the wind Resistance. Without a helmet on, the wind rushes through your hair, and you can see all around you.