I unfortunately had the counter experience. I was not wearing a helmet on my "short commute" and got hurt pretty bad. A good number of stitches, a permanent sca

I unfortunately had the counter experience. I was not wearing a helmet on my "short commute" and got hurt pretty bad. A good number of stitches, a permanent scar, but worse than that - concussions are not fun. I blacked out and woke up an hour or two after the accident inside a CAT scan machine at the hospital. My wife found out about the accident when I called her and left an identical voicemail 3 times in a row not realizing I had just done it. Wear a helmet. I used to sell them at a ski shop and wear them religiously on the ski slope, but didn't bother to put one on for the 2 minute bike ride from my dorm to class. Huge mistake.