I personally find it insulting to have the same mindless comment appear every time somebody mentions helmet. It is inevitably a story of n=1 how somebody believ

I personally find it insulting to have the same mindless comment appear every time somebody mentions helmet. It is inevitably a story of n=1 how somebody believes his helmet did X, and usually completely and utterly misses the point of the parent comment. Just to reiterate this: if you suggest a piece of styrofoam is a useful protection in a discussion where the overwhelming risk factor is being crashed into by a 4 ton metal hunk, you're trivializing the issue and distracting away from meaningful actions.