I know I shouldn't get involved in this, but I don't suppose it's worth pointing out that you are the one who brought up polystyrene helmets for drivers. Matt probably had more substantial headger in mind.
Yes, along with a fireproof suit, given all that combustible stuff inside a car.
The point seems to be that where most cyclists choose not to dress up for extreme downhill mountain biking with kevlar suits and full face helmets. Or even as a racing cyclist with just a cycle helmet. Most people nipping to the shops or to work on their bike are more akin to mum doing the school run and shopping and not like Lewis Hamilton or a rally driver. Strangely, nobody seems to be pressuring car drivers to wear a motorsports helmet. No government campaign and people even laugh if you suggest they wear a motorsport helmet. I'd argue that it's non helmet wearing cyclists that are made to feel guilty and wrong.
I've nothing against anyone wearing a lid. Just bought myself a new one in fact. It won't get worn very much and I only bought it so that I can do a ride which requires one by the ruulz (and because my old one has the 15 year old sweaty remnants of about 50,000 miles
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These new ones are much more comfortable to wear and a much better fit with the ratchet thing that you tighten around your bonce than the horrible thing I bought in the mid 1990s.
I still won't use it though, except for off roading.
PS anyone want to buy a slightly dented Bell cycle helmet. It's metallic blue and purple (looks like an Easter Egg) I'll be honest, it feels tepid and damp when you put it on your head and isn't very nice to wear. It only has some mildew on it.
Any offers?