The problem is not the times you don't need the helmet, it's the times you DO.
I've had more than my fair share of hits to the head, luckily none too serious. But I've also had a motorcycle crash and thanked my lucky stars for having a full face helmet, because an open-faced helmet would have seen my faqce exactly that - ripped open.
I remember a lady trying to get the government to force helmets for all riders including cyclists coming to our school. Her kid had the same upbringing as us, carefree and wonderful, until the day he came off his bike and smashed his skull in. He became a vegetable and then died a few years later.
Sometimes we do need to be saved from ourselves and our own stupidity. Sure, we all survived up to today but a ridiculous amount of us didn't. The sad thing is we never think about them in our lives do we?
That being said, I do HATE health and safety. I think it has made us 100% less safe.
But still wear a helmet. 🤣
And that's the thing. I do wear a helmet mostly under duress but it still kills me because of the many many years that I didn't and never felt the need. But I do now, so all good. Although I feel like a fanny for doing so and that will never change 🙂
Just get a cooler helmet. 😂😂😂
No one can see your face in a BMX helmet.