Helmets are always safer on an individual basis, comparing riding with one vs. riding without one.
Helmets are not necessarily safer on a societal basis, comparing riding with one vs. more people choosing not to ride at all and being less healthy for it.
Everyone ought to wear a helmet, but the law shouldn’t require it because it’s better to ride without one than to drive a car instead. (Better both for the person making that choice, and everyone else due to the bandwagon effects of more people getting out of cars.)
Why are you downvoting him? He’s right!
Helmets are always safer on an individual basis, comparing riding with one vs. riding without one.
Helmets are not necessarily safer on a societal basis, comparing riding with one vs. more people choosing not to ride at all and being less healthy for it.
Everyone ought to wear a helmet, but the law shouldn’t require it because it’s better to ride without one than to drive a car instead. (Better both for the person making that choice, and everyone else due to the bandwagon effects of more people getting out of cars.)