LOLHELMETHEAD

**Benita Mussolina** · 03-09-2008, 02:07 PM

My dad is going to dig an old bicycle out of the garage and let me ride it, which is cool. I've never really had a bicycle before. But they're going to insist that if I ride it I have to wear a bloody helmet.

I'll feel like a dork. AND HELMET HEAD!
What should I do? Can cool people wear helmets? DO YOU WEAR A HELMET?

**Dak** · 03-09-2008, 02:09 PM

Kick your dad in the crotch and say "Why aren't you wearing a cup? Does this mean I don't have to wear a helmet?"

**|G3|** · 03-09-2008, 02:09 PM

Only losers wear helmets.

L i e b e · 03-09-2008, 02:11 PM

You probably won't need one unless you're really... really... really bad at riding a bike.
You're not going to hit your head very easily; the most is scraping your arms or knees.

**Benita Mussolina** · 03-09-2008, 02:12 PM

I've never ridden a bike before. So. Yeah.
Also, there's laws around here. If I don't wear a helmet, I could be fined for up to $250.

Hale'iwa · 03-09-2008, 02:14 PM

If it was a motorcycle I would say, "YEAH wear a helmet unless you want to DIE!"

....But I just reread it and saw it's a bike.

Bicycle.

No one wears helmets for bicycles. D:

NatelieOne · 03-09-2008, 02:14 PM

Helmets are shit.
You need to wear a prefrayed hat.

puppy · 03-09-2008, 02:18 PM

the idiots are the ones who play it safe...don't wear a helmet kids...unless you want to get stoned by all the other children.^_^

**Benita Mussolina** · 03-09-2008, 03:04 PM

...
I think I'll just go jogging instead, then.

**Benita Mussolina** · 03-09-2008, 03:14 PM

Look, see? The law.
(a) A person under 18 years of age shall not operate a bicycle, or ride upon a bicycle as a passenger, upon a street, bikeway, as defined in Section 890.4 of the Streets and Highways Code, or any other public bicycle path or trail unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet that meets the standards of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI Z 90.4 bicycle helmet standard), the Snell Memorial Foundation's Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling, or the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM F-1447 standard). This requirement also applies to a person who rides upon a bicycle while in a restraining seat that is attached to the bicycle or in a trailer towed by the bicycle.

So either I'm a dork or I'm going to have to pay out the ass and get in trouble.

No wonder kids don't get any exercise anymore.