Why are so few adults wearing bike helmets?

Idiots

Well, they think they look better without it on the road. But in hospital they'll be looking best

Never wore one before why would I bother now? I'm still miffed that seat belts are legislated & hockey helmets are mandatory.

Hat hair

I grew up without them, no one wears them there still, it's not like they help that much because of the material, and going 10 kms/hr...
Methinks next thing will be we are going to have to wear patted clothing and helmets to only walk on the sidewalk, let alone when we go hiking.

I'm slowly getting used to them.
Now I wear one when I'm road biking, but not when I'm on bike paths.

Never wore one, never will.

I never wore them because I thought they were gay, maybe if they designed ones that actually looked good perhaps kids would start wearing them. Unless I was attempting to do stop stupid trick, there was this park near my house where kids built these dirt mounds. Do some jumps and other things. That's the only case I'd have wore my helmet.

So just make sure you hit that powerpole hard enough to spare taxpayers decades of you being plugged in to an electrical socket.

Really, if you have family, maybe you could set aside the selfishness and think of them when you buckle up or put on your helmet.

Agreed.

You know, when I see people on the bike trails around here peddling along for a leisurely ride, I get why some of them choose not to wear a helmet, they aren't traveling at any speed. But if you're racing around the city in traffic, not wearing a helmet is absolutely retarded.

No one wants to look like this.....

Duh, it messes the do!

I never wore one as a kid, and I hate wearing them to this day.

However, now that I have a daughter, I don't really have a choice. It'd be hypocritical of me to say, "You have to wear one for safety reasons but I don't."

It's called setting a good example.

Or this.