More films, but where's the helmet?

As suspected, more films came in at the eleventh hour. I think my biggest distress over this is that so many cyclists in these films are not wearing helmets. What kind of message are we sending? You can ride anywhere, in traffic, on mountain bikes, doing BMX tricks, but no helmet? In one film, the cyclist actually describes an incident with a taxi where he was clipped, went over this handlebars, and landed on his face. The litany of injuries followed: two black eyes, three chipped teeth, 12 stitches in his forehead (and a partridge in a pear tree), but he was back the next day - and laughed over the fact that his mother sent him a helmet - but of course, he wasn't wearing it. Two weeks ago, I witnessed a young teenage boy flip over his handlebars, bringing the bike crashing down on him. Every joint (sholders, wrists, knees, elbows, ankles) was bleeding and he had a golf ball-sized lump on his temple that had blood pouring out of it. Now there's a reason we wear helmets kiddo - when we called him mother, she laughed, "that's the 2nd time this week...". Great parenting skills, lady! He's not going to wear one if YOU don't... My best friend's husband lost his life when a dog came charging out of a house and knocked him over. He road every where and was a Boston bike commuter before almost anyone. This day, however, he was riding out on a country road, should have had time to react, but somehow did not, and now he's gone. They were married 8 months. What a waste. It happens - and it is more about the people you're going to have to leave behind than just you. So think about it and strap it on. Okay - getting off the soapbox now!