More ranting about undergrads

So out of curiosity does anyone know how many students at a university will wear a bike helmet while riding to and from their classes? I mean we are talking about the best and brightest that the system has to offer right. These kids are getting educations at a huge financial expense, which only seems to be getting worse. So one would figure that there would be a lot of them wearing helmets. Fuck for the cost of education down here I would be tempted to wear a helmet all the time!

So in an informal count of over 50 cyclists seen riding along a path/shared road around lunch guess how many cyclists I saw with helmets. I bet you wouldn't have guessed only 5! Oh, and that figure it technically inflated; three were wearing helmets, one had it on but not strapped up (making it useless) and one had it hung from the handlebars. So technically it was 3 in over 50, or 6% if you prefer.

Now I realize wearing a helmet can mess up your hair, but so will pavement. And sure you are probably a great cyclist (which I truly doubt) but even then do you trust the drivers and other cyclists around you not to fuck up? I sure as hell don't! On top of all this a week before class started there was news that a student was killed while riding a bike when hit by a car. Though there was no mention if there was or was not a helmet on the rider you might as well try to save yourself.

But these people riding without helmets will survive despite their own best efforts to avoid self preservation. Then a few years from now they will be the parents I want to yell at every time I see them on bike paths. Those who think it's important for their kid to ride with a helmet, but they don't need one. But, hey I can't really argue with that, the kid would probably be better off raising themselves then having those assholes as parents.

As a little aside, the kid isn't wearing the helmet properly. Notice all her forehead showing? Well that's where the road will make contact first. Way to go mom!