Originally Posted by DWB

I used to think the same thing.

Over here it's common to wear cheap plastic helmets on our motorbikes that cost around $4. I always laughed and said the same thing, what good would those crappy things do?

Then I got hit my a speeding car while wearing one of those cheap helmets.

After literally breaking the windshield with my head, I then bounced down the street hitting my head multiple times, digging very deep gouges into the plastic. I don't actually know how many times I flipped and hit my head, but probably 5 or 6. To my surprise, I didn't even get a concussion, even though my body was beat to shit and I broke my feet. The helmet was destroyed but my head was in perfect condition even after breaking their windshield and hitting the road multiple times. The sort of hit that happened to me, at the speeds everyone was going, I should have been killed. Most people who go down on the same road die. So yea, those cheap ass helmets can protect you from serious injury every now and then.

I now wear a better helmet, but I no longer clown those cheapies. ANYTHING is better than nothing. It saved my head, no doubt about it. Of course, it's not going to save you if you get your head ran over, but neither will most of the better helmets either.