Why don't we wear helmets in cars?

Helmets give you a lot of protection against head injury, but in order to avoid putting you at additional risk of neck injury (due to the all the extra weight attached to the end of your spine) they need to be combined with a device that keeps your head from continuing forward in the even that the car comes to an abrupt stop. read more

Now, I don't think I'm turning libertarian; I don't plan on driving with a helmet anytime soon; and I do still think that mandatory helmet laws for bicyclists and motorcyclists are a good idea. I just wanted to think a little bit about why we think what we think. read more