I was cycling and hit a pedestrian who stepped off the pavement without looking in central London about 10 years ago.
I was wearing a cap and my helmet was at home. All I could think as I was approaching the ground was 'why is my helmet at home?', amazingly I kept my head off the ground.
The pedestrians head hit the side of my head, and I had a whopping bruise for weeks.
Helmets might not be cool, but that incident really taught me that looking cool isn't important...
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