I was kidding about the bike helmets...well, sorta. When I was a kid, my mom made me wear one and none of my friends had to (she must have not had the foresight to but that warranty). I felt like such a dork [sigh]. The voices are still mocking me in my head even to this day!
Although, now I think I'm my mom. The other day I was going to be driving some kids in my car to a program and I was all, "I don't care what you do in your car, we're not leaving this parking lot until everyone buckles up!" and they were like "Ah, man. We thought you were cool." Seeing as though I've almost killed them all several times off-roading with golf carts, you'd think they'd be more than happy to buckle up.
But, I guess, screw safety. Like if all about looking cool. If you're going to die, you might as well not look like a dork doing it.