This. I always wear a helmet when riding and encourage others to do so (or at least I would if I was an ass-hat that interfered with other people’s personal decisions), but I am increasingly and now vehemently against helmet laws. Your points are all valid. The one that resonate most with me is the signalling of cycling as an inherently dangerous activity. It simply feeds the prejudice that motorists have that cyclists somehow have it coming if they have the temerity and courage to mix it with cars. “I can’t be held responsible for killing that cyclist. They were doing something that is so inherently dangerous that they have to wear a helmet. What did they expect?”
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