I am okay with seat belts. As a young kid I saw a Pontiac get T-boned and the seat came out the door with the driver still sitting in it. I am okay with helmets as I use one for cycling and have a custom built brain bucket for flying. It has the R/T communications head set and mike built in. The plane I fly mostly these days has a "glass" canopy and a couple of good bumps your head is banging against the window frames.