I think it was better for them not to wear a helmet, this way you die on the spot, they would have had severe internal injuries and brain swelling if survived even with helmets and ended up dying later anyway or severly disabled. If you're gona go get it over done with in a fraction of a second.
Getbiggers are laughing at these two today, but many will spend the last decade of their life old and frail pissing n shitting themselves not knowing who they are, last few weeks of your life bed ridden with morbidities in pain.