Fear mongering.LOL.
The gear isn't out of mortal fear for every corner...it is precaution for the unknown, and acceptance of the risk, whether an accident happens or not, the risk is always present.
It's not a fear that you will fall off. It is an acceptance that you "COULD" fall off....or get run over...or slip on a diesel spill in traffic....or hit gravel midcorner...or have a dog or deer run into you broadside Any, or all of these things could happen. Will they? Not likely. But the one time it does, imagine how nice it'd be to be able to wipe your own *** afterwards, instead of having a nursemaid do it for you.
Gear has a role in the sport.....Same as a seatbelt....or an airbag.
Every 4 wheeled vehicle I have owned for the past 15 yrs has had an airbag. Have I ever had one deploy? Nope. Then why have it? Is it becasue I am afraid I will rearend someone every time I pull outta my driveway?
By your thinking I should remove the seat belts and airbags in my cars, causing myself to drive more carefully...and then since I am drving more carefully becasue I am putting myself more at risk due to the airbag's abscence, I should enjoy my drive more.
Some DO in fact have more common sense....Dunno why it's called common sense though, since it obviously isn't all that common.