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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue Aug 26, 2014, 10:37 PM Aug 2014

Ontario Sikhs ‘deeply disappointed’ with new helmet law [View all]

Ron Csillag

TORONTO (RNS) The open road has closed for motorcycle-riding Sikhs in Ontario.

The province’s premier has informed Sikhs they are not exempted from motorcycle helmet laws.

In a letter this month to the Canadian Sikh Association, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne wrote that not wearing a helmet poses “a road safety risk."

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/08/26/ontario-sikhs-deeply-disappointed-new-helmet-law/

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Ontario Sikhs ‘deeply disappointed’ with new helmet law [View all] hrmjustin Aug 2014 OP

Interesting. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #1

That was my first thought as well. cbayer Aug 2014 #2

The approval/certification process for making something like this is rough. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #3

Honestly, I don't think I have ever seen a sikh on a motorcycle. cbayer Aug 2014 #4

I haven't either. At least, not identifiably so. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #5

I wouldn't have guessed it either, but the turban is really important to sikh's. cbayer Aug 2014 #7

It is one of their five articles of faith el_bryanto Aug 2014 #8

Thanks, bryant. cbayer Aug 2014 #9

Honestly, I don't think I have ever seen a sikh on a motorcycle. cbayer Aug 2014 #6

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