Turban versus helmet

“He's a devout Sikh ... and he can't wear the helmet because he has to wear the turban.”

Section 104 of the Highway Traffic Act seems quite clear -- you've got to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle. via Toronto Sun

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[Ottawa64]

If they can wear their turban while riding a MOTOR bike then I don't need to wear my seatbelt. I am more secure in my car not wearing a seatbelt then them riding a MOTOR bike without a helmet.
Canada needs to grow balls. and i am talking about our policians.
the scary worms of our nation.

[Jagdeep]

Ottawa64 wrote:

If they can wear their turban while riding a MOTOR bike then I don't need to wear my seatbelt. I am more secure in my car not wearing a seatbelt then them riding a MOTOR bike without a helmet.
Canada needs to grow balls. and i am talking about our policians.
the scary worms of our nation.

Doesn't make sense what u r saying. For badesha , his faith is more than the risk

[PAUL SHYKORA]

SIMPLE: On the road ,''OBEY'' OUR LAWS,too boot!! The hillbilly farmboy has spoken...

[Turbinator]

Why not get a special helmet made. You'll be safer. End of that, what a waste of time making such a big issue out of nothing at all.

[Snakes_n_ladders]

Again Canada bending over religions.
Why cant these people that come over to this great land not comply with our rules?
If I have to wear a helmet he does too. period end of discussion.
When his head will hit a bumper and explode to pieces what do you think will happened next? they'll sue over it.
If his religion is against wearing helmets then HE should exclude himself from events etc that includes the wear of an helmet. DUH.
His faith is his problem not mine...rules are rules.
My beliefs excludes me from paying bills and taxes but I have no choice to pay them otherwise I am left in the dark or jailed.
wear the helmet or sell your bike.
I don't feel like picking up pieces of your head on the side of the road.

[Carlson]

The turban has nothing to do with religion.
The wearing of turbans is rooted in the British Army who recruited east indians for military service. It is against some religions to shear the hair. Consequently the BA devised the turban to cover and tame the wild hair.
Secondly, the helmet industry should get on the band wagon and develop suitable head gear to fit over the turban. Maybe that will solve the problem.

[PAUL SHYKORA]

OKAY...IS it Okay to wear a ufo illuminum -foil cap.???????

[CDS]

I think I'd like to die today?

Riding a motorcycle without a helmet or driving a car without your seatbelt sounds just as ridiculous as driving drunk.

This should be looked at just as the lawyer said.

LAW VS Religion

If your Religion does not have room for flexibility, you should not practice it in places where LAW will conflict said religion.

The LAW IS UNBIAS towards all religion. It governs with neutral eyes. It takes EVERYONE into consideration, not just one group of people, but all people. And the Safety of all.

SAFETY First!
That is a rule that people of all nations teach through out their lives (as a child or adult, at work for sport). If you wouldn't let your child ride on a motorcycle without a helmet why would you?

If a religion can not except / Embrace that simple TRUTH...we should be afraid to practice such religions.

Religion & LAW can work together. That said, there is no good reason why a hybred turban/helmet can't be made? The Law would except something that would protect... Sikhs would simply have to develop a turban that would keep them safe and meet the standards of the Country they choose to live in.(no different than the Kaccha, not what it stands for, but by the fact that it was made specifically for this religion and speaks of who they are)

Overall Life is about adaptation. Learn to adapt or move on. After all you CHOOSE to live in this country with those safety laws.

Sikhism is still so young, it's in its infancy compared to virtually any other religion. One would think it's doctoring would have adapted to piratical truths like safety.

[Wake up]

It is a law all over the world to weat helmet while driving a motocycle. But other countries they don't care. But law is a law.Wear helmet is safe. I am sick and tired hearing of saying racist racist.If the turban people dont wear helmet. If something happened to them they will complain and blame the law.Turban should ban while driving motorcycle and should wear helemt instead.

Nothing wrong with turban...If something happened to them while driving blame the turban
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Ottawa64 wrote:

If they can wear their turban while riding a MOTOR bike then I don't need to wear my seatbelt. I am more secure in my car not wearing a seatbelt then them riding a MOTOR bike without a helmet.
Canada needs to grow balls. and i am talking about our policians.
the scary worms of our nation.

[Snakes_n_ladders]

Canada a government of pissies.
The minute they get cornered they piss their pants.
overpaid chicken bureaucrats.(too busy pissing themselves)
there is a way more important debate going on then that turban biker..its about a woman thats not even charged yet in Mexico but already has done 2 years in jail and then theres this kid (canadian born that lived all his life outside of Canada but becomes instantly Canadian when he gets in trouble overseas)thats getting beheaded in a foreign land for killing another kid in a school brawl..and Harper etc are already on that kids defence but the presume innocent (no charges laid)woman in Mexico has been silenced for 2 years until W5 brought the story out.
She's on suicide alert because she's depressed.
Canada is bending over for anybody but a Canadian.

and for the biker with a turban get a life prick. stop making shit if you're not happy with our laws get lost go back to wherever you came from.

Yeah lets have the helmet industry build a house over the turban so he can feel more at home.
while the rest of Canada can go by the rules.

[Aman Singh]

Jagdeep wrote:

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Doesn't make sense what u r saying. For badesha , his faith is more than the risk

I fully agree with you because im pachangi of baljinder singh

[Aman Singh]

Turbinator wrote:

Why not get a special helmet made. You'll be safer. End of that, what a waste of time making such a big issue out of nothing at all.

Even if you give a sikh a diamond helmet he still wouldn't put it on!
Religon means everything for us sikhs!!!

[joe rider]

time for me to join these sikh dudes, i hate wearing my helmet, for 30 years i have been riding to America, to experience the freedom of ridin' with no helmet.The fight for 'LET THOSE WHO RIDE, DECIDE' has fallen on deaf ears here. We should have seen this religous angle years ago... Now, which temple should i join. What colour should my new turban (bandana) be? How much are the monthly dues?

[paul shykora]

Aman Singh wrote:

<quoted text>
Even if you give a sikh a diamond helmet he still wouldn't put it on!
Religon means everything for us sikhs!!!

...OH...oh....

[Gary - Brampton]

Aman Singh wrote:

<quoted text>
Even if you give a sikh a diamond helmet he still wouldn't put it on!
Religon means everything for us sikhs!!!

Then your religion should be more important to you than the enjoyment of riding a motorcycle.

[sjk]

Gary - Brampton wrote:

<quoted text>
Then your religion should be more important to you than the enjoyment of riding a motorcycle.

I very well agree with you. Riding a motorbike isn't a necessity, but an extra!

[Gumbi]

Carlson wrote:

The turban has nothing to do with religion.
The wearing of turbans is rooted in the British Army who recruited east indians for military service. It is against some religions to shear the hair. Consequently the BA devised the turban to cover and tame the wild hair.
Secondly, the helmet industry should get on the band wagon and develop suitable head gear to fit over the turban. Maybe that will solve the problem.

I find this comment very interesting!!! is there any truth to this???? does it really have nothing to do with religion? if this is the case then a ponytail hanging out of the helmet is the solution, no?? Lots of bikers do it!

[Canada]

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[PAUL SHYKORA]

Canada wrote:

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..very interesting point..here...eh...NO comments,yet!!...eh...

[neeti kaur]

Carlson wrote:

The turban has nothing to do with religion.
The wearing of turbans is rooted in the British Army who recruited east indians for military service. It is against some religions to shear the hair. Consequently the BA devised the turban to cover and tame the wild hair.
Secondly, the helmet industry should get on the band wagon and develop suitable head gear to fit over the turban. Maybe that will solve the
problem.

Carlson wrote:

The turban has nothing to do with religion.
The wearing of turbans is rooted in the British Army who recruited east indians for military service. It is against some religions to shear the hair. Consequently the BA devised the turban to cover and tame the wild hair.
Secondly, the helmet industry should get on the band wagon and develop suitable head gear to fit over the turban. Maybe that will solve the problem.

ummm hi to all i am a fellow sikh n i jus wanted to pooint ut dat some of u felllow canadians need to do some more reserch b4 u go off on ur rants ...carlson plz go n read some sikh faith books den tell me its not rooted in out faith it was handed to us from our gurus to show we aare sikhs to make us different from the rest of the world so b4 u go on sayiing its not apart of our religion do some reserch..n for all the others stop tlkin shit bout our politians id love to c wah u have done to help this country! n as for this case leave it to the courts n get lives ppl deres better things to do N OH YH FOR THE PERSON THAT SAID FOLLOW OUR RULES OR GO BACK TO WHEREEVER U CAME FROM : LOOK INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS OF CANADA IM SRRY BUH WE ARE MUCH MORE A PART OF CANADA THAN SOME OF UR OWN 20 GENERATION FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN LIVING ON CANADIAN SOIL IF WE WERE GOOD ENUFF FOR U TO ALLOW US TO FIGHT ALONG SIDE UR "CANADAIN MEN" WE ARE AS MUCH AS A PART OF THIS COUNTRY AS U R AND FOR MANY OF US THIS IS WHERE WE COME FROM !!!:@ other dan dat get lives ppl i jus came upon this site cuz i was doing reserch for my law class