Sikhs who wear turbans while riding motorcycles say their obedience to their faith is far more important than safety.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, traffic cops seldom see it that way. As a result, the Canadian Sikh Association is asking the Ontario government\u00a0to exempt turban-wearing motorcyclists from\u00a0having to\u00a0wear a helmet, as\u00a0now required by\u00a0law.<\/p>\n
The meeting was attended by provincial Liberal and Progressive Conservative leaders.<\/p>\n
“For us, this is no more a safety issue as it has already been approved in British Columbia, Manitoba, some states in the U.S. and also in England,” said Baljit Singh Ghuman, chair of the CSA. “This is more a human rights issue.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sikhs who wear turbans while riding motorcycles say their obedience to their faith is far more important than safety. Unfortunately, traffic cops seldom see it that way. As a result, the Canadian Sikh Association is asking the Ontario government\u00a0to exempt turban-wearing motorcyclists from\u00a0having to\u00a0wear a helmet, as\u00a0now required by\u00a0law. The meeting was attended by provincial…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[1254,1255,2211],"class_list":["post-4969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sikh","tag-motorcycle-helmet","tag-ontario","tag-sikh"],"yoast_head":"\n