The Sikhs are at it again: fighting helmet laws.

So simple, you injure yourself with no helmet and insurance says "see ya later" make it like that. Religion belongs in homes and places of worship. It has no place in my public world.

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I think people are reading it incorrectly, they are looking at this as a human rights issue, im sure they know full well the consequences of riding without a helmet, its the fact that they have the freedom of choice to rock a helmet or not
 
r6rollin said:
I think people are reading it incorrectly, they are looking at this as a human rights issue, im sure they know full well the consequences of riding without a helmet, its the fact that they have the freedom of choice to rock a helmet or not
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And no one else does? That's not equality, under the law. As I've said before, we're talking about mandatory safety gear here.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
And no one else does? That's not equality, under the law. As I've said before, we're talking about mandatory safety gear here.
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+ 1. Either everyone gets the choice, or no one does. No special exceptions.
 
rutakin said:
I guess IT IS!

Start eating, pile on the weight and you can be exempt form seatbelt wearing.. there you go...
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[video=youtube;8DtbPOXFk00]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DtbPOXFk00[/video]
 
Rob MacLennan said:
And no one else does? That's not equality, under the law. As I've said before, we're talking about mandatory safety gear here.
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Ill agree with you on that, its not equal at all, but then again this is Canada and i think the government would rather satisfy a minority group then take it and have it blown out of proportion
 
r6rollin said:
Ill agree with you on that, its not equal at all, but then again this is Canada and i think the government would rather satisfy a minority group then take it and have it blown out of proportion
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It's already blown out of proportion.
 
r6rollin said:
I guess this is true...also is this not the same situation as when Sikhs who were police officers fought to wear their turban while on duty? we saw what happened with that
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No, and I made that point earlier on in the thread. Allowing a variation in uniform is not the same thing as allowing a variation in protective equipment.
 
Nah, just let the insurance companies deal with it, when people have to pay 10X the insurance for riding without a helmet, I'm sure you will not see lots of people out their doing it.

Speaking of insurance, two awesome videos


[video=youtube;qpjedAZooaQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpjedAZooaQ&feature=player_embedded[/video]

[video=youtube;9NwNGjFldXo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NwNGjFldXo&feature=relmfu[/video]
 
elnady said:
Nah, just let the insurance companies deal with it, when people have to pay 10X the insurance for riding without a helmet, I'm sure you will not see lots of people out their doing it.
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Here's the problem: You're talking about a very small subset, of a small subset of insured. Insurance companies base their premiums on demographics. No matter what, those helmetless riders are part of the 'motorcycle' demographic, which is a tiny subset of insured motorists to start with, so we'll all pay if it results in higher costs to insurers.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Here's the problem: You're talking about a very small subset, of a small subset of insured. Insurance companies base their premiums on demographics. No matter what, those helmetless riders are part of the 'motorcycle' demographic, which is a tiny subset of insured motorists to start with, so we'll all pay if it results in higher costs to insurers.
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Plus our culture / system can't just let them die. Even the DNR cards people carry don't mean much.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Here's the problem: You're talking about a very small subset, of a small subset of insured. Insurance companies base their premiums on demographics. No matter what, those helmetless riders are part of the 'motorcycle' demographic, which is a tiny subset of insured motorists to start with, so we'll all pay if it results in higher costs to insurers.
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so insurance companies won't be able to ask what the person's religion is and then charge those people accordingly?
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