He came here for freedom I bet! Jack
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From: <neil@dbelltech.com>
> ...wrap the turban around the OUTSIDE of the helmet---- QED... problem
> solved.
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net
> [mailto:land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> Jon Wennerberg
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:14 AM
> To: Land Speed Digest
> Subject: [Land-speed] Non-LSR - helmet vs. turban
>
> I'll break this into two emails so it doesn't get kicked out because
> it's too long. Believe this if you'd like to do so:
>
> Part One: Watchdog backs motorcyclist in turban battle
> Feb 15, 2008 04:30 AM
> BOB MITCHELL
> STAFF REPORTER
> The Ontario Human Rights Commission has ridden to the defence of a
> Brampton
> man who says being forced to wear a motorcycle helmet instead of his
> turban
> runs counter to his religious faith.
>
> Baljinder Badesha, above, who was charged by Peel police in September
> 2005
> with failing to wear a helmet, said he understands the inherent
> dangers of
> riding a motorcycle without a helmet but is willing to take the risk to
> follow his Sikh tenets.
>
> "I know it is for safety, but people die in car accidents all the
> time," the
> 39-year-old owner of a used car dealership said yesterday outside a
> Brampton
> court. He is fighting a $110 ticket he received for wearing his turban
> instead of a helmet while riding his motorcycle on Queen St. in Brampton
> near Hwy. 410.
>
> Now the Ontario Human Rights Commission is siding with him, insisting
> Badesha is being discriminated against.
>
> "Telling Mr. Badesha to choose between his religion or participating
> in the
> normal life of Ontario is discrimination," Scott Hutchison, an
> attorney for
> the human rights commission, told a Brampton court yesterday.
>
> "Roads and riding a motorcycle are something that is available to
> everybody
> in Ontario provided they wear a helmet. But that condition makes it
> impossible for Mr. Bedesha and everybody of the Sikh religion. That
> amounts
> to discrimination."
>
> He said the Human Rights code "prevails" over the Highway Traffic Act
> (HTA).
> Forcing him to wear his helmet "infringes on his human dignity,"
> Hutchison
> said.
>
> Badesha hasn't ridden his motorcycle since he received his ticket.
>
> "I was riding for three or four weeks. They caught me one day and
> gave me a
> ticket," said Badesha, outside of the courtroom. "I haven't ridden
> since."
>
> The married father of four has also been prevented from test-riding
> motorcycles sold at his dealership.
>
> To be continued
>
> Jon , tall guy with moustache
> and two 200 MPH Club hats
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