Canada – Ontario – The province of Ontario in Canada is joining the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia in allowing an exemption from motorcycle helmet wearing for Sikh motorcyclists. The exemption was announced by Premier Doug Ford and Prabmeet Sarkaria, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, that, “Ontario's Government for the People is taking steps to grant the Sikh community an exemption from the requirement to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle.” "We promised to establish a helmet exemption for … [Read more...]
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Sikh Helmet Exemption Canada
Alberta – Canada - Last year we wrote that a group of Sikh motorcyclists in the Australian state of New South Wales were seeking an exemption from the mandatory wearing of motorcycle crash helmets. Therefore we went in-depth to find out more about the helmet exemption being sought by Sikhs and the helmet exemptions that already exist around the globe, especially concentrating on the background of the 1976 Sikh helmet exemption in the United Kingdom. News just announced from the Alberta Government in Canada means that Sikh motorcyclists, in that province, have been … [Read more...]
Australian – Sikh Helmet Exemption
Australia – A group of motorcyclists in the Australian state of New South Wales are seeking an exemption from the mandatory wearing of motorcycle crash helmets. The group who are Sikh motorcyclists are asking for the exemption in the helmet wearing law that states: The rider of a motorcycle must wear an approved motorcycle helmet securely fitted and fastened on the rider's head. The rider of a motorcycle must not ride with a passenger unless the passenger is wearing an approved motorcycle helmet. From various reports – ABC News – Daily Mail – Motorbike … [Read more...]
Still Preparing For Technology
Europe - ACEM the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers which represents the manufacturers of mopeds, motorcycles, three-wheelers and quadricycles (L-category vehicles) in Europe, has published two position papers on vehicle technology. Detection of motorcycles by advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) eCall devices for L-category vehicles ACEM has also announced the 13th Edition of their annual conference - “Sustainable motorcycling in Europe” – to held in January 2018, addressing how policy-makers, civil society and the motorcycle sector can work … [Read more...]
Buddhism and Safety II
Thailand – Our thanks to Carol at Thai Safe Rider for letting us post this article that looks at road safety and motorcycle training in Asia, specifically in Thailand, from a differing point of view. The approach looks at philosophy in order to work with Asian cultural beliefs to be applied to improve the road safety situation, other than current suggested approaches, to achieve far greater results. Buddhism and Safety II - Road safety across much of Asia is based on compliance approaches that do little to understand the core beliefs and cultural challenges found on … [Read more...]
The Motorcycle Helmet Law
United Kingdom - It is that time of year when annual tribute rides take place organised by the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) to commemorate Fred Hill, who made it his mission not to recognise the 1973 motorcycle compulsory helmet law introduced in the UK by Parliament. Fred refused to wear a helmet which led to him being fined on numerous occasions, which he did not pay because of his convictions, thus ending up in prison. MAG UK backed Fred throughout his campaign and named him their "Freedom Fighter" as he campaigned against the helmet law and for the freedom of … [Read more...]
Trikes & Helmets – To Wear or Not To Wear?
Northern Ireland – This article aims to clarify the situation regarding a proposed helmet law for trike riders in Northern Ireland, following a recent claim by the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) that this proposal has been dropped thanks to their successful lobbying. In June 2015 the Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division of the then Department of the Environment (DOE) [1] issued a public consultation regarding a – “ Proposal for the Mandatory Wearing of Helmets on Motor Tricycles”, meaning that if the proposal came about the wearing of helmets for riders of and … [Read more...]
