The Aging Rebel 4/2/2018
Alberta has become the third Canadian province to allow adult motorcycle riders and passengers to wear turbans instead of helmets.
The helmet law exemption is an accommodation to adherents of the Sikh religion. Male Sikhs are required to wear a kind of turban called a dastaar and carry a kind of dagger called a kirpan. Canadian courts have previously ruled that carrying a kirpan is a right guaranteed under Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Sikhs have argued that since motorcycle helmets do not fit over turbans, requiring Sikhs to wear them infringes their religious liberty.
British Columbia and Manitoba previously passed laws exempting Sikhs wearing turbans from wearing motorcycle helmets. A similar law has been proposed in Ontario but has never been passed. The Alberta exemption, in the form of an amendment to the Traffic Safety Act, will go into effect April 12.
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