Why are people wearing turbans allowed to not wear a motorcycle helmet ?

Question

Before i get slated for being racist...**** IM NOT ****
I am entitled to have my own feeling on this though.

how can they have one rule for one and one for another. Its outrageous.

Also theres always talk of banning hoodies. Why are muslims allowed to wear there head scalves.

I dont wear hoodies myself.

You could say its discrimination against hoodies.

I dont really feel comfortable asking this question as i know it's going to get taken the wrong way.

What's your views please ?

Dolph.

How is it a stupid question ?

Please enlighten me.

If you havent anything usefull to say why say it ?

Its a pretty stupid reply imo

SAOPACO:

EXEMPT FROM WEARING HELMETS

http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=UK_Legislation_connected_with_turban



PLENTY OF STORIES OF HOODIES BANNED

http://search.ntlworld.com/ntlworld/search.php?q=HOODIES+BANNED&cr=

Answer 1

it certainly wont get taken the wrong way by me,people are banned from wearing their hoods in my local shopping centre,but i see women from other cultures walking around only showing their eyes.in post offices and shops,all motorcycle helmets,hats etc are to be removed,well why dont the muslims etc have to show their face.why,when i went to school,as a girl,i wasnt allowed to wear trousers,but asian girls etc,were allowed to wear trousers AND a skirt(us english girls were freezing).why cant my children use the word blackboard at school anymore?its called a white board? why dont they have English lessons? its now called literacy.oh believe me i could go on,but i'll most probably get my answer removed anyway due to making a racial comment.its our country,i've had my say!(not all of it,i must add)!!!!!11

Answer 2

Could you provide some details, please? Where exactly are people allowed to wear turbans instead of DOT motorcycle helmets? Is there a helmet law?
Who is banning 'hoodies"? A school? Local government?

if we do not know the context, then we will not be able to provide solid answers.

Thanks for the update. It looks like schools and shopping malls are banning hoodies because they fear that young people may use the hood to avoid security cameras. I would say that if a turban obscured the face, that it would have to be removed as well, but really it is the same as not being able to wear a halloween mask at the bank.
The Brits have made an exception to their helmet law provding that sikhs do not have to wear helmets if he is wearing a turban. The brits value that person's religious rights over the regulation for safety.
there is also a construction hard hat law that I found interesting: S11 of the Employment Act 1989 exempts turban-wearing Sikhs from any requirements to wear safety helmets on a construction site. Where a turban-wearing Sikh is injured on a construction site liability for injuries is restricted to the injuries that would have been sustained if the Sikh had been wearing a safety helmet.

So the Sikh does not have to wear a helmet, but if he gets injured due to not wearing a helmet then the company he works for is not liable. I would say that was fair.

If the turban thing bothers you, just take comfort in the fact that your melon is a lot safer than the turbaned one in the event of a crash. If you absolutely MUST wear a hoodie, then do not shop at the retailers that prohibit them- vote with your money.

If it is a school thing, then get a turban and tell everyone that it is a sincerely cherished religious belief. What can they say? Some schools may only ban wearing the hood while on the premises, so check with the dean.

Dont let it bother you.

Answer 3

I know the turban can be seen as a sort of religious piece of lothing, but I've always found this law somwhat stupid.

A crash helmet is designed, obviously, to protect from head injury in a crash, and most of us have to do this by law for a reason. If you are a Sikh, and you have a crash wth nothing but your turban for protection... it's not going to be much good, is it?

It may not be totally practical, having to remove a turban all the time, but it's that... or your life I suppose. Good job Richard Hammond isn't a sikh I guess...

Now I am NOT racist. I am not against anyone folowing X religion, and people should wear whatever they want normally in my view, but common sense should come first, especially so if the rest of us must do so.

Answer 4

This arguement has been going on the UK for years now. It started when a judge ruled they could wear turbans and not helmets due to their religion, BUT....... if we don't wear helmets, WE are the ones who are prosecuted. IT IS OUR LAW that states helmets MUST be worn, so when these people come over here, why can't they obey our laws??? We'd have to comply if we went to live elsewhere. As the saying goes.......When in Rome.............!

Answer 5

I think your question is perfectly reasonable and may be those individuals that are bothered by it shouldn't answer.
Any way back to your question, it is because it is religious clothing that has to be worn as part of their faith and by putting a helmet on top of the turban wouldn't make the person any safer as the turban is already protecting the head.
As for hoodies they aren't religious items of clothing just fashion and some people wear them so that they conceal the face and then go on to commit offences. Take note I said some people not all hoody wearers.

Answer 6

Some shopping precincts in the UK have banned people wearing `hoodies` in the shopping areas, this is they claim so that it is easier for them to identify any one who steals from them. Apparently in the past the thieves have pulled their hoods over their faces and run away !
As far as wearing a turban is concerned, I understand that Sheiks do not remove their turbans in public, and one assumes that there is not a crash helmet large enough to go over their head and turban. My thoughts on that... If for any reason someone cannot conform to the law, then they should not be riding a motor cycle. However any fool who rides a motor cycle without a crash helmet, can`t have much brain anyway! Even pedal cyclists should wear head protection. I don`t want to get into the old `one rule for them and one for us` argument, it is a waste of time. If people insist in putting their lives in danger then let them. It is the people who have to `patch them up` that I feel sorry for.

Answer 7

I am not aware of any such laws here in the U.S. that allow people with turbans to not wear helmets. Here in my state Texas we do have a helmet law, but most people think we do not. If you take the motorcycle riders safety course and or carry $50,000 insurance and buy a sticker , then you can ride without one.

I don't bother, I had my first wreak in 37 years of riding daily last June and I can honestly say that my helmet saved my life. I landed on my face and broke it all up I was in the hospital 23 hours and the cost was $40,000 .

My advise is to just wear one. I had a Small skid lid that was barely legal, but it still saved my life.

Answer 8

Because there are no companies that are prepared to manufacture crash helmets to fit over turbans!
I wear a "Hoodie", sometimes, I have had it for years, and I'm almost 60, does that make me fashionable?
Will I be slung out of Blue Water,or will they allow it , because I'm an " Old Geezer"? I do not commit criminal damage,spray graffiti, or hang around street corners!
So why must people who wear Hoodies all be categorised as up to no good?

Answer 9

In the 60s lots of establishments banned long hair or skinheads. Its just an overreaction to youth culture by people who don't get it. Its not actually items of clothing or haircuts that cause the problems, its the social environment we have created for our kids to grow up in.
As for the turbans, they should make fuckoff big helmets that go over the turban. Actually, helmets shouldn't have to be compulsory. If you've got an ounce of sense you'll wear one, If you fancy spreading your brains up and down the road, you won't. It should be your choice.

Answer 10

I see your point. Laws should be applicable to all, regardless of race, creed, religion, sexuality or whatever.
EPC got it spot on when he said that wearing a lid should not be compulsory. That way, the Sikhs are pacified and anyone else who neglects to wear one does so at their own peril.

Indycindyo: I think you are confusing Sikhs with extremist Muslims, my dear.

Stokie(s): You've hit the nail on the head. How can 'blackboard' be deemed offensive but 'whiteboard' not? I never understood that. And as for the English/Literacy thing? I'd never even heard of that one, but it is ironic that most school leavers in these politically correct times are, in fact, illiterate!