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Comment on Ontario to exempt Sikhs from wearing helmets while riding motorcycles

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There are more straightforward and less costly to the public insurer ways to die than earning the right to ride a motorcycle without a helmet.

If you're blind, you aren't allowed to drive a car. If you can't wear a helmet then why should you be allowed to ride without one?

I'm all for inclusion and respecting others' practices, but this is short-sighted.

First of all, why should you be forced to ride with a helmet?

Your argument seems to be cost to "the public insurer", but I don't think that's a clear cut way to save money, it really depends on the insurance. For health/disability insurance, fatalities will be cheaper than a crippling injury over a lifetime, so from a cost perspective, it may well be best to optimize for lowest survival rate.

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