Sikh Seeks to Appeal Judge’s Ruling: Wear Your Motorcycle Helmet, Baljinder

After Baljinder was fined $110 for not wearing his helmet and talked about possibly appealing the judge’s decision [link to full report] a few people wrote to editors of local papers with this suggestion:

“One solution might be that if anyone does not want to wear a helmet on a bike or construction job or any other job where a helmet is required he/she sign a waiver stating that in case of injury they won’t bill OHIP or sue anyone.” M. Loosemore, London Free Press

Someone else mentioned “get him to sign a waiver” fearing tax payers would have to pay for Baljinder’s care once he was scraped off the highway - ya stupid arse, ya!


I started to wonder if adding another layer of bureaucracy somewhere (who would create the waivers and get people to sign them?) would be more expensive than Baljinder’s care, if he was alive and actually needed care after his first accident.

I’m not sure. But I do know the bureaucracy we already have in place worked. And it made 110 bucks in the process.

Geez, it’s on a roll. Stay out of it’s way.