Here is one more reason to ban the hijab.

I don't know if more reasons are needed to ban the hijab but this should qualify as a really good one. The hjiab is nothing but a symbol of the oppression that women endure under Islam. If this woman had not been wearing the hijab, she would be alive and with her family. It would be interesting to see if any lawsuits were filed against the establishments that provide the go-kart rides? If I owned one of these go-kart establishments I would make sure signs were posted that warned to not wear loose, long clothing and that head scarves should be removed or securely fastened down. The customers should also be required to sign a waiver to not hold the owners responsible should such accidents occur. I wonder how it will be until CAIR jumps into this situation. With CAIR's track record, this would not be to surprising at all. I am sure there are similar organizations in Australia.

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Woman strangled by hijab in freak accident

Timesoline, A young Muslim mother wearing a hjiab was strangled in a freak accident while go-karting with her family in Australia yesterday.

The 26-year-old died when her headscarf became entangled in the wheel of the go-kart and tightened around her neck during a family day out at Port Stephens, 137 miles (220km) north of Sydney in New South Wales.

Police said that the woman, her husband and children had been holidaying on the coast when the accident occurred during a day trip to the karting track.

The woman’s scarf appeared to have been pulled across her throat from one side of the body to the other, and the longer part was wedged near one of the wheel axles of the go-kart, they added.

Witnesses told the Sydney Morning Herald that the woman’s clothing was “wrapped around her neck”.

Sharon Scott, who was waiting to use the track when the accident occurred, said: "The kart hit the wall and stopped and she was just slumped over."

Emergency workers were called to the circuit and the woman, who suffered severe neck and throat injuries, was transferred to a nearby hospital, where she later died.

Signs at the track say that staff provide safety gear for people participating in the 10 to 15-minute rides, but warn visitors to wear fully enclosed shoes while driving the go-karts. There is no mention of scarves or headdresses.

In February a British schoolgirl, Amy Rose Coxall, was strangled to death when her scarf became tangled in the wheel of a go-kart while she was on holiday in Hong Kong.

A witness at the Diamond Coast International Kart Circuit in Tuen Mun said that Rose was pulled to one side of the vehicle after the blue scarf became entangled in the rear engine or the back wheels of the go-kart.

In December Suzanne Cornwell, 18, was killed in a similar accident when her scarf got caught in the engine of a go-kart while she was racing at the Cambridgeshire Raceway in the UK.