Well that's alright then

The BBC report the news from the largely Islamic state of Indonesia that:

'A city in the Indonesian province of Aceh which follows Sharia has ordered female passengers not to straddle motorbikes behind male drivers.

Suaidi Yahya, mayor of Lhokseumawe, says it aims to save people's "morals and behaviours".

Leaflets have been sent out to government offices and residents to inform them about the regulation.

Aceh is the only Indonesian province that follows Sharia.

Under the new regulation, the mayor says that women passengers are only allowed to sit "side-saddle" because straddling the bike seat violates Islamic values.

"When you see a woman straddle, she looks like a man. But if she sits side-saddle, she looks like a woman," Suaidi said.'

The next line is the 'well that's alright then' line:

'He added that passengers who sat side-saddle rarely fell off.'

'Rarely'! Less or more often than those who ride astride the bike? How many injuries and deaths of women will be caused by this new Islamic ordinance? Will anyone in authority in Aceh care, after all under Islam women are worth less than men.