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HELMET REMOVAL AT PETROL STATIONS

14 posts · Started by baggieman · 28 Mar 2007

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[quote="kb"]It's threatening because it is perceived as a means of hiding your identity - i.e. just like a robber wearing a ski-mask.

better ban wigs and false beards as well then - I can see the point, it does hide the face from cctv. However, it pisses me off, most garages in the uk dont ask for helmets to be removed and if i find one that does then i stop going there.
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Yeah i flip em the bird and ride off to another one, extra annoying that theres always some gypnak illegal immigrant filling a datsun sunny with £50 worth of leaded in a car worth £20 and you pull in on £10k worth of bike and they think you're gonna nick £10 worth of petrol. does my head in.

but i do usually take off my helmet if i go inside to pay (+ at least you have a hand free to hold it with by then) and makes it easier to fit the donuts in, it's tricky slipping them under your arai.
On a cold, windy and wet day at a petrol station, when the micro-climate inside my Arai is quite comfortable - I will not remove my helmet merely to fill up my tank or pay. I am always polite to the attendant(s) and happy to carry out a legal transaction in a pleasant manner. Would they ask fellow humans in religious headgear or ethnic clothing to disrobe for the benefits of their CCTV systems? Phrases such as 'in the interests of security' and 'health and safety requirements' are increasingly abused by commercial organisations to drive human behaviour. Bikers on expensive, highly polished performance machinery, wearing quality Australian or Italian leathers and 'top-of-the-range' Arai helmets are not renowned for assaulting attendants and then robbing petrol stations.
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