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Offline cpxxx

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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2014, 07:55:26 AM »
Staff aren't given the option and it's not worth them losing their job just to give you the benefit of the doubt even for a flip top helmet. I always took my helmet off, no quibbling. We all know why and there are plenty of examples.

Also for me it's not worth making people nervous by making an issue of it. Being robbed is quite traumatic. The chances are some of them have already had that experience. I walked into the middle of an armed robbery once. You could see how terrifying it was for the people on the receiving end.

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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2014, 08:02:25 AM »
Evidently using a helmet to kill two birds is pretty common in the parts of the third world that have electricity. As is using bikes for getaway vehicles. Of course where it's reasonably civilized one generally removes head wear when entering a building as a matter of etiquette. Decent people don't need to be told. You'll also find that correspondingly most gas stations located there don't really care since helmets don't protect the main body mass and few are bullet proof at any rate.

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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2014, 08:04:09 AM »
LOL

You KNOW I had to chime in.  

We have the same silly rules here but only when you enter the station buiding itself.  The cashier will tell you to take off your helmet no matter what.  It is a power trip thing.  They love to boss people around using silly rules as justification.

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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2014, 08:17:21 AM »
Of course I don't really understand why anybody would have a problem with taking their helmet off in the first place.

Cos it can take longer taking the helmet off and putting it back on again than it does to fill up and pay for the petrol.  Especially if you wear glasses like I do....although that's mainly due to every single flat surface in a gas station pay window being covered with special price items and you can't take a helmet off one handed.  Whenever you see an actor take a helmet off on TV the helmet is always 4 sizes too big for the guy...


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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2014, 08:20:52 AM »
Cos it can take longer taking the helmet off and putting it back on again than it does to fill up and pay for the petrol.  Especially if you wear glasses like I do....although that's mainly due to every single flat surface in a gas station pay window being covered with special price items and you can't take a helmet off one handed.  Whenever you see an actor take a helmet off on TV the helmet is always 4 sizes too big for the guy...



So was Marco Simoncellis', died because of too much hair :bhead
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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2014, 08:24:13 AM »
Well it was more having his helmet run over by Rossi but the sideshow bob haircut may well have contributed to the helmet coming off.....

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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #21 on: March 20, 2014, 08:29:50 AM »
Cos it can take longer taking the helmet off and putting it back on again than it does to fill up and pay for the petrol.  Especially if you wear glasses like I do....although that's mainly due to every single flat surface in a gas station pay window being covered with special price items and you can't take a helmet off one handed.  Whenever you see an actor take a helmet off on TV the helmet is always 4 sizes too big for the guy...



If the attendant is standing behind three inches of plexiglass then I would say it shouldn't be a problem to leave the helmet on.
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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #22 on: March 20, 2014, 08:44:43 AM »
Not in this country, pay desks are generally open....but then again, few people have access to firearms.

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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #23 on: March 20, 2014, 08:59:43 AM »
The hair colour is one logical reason. Another might be surveillance cameras. They're mostly situated hanging from the roof, making any kind of a helmet cast a deep shadow over the face. It doesn't even have to do with robbery, someone paying with fake money is a crime too. I suppose someone could even be interested who actually is buying gas for a motorcycle that has been informed to be either stolen or crashed beyond repair and paid for by the insurance company.

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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #24 on: March 20, 2014, 09:12:56 AM »
Well it was more having his helmet run over by Rossi but the sideshow bob haircut may well have contributed to the helmet coming off.....

Thats what the inquiry found, the helmet was so big to accomodate his barnet, which was more flexible than his skull, allowing the helmet to be rolled off his head forward. The tarmac did the rest. My head would have to come off my neck before my helmet came off my head, maybe because I have no hair  :old:
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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #25 on: March 20, 2014, 09:17:13 AM »
As regards taking my flip front off, the couple of times I have been screeched at by a pimply faced garage attendant I have simply gone elsewhere for fuel. People ordinarily don't steal bikes for joyriding, they are stolen to order, or to be stripped for parts, in which case I doubt they would attempt bilking. I have certainly not heard of it other than with stolen ratty old crossers.

Wonder what the outcome would be if the garage attendent refused to serve a burka toting driver until they revealed their face? :old:
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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #26 on: March 20, 2014, 09:49:57 AM »
I wear a flip up front helmet when riding street, and I always flip up the front when fueling up, However, I will NOT remove the helmet entirely as long as I am sitting on the bike.  A fall can kill/injure you jsut as badly as a crash at speed.  On the bike? helmet is on 100%. 

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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #27 on: March 20, 2014, 10:25:55 AM »
Not in this country, pay desks are generally open....but then again, few people have access to firearms.

In this country the pay desks are generally open, but then again most people have access to firearms.  The places in this country that have plexi-glass between the clerk and the patron is to prevent the "grab-n-go" thefts seen most commonly in the inner city/poor areas where there are strict gun laws.  Ironic, isn't it.  Chicago, New York, etc.  You know, the cesspools of the United States that are inhabited by the worst examples our country can produce.

Come to places like where I live where people more often than not respect each other and crime is minimal.  The types of people in areas where the pay desks are generally open vs "protected" are vastly different. It isn't the gun/knife/[insert] that does the crime, it is the **people**.  There are far more guns per person in places where I live than in the examples above.  

FWIW.... I always take my hemmit off when refueling.  Always. I wear both an open face and full and regardless I always remove the hemmit when refueling and entering a building, and usually when chatting with other people.  Courtesy, habit, and giving the head a rest and some fresh air are my reasons.
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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #28 on: March 20, 2014, 10:31:23 AM »
I rode full time for a year but seattle weather eventually made me sell my motorcycle.

I always took my helmet off anytime I wasn't on the bike. I always thought the guys who walked in places with their helmets on looked like d-bags.
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Re: Argument about motorcycle helmets....
« Reply #29 on: March 20, 2014, 10:37:38 AM »
I rode full time for a year but seattle weather eventually made me sell my motorcycle.

I always took my helmet off anytime I wasn't on the bike. I always thought the guys who walked in places with their helmets on looked like d-bags.

Entirely dependant on what they look like without a helmet :old:
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