Argument about motorcycle helmets....

[BluBerry]

Entirely dependant on what they look like without a helmet

beauty is only helmet deep 

[Sol75]

Of course, I forgot to add, 99% of the time, I don't enter the building when fuelling up, just pay at the pump.  if I need to go inside the gas station, I will take the helmet off before going in...but, as I said, if my bellybutton is on the bike, then the helmet is on my head.

[Wiley]

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%. 

I'm all about safety, but how is falling on a stationary bike any more of a risk than tripping walking down the sidewalk, with regard to head injuries?   

Wiley.

[LCADolby]

If a rider has one of those flip top helmets (full face but the whole front flips up so you can see his face).....should he still be required to take the helmet off when paying for petrol?

I worked for Total for over 5 years. It's frowned upon for have helmets on while filling as well. Not just for bilking fear;
I remember a chap getting knocked over because the helmet obscured his hearing and he stepped back into the path of a slow moving car.

Helmets are to be off before entering the shop to pay anyway, even in the guidelines for training the front flip up helmets we not exempt and the staff can prevent entry to the store until the instruction is followed to take it off.
But it really is dependant on the guy at the till, it is at his discretion whether to force the helmet off or not.
I knew the regulars well and never bothered them after an agreement for them to fill with their registration plate to the cameras.

[BluBerry]

^ that is a good point, your vision + hearing is compromised.

[zack1234]

There is a local looney who wears one all year round near me

He does not own motorbike

[danny76]

There is a local looney who wears one all year round near me

He does not own motorbike

OI Zack, I fall over a lot OK? I resemble the term looney

[zack1234]

I like eccentrics you know where you are with them

Its the normal ones I am suspicious of

[Curval]

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.

Wow, judgemental much?

[MrGeezer]

Would you walk into a bank with a Halloween mask on?

[MiloMorai]

I have never taken my helmet off at a gas station in Canada or the USA but it is not a full face one.

For those that take their helmet off, do you take your hat off when entering the gas station building?

[Bizman]

I have never taken my helmet off at a gas station in Canada or the USA but it is not a full face one.

For those that take their helmet off, do you take your hat off when entering the gas station building?

I've used a helmet for only one summer, driving a 50cc Java Automatic. But I was known for my hat for almost two decades. I always took it off inside. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I consider wearing any kind of men's hat inside bad manners. Not to mention wearing a baseball cap while eating inside...

[Swoop]

Yeah that is a good point.  It is the custom for gentlemen to remove their hat when stepping inside.

However.....imagine it's mid winter, 20 degrees outside, force 9 gale going on, you're walking from the bus stop to your front door with 4 bags of groceries and step inside a 7-11 to buy a newspaper.....would you take your woolly hat off? 

[GScholz]

If I was wearing a ski mask, or had a scarf wrapped around my face, I would take it off.

[Gemini]

Whether it is a reasonable/logical request or not, I am fairly sure you just have to suck it up and comply with the rules of the establishment if you want to do business there. This applies to all kinds of businesses, not just service stations.

Throwing a tantrum at the lowly minion who is enforcing company policy or railing against the unfairness of the rule on the internet just seems childish to me.