SHELL Notice: Encouraging Whole Family on Motorcycles?

This has been a while ago, but I was given a pamflet and also spotted a notice while filling in gas in SHELL gas station.  I forgot which one, (definetely the one at the south) but I was surprised that even SHELL, as a major oil company, encourages having the whole family on the motorcycle. 

Here is the notice, have you seen this?

 

It basically says (the translation for the upper part):  “Please let you and your children get off the bike when filling in the tank”.

So, SHELL thinks that having kids on the bike like the notice is OK.  Sort of encouraging people to do this acrobatic thing.  Wonder what their HSE think about and what their HSE value.  Without helmets also.  A big, multinational company encourages people to do something that should be against the law.

The fact is, I am nervous with these bikers.  Motorcycles are designed for 2 people. 

Dad, Mom, and the baby in the middle.

What you see around Jakarta is, sometimes there are three adults.  Often you see 5 people: Dad, Mom, two kids and a baby.  This is a real life acrobat, I think.  How do they keep the balance?  It is really dangerous, and it should be against the law for children’s safety.  I know you will say, “I’m surprised that you are surprised”.   But I’m surprised people take this as a default and nobody is thinking or posting about it, let alone the DPR to come up with children’s safety law.  People only say, “Look at that”, pointing at a whole family on the bike.

It is nervous enough to drive in Jakarta with the wreckless motorcyclists, let alone those who have kids on it.  Just one rock is enough to get them imbalanced and..voila…life time regrets.  And these children do not have any rights to say, “No, Dad, that’s dangerous, I prefer bus”.  What’s scary is that, during Idul Fitri, they can ride like this for 5 and more hours to reach their kampungs.  I should take picture of these acrobatic bike riders and put it in a dedicated album on my facebook.

Well, I’m surprised SHELL encourages this and come up with this kind of notice.  Poor PR job, I would say.