I started using two wheeler ~7 years ago and I made it a point that I always fill petrol in only one brand petrol station. I have chosen Bharat Petroleum (BP) and I have been filling regularly only in BP till now. If somebody asks me the reason for always filling only in BP, I don't have one particular reason though.
I went outside today with my friend in his bike. He was about to fill petrol in Shell Petrol station. I asked him whether he fills in any particular petrol station always. He said, he regularly fills only in Shell station.
My friend was continuously asking me to get down from the bike as he was crawling next to the filling station. Without knowing the reason, I was asking him, why to get down from the bike. My friend was exactly not aware of the reason, though. Whenever I fill in BP, I have never got down from my bike and I have not seen any of my friends getting down in any other stations.
I finally thought of asking the person who fills petrol and I asked him. He replied "Generally in any of the Shell petrol filling stations, they will not allow people to sit on the bike while the fuel is filled. It is for the safety precautions". He continued when I asked further more, "Shell petrol have more octane content and if any body's leg slips off while filling the petrol, there are chances for them to fall on the ground along with the bike and at the same time, the petrol may spill over on the ground. Due to the high octane content in the petrol, the chances of petrol catching fire is high with Shell petrol". I thought of mentioning this here. However, I am in the process of taking help from Mr. Google to find out more on this...
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