Petrol filling and kids in car

[nosleepforme]

I’m not a driver.
BUT if you fill up petrol and have to pay inside the kiosk, do you need to take your kids in with you? I’d say no. I don’t think that’s called leaving them in the car. I think dh can lock the car a min and pay.
aibu?

yabu = you must remove/unstrap kids and walk across floor to pay
yanbu = who takes kids to pay at the petrol station.

I have a 2 year old, I have gone in to pay leaving her in the car before. I now just use a pay at pump petrol station, purely for the fact it’s cheaper.

Petrol station forecourts are incredibly dangerous. Drivers will not be looking out for small kids. Leave your kids locked in the car and pay. Generally this takes a minute. Or use a forecourt with pay at pump.

I worked in the fire service for 20+ years and have never known a petrol station or a car on the forecourt to go on fire. I’ve never taken my kids out the car when paying for petrol.

Do you not get out much? There are absolutely loads of petrol stations without pay at pump. I could tell you 5 within less than 5 miles of my house

If you're going to speak in behalf of the UK you might want to make sure you aren't talking rubbish

Always leave them in the car. Because I don’t expect my life to be the plot of a film.

They are not going to get abducted, go on fire or be sprayed with bullets or caught up in a terrorist plot 😂

Petrol stations are far less dangerous than just being in a car on the road in general...

Some fuel stations allow you to "pay at the pump" using your card

Not need to go into the shop

I’d never seen a fire on a petrol station forecourt so always left DD in the car. I didn’t like doing it but only because I was worried she’d get upset! She never did. There was never a fire and no one ran in with a gun when I paid either. We all lived 😜

I left my kids in the car but only from the age where they would be able to get themselves out the car in an emergency situation (i.e when they were no longer in harnessed car-seats and could open the car doors, so about 5 years old). Prior to that age they came with me.

99% of the time though I would just fill up the car on occasions where the children weren’t with me.