Originally Posted by
dynodonn
Cutting in line, and security issues can be just as much a red herring as the insurance issues. A number of our fast food business do not have provision for catering to bicyclists period, no bike parking spaces, or bike racks. As you said, in your area it's probably a waste of breath talking to a manager since it's likely that most patrons arrive by motor vehicle.
In my area, more like "all" patrons arrive by motor vehicle. I usually don't attempt to use a drive-thru - not worth the probable hassle - but I'll lock up to a tree or railing or whatever is convenient.
My family owned restaurants back in the day and I did my time running them. No drive-thrus or anything like that, but if some people were disturbing the experience for paying customers I wouldn't have put up with it. I could see banning bikes in a drive-up window if some were habitually misbehaving. That's all speculative with respect to Taco Bell of course but I'm saying you can't discount it out of hand.