dunno about america but here the sticker on the pump tells you to touch your
car with a bare hand before filling
(probbly might say something about touching the pump too but i cant rember)
and if you have to re-enter the car then again touch the car before messing
with the fueling.

on another note, if your car explodes in a ball of flame while filling... do
you still have to pay for the fuel?

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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Mike Hord
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:07 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [OT:] Static and petrol vapours


>The "MythBusters" show on the Discovery Channel did a piece
>
>"Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station"
>
>I heard an Eggplant Ate Chicago too
>
>What was the upshot of the program ?
>
>Looking through the stats it seems that fires have been caused
>simply by touching the refill cap. What on earth do you do about
>that ? Get pre-filled tanks by mail order ?
>
Nope, just don't get back into the car.  I've seen some workups
about this that suggest women are several times more likely than
men to be involved in a static involved gasoline fire, simply because
they are several times more likely to get in and out of the car.

I've also seen the odd case where the poor shmuck whose car
just went up thinks that grabbing the hose and yanking the
nozzle out of the car would help matters somehow.  Of course,
then the petrol sprays out everywhere...

This actually happened about a mile from my house last winter.
It's so common here in the upper midwestern US that it didn't
even make the news.

Mike H.

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