When was the last time you saw a Cellphone screen spark, crack, or shatter?
I've seen a lot of cellphone screens take some pretty nasty hits, and never a spark out of one of them. Mostly they just create nice spidery ink patterns. Even dropping a cellphone is usually not enough to completely break it.
Not only that, but the screen (where the sparking would potentially happen) is surrounded by a plastic encasing. Any spark would be fast, but also unexposed to gas fumes. Even if the crack was big enough for gas fumes to enter, the spark would happen before the crack formed or any gas molecules would have a chance to enter the system.
Like I said earlier, short of removing your cellphone battery, spilling gas all over the ground, and shorting out the battery with a wire, the chances of a cellphone starting an explosion are someone in the range of 0% and 0.00000000000000000000001%
A burning cigarette isn't hot enough to light gas on fire. I've thrown a lit cigarette in a container of gas before and it just went out. I always smoke by the pump. Now if you see someone lighting a cigarette while pumping. Thats a problem.
Have you ever worked in explosion proof environments? This is where the thinking comes from. EVERY device is enclosed in a heavy steel case so there is no chance of sparks contacting the air. Cell phones and any other electronic devices are strictly prohibited. Hell, even regular phones are encased in steel.
The fact of the matter is cell phones in the proximity of gas vapors can cause explosions.
Yeah right.
When was the last time you saw a Cellphone screen spark, crack, or shatter?
I've seen a lot of cellphone screens take some pretty nasty hits, and never a spark out of one of them.
Like I said earlier, short of removing your cellphone battery, spilling gas all over the ground, and shorting out the battery with a wire, the chances of a cellphone starting an explosion are someone in the range of 0% and 0.00000000000000000000001%
When was the last time you saw rampant sparks in your computer? Never?
Never underestimate dumb. That is how Obama got into office.People are idiots...and I think Americans are getting dumber every year.
Yes, he is right about the throwing a cigarette in an open container/bucket of gas will extinguish a cigarette.
Now if you drip it in a 1/4 full nearly closed container, then yea, it is a likely chance the 3/4 vapor in the can will ignite.
He is also right about the static build up being a problem for people getting in and out of their cars without touching other metal objects. I'm not sure about more dangerous. I'm also not sure about cellphones being a problem. Directly i could only see them as being a small potential problem if people were powering them on and off near the gas filler neck. But only a very small problem.
Edit: even if you ignited an open container of gas, without the vapors, the gasoline would only burn. and as long as the container remains intact, it would just burn like a heavily fueled torch. no explosion.
I saw this pathetic young loser get out, start the pump running and get back in his car to puff away. Did I mention pathetic?
I'm not outraged at all. It was just an example of a pathetic loser who could not wait to smoke.If the gas fumes inside his car were strong enough to ignite, then he'd have bigger problems than your outrage. Like staying conscious.
That actually seems like the best place to smoke if you're going to.
How about hush up next time and let the adults talk next time you are trying to figure out what I meant?
Trying to figure out what you mean isn't all that hard. Usually you are insulting someone or just being a knob in general. You are a simple person who says simple things.
If you were any kind of man at all you would ask the people you see smoking at the pumps to butt out....but you probably don't have the balls to talk to people face to face.
Hey, who cares about explosions? See that gasoline fire over there? Not dangerous at all!
Smoking doesn't really cause that bad of a problem compared to what I'm seeing more and more which is much more dangerous. People using cell phones and getting in and out of their vehicle when pumping.
The throwing a cigarette in gas blow up only works in the movies.
why chance being in that % ?
Have you ever worked in explosion proof environments? This is where the thinking comes from. EVERY device is enclosed in a heavy steel case so there is no chance of sparks contacting the air. Cell phones and any other electronic devices are strictly prohibited. Hell, even regular phones are encased in steel.
The fact of the matter is cell phones in the proximity of gas vapors can cause explosions.
Dude, gas is conbustable, majorly when in a container.
Diesel won't blow up though like they show old warships doing sometimes when they get hit in the tanks.
A lot of them do you just don't see it because it happens so fast. UL labs has a lot of footage on device testing where the drop test is performed and many items cell phones, media players, handheld games spark when the screen is cracked. If the display uses back lighting with an inverter the chances are even higher.
why chance being in that % ?
Historically, you're far more likely to be shot by a sniper while pumping gas than to be injured by a fire (or even start a fire) by using your cell phone.
# of sniper attacks at gas stations? (Google "beltway sniper" yourself)
# of fires started by cell phones at gas stations: ZERO
Statements of "why chance being in that %" are generally made out of ignorance of relative risks. As far as the rest of you "it could happen" argument, the likelihood of your clothes sparking, just because you're wearing a wool jacket with polyester pants, is at least 10,000 times greater than the likelihood that you'll you'll drop your cell phone and have it spark. Perhaps the signs should say "you must be nude to pump gas."
Historically, you're far more likely to be shot by a sniper while pumping gas than to be injured by a fire (or even start a fire) by using your cell phone.
# of sniper attacks at gas stations? (Google "beltway sniper" yourself)
# of fires started by cell phones at gas stations: ZERO
Statements of "why chance being in that %" are generally made out of ignorance of relative risks. As far as the rest of you "it could happen" argument, the likelihood of your clothes sparking, just because you're wearing a wool jacket with polyester pants, is at least 10,000 times greater than the likelihood that you'll you'll drop your cell phone and have it spark. Perhaps the signs should say "you must be nude to pump gas."
So I guess the conclusion in ATOT's infinite wisdom is it's ok to smoke at a gas station.