Do drivers have to keep moving at least 120mph or they crash? No? Then it must not be true for fighter pilots either, since they're the same and all.
Personally, I see no legitimate reason to turn off your car while fueling, but your analogy is stupid.
The idea that something bad will happen because your engine is running is ridiculous. Your engine is always running while you're driving, and the gas tank is full then. The only real danger is if you were to do something like spray gas on the exhasut of the car, which is just as hot 10 seconds after you shut the car off as it was while it was running.
They no longer have that in NY State and they have signs that say dont put gas cap to pump gas or you could get fined.
eplebnista
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moshquerade
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*****BOOOOOOOM****** aw shiat, there goes another one :laugh:Originally posted by: rh71
^ Have you heard of anyone blowing up because their engine was running ?
lozina
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Screw that, I live in NY and there are gas stations which have those trigger locks and other gas stations which removed them. I usually go to those stations which have the trigger locks but if no lock is available I will put my gas cap in to lock the trigger. I've never noticed such a sign warning otherwise but I'll still do it anyway, let them fine me! I'll sooner get fined for jaywalking.
BTW I always go to Mobil if that makes any difference.
Anubis
No Lifer
For those who live in Canada
National Fire Code
Part 4.5.8.6 (1) Except as provided in Sentence (2), flammable liquids and combustible liquids shall not be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle or watercraft while its engine is running
Part 4.5.8.6 (2) Diesel fuel may be dispensed into the fuel tank of a vehicle while the engine is running provided it is dispensed at least 7.5 m from gasoline dispensing units
I would bet that the American Fire code is identical but I don't have a copy of it at work (because I dont enforce it)
Not being there when you car is being filled is just not smart, not only is it dangerous, its a big legal liability because you would be responsible for the cleanup costs.... if that stuff gets into the sewer or on the dirt ground, you are talking major $$$ to clean up.
If I see anyone jamming something in the handle and getting back in the car, or leaving their car running, I press charges. If you spill and you did that, guess who's paying for a phase 2 environmental assessment?!? there's about $5000 for you to pay, enjoy it.....
National Fire Code
Part 4.5.8.6 (1) Except as provided in Sentence (2), flammable liquids and combustible liquids shall not be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle or watercraft while its engine is running
Part 4.5.8.6 (2) Diesel fuel may be dispensed into the fuel tank of a vehicle while the engine is running provided it is dispensed at least 7.5 m from gasoline dispensing units
I would bet that the American Fire code is identical but I don't have a copy of it at work (because I dont enforce it)
Not being there when you car is being filled is just not smart, not only is it dangerous, its a big legal liability because you would be responsible for the cleanup costs.... if that stuff gets into the sewer or on the dirt ground, you are talking major $$$ to clean up.
If I see anyone jamming something in the handle and getting back in the car, or leaving their car running, I press charges. If you spill and you did that, guess who's paying for a phase 2 environmental assessment?!? there's about $5000 for you to pay, enjoy it.....
I used to work across the street from a gas station. I noticed that the local pd NEVER turned their vehicles off while filling up.
Although I think the police never turn their vehicles off regardless, now that I think about it...
Do you?
I NEVER turn my car off while I pump gas. It's less wear and tear on the engine, starter, etc to leave it running.
And yes, sometimes I talk on my cell phone.
To top it all off, sometimes I talk on the phone while I use the gas cap to keep the pump running. Guess what, nimrods, there's a reason gas pumps have a built in safety cutoff. It's so I can do whatever I want to hold the handle up, and the pump will magically shut off every time when the tank is full.
I would love to hear someone in here give me a single logical reason why I should shut off my car while pumping gas. (aside from the possibility of theft)
Your car would have to be running pretty damn badly for there to be any sort of increased risk. Having a running engine does not magically throw sparks out the sides of the car or something.
Sheeple. Everyone keeps saying "oh it's not worth the chance" - what chance? Chance that your engine will turn inside out? That the spark plugs will arc through the body into your leg?
And yes, sometimes I talk on my cell phone.
To top it all off, sometimes I talk on the phone while I use the gas cap to keep the pump running. Guess what, nimrods, there's a reason gas pumps have a built in safety cutoff. It's so I can do whatever I want to hold the handle up, and the pump will magically shut off every time when the tank is full.
I would love to hear someone in here give me a single logical reason why I should shut off my car while pumping gas. (aside from the possibility of theft)
Your car would have to be running pretty damn badly for there to be any sort of increased risk. Having a running engine does not magically throw sparks out the sides of the car or something.
Sheeple. Everyone keeps saying "oh it's not worth the chance" - what chance? Chance that your engine will turn inside out? That the spark plugs will arc through the body into your leg?
always, and I bitch out people I see who have thiers running while they're filling up. and explain to them very stearnly that static electricity + gasoline fumes = massive fireball and/or possible explosion.
edit: for flots ignorance
when the engine is running (actually anytime the ignition is on, the engine doesn't have to be running) a constant charge is occuring throughout the body of the vehicle (the chasis is ground) when you sit inside your car or stop touching your cars chasis you will build a postive charge in your own body in relationship to the car, when you touch the chasis again that positve charge will discharge, occasionally a very small (but big enough) spark will occur when you are close enough for the negative electrons on the chasis to have an alternate path of least resistance, this equals fireball if you are around enough gasoline fumes. this is a very small chance that the worst case senario will occur, I'd rather your stupidity didn't burn the fvck outa me in the off chance you start the fire from being an ignorant moron.
edit: for flots ignorance
when the engine is running (actually anytime the ignition is on, the engine doesn't have to be running) a constant charge is occuring throughout the body of the vehicle (the chasis is ground) when you sit inside your car or stop touching your cars chasis you will build a postive charge in your own body in relationship to the car, when you touch the chasis again that positve charge will discharge, occasionally a very small (but big enough) spark will occur when you are close enough for the negative electrons on the chasis to have an alternate path of least resistance, this equals fireball if you are around enough gasoline fumes. this is a very small chance that the worst case senario will occur, I'd rather your stupidity didn't burn the fvck outa me in the off chance you start the fire from being an ignorant moron.
And you believed it when someone told you that pumping gas while your car was running increased the risk of explosion. From what - from the *internal* combustion engine that's sitting 12 feet away? What about the car pulling up next to you (3 feet away) as you are pumping your own gas?
Gee, looks like nobody thought about that one now did they?
I've forgotten to do it once or twice (the perils of full-service gas stations), but as a rule, I always turn my car off.
Uh-huh. I'd love to hear what physics program you got kicked out of for that explanation. The static electricity danger is a real one (to those people who don't live in florida, we have too much humidity for it to happen) - but it has nothing at all to do with your car running or not. That is your fat ass sliding across the seat. The *actual* danger is people who get in and out of their cars while pumping gas. The interesting side effect is that you're probably MORE LIKELY to be getting in and out if you left the car running, but leaving the car running itself has nothing to do with it.
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