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Re: Smoking at the Pump

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:44 pm
by Mel
mloamiller wrote:I think the biggest danger at the pump is having one's nose buried in a cell phone, not paying attention to anything or anyone around you. Much more risky - and likely to occur - than a potential fire (excluding outright stupidity, of course).
The BIGGEST danger is people getting in and out of their car while the pump is running. That creates more static electricity than anything else. Slide in, slide out, then the first thing to be touched is the nozzle.