Why shouldnt we use mobile phones in petrol pumps?

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The phone has signals which can cause fire!

Why are people in such a hurry?



I worked in an oil company before,i know it is true! There is possibility that the signal will cause fire!

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While it's unlikely there have been some cases where petrol pumps have exploded when people have used mobile phones near them. Guess better to be safe than sorry.

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it is a lie.

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the actual danger lies in static electricity built up when you slide out of your car. you ground yourself by the nozel and poof.

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the phone thing is junk science.

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static elec,ground yourslf before pumping..

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If you believe Mythbusters, there is no reason not to. But my God, how important to you fancy yourself that you can't stay off the dam phone for the 2 minutes it takes to put fuel in your vehicle? No one is quite that important. No one. Can you not even stand to be alone with yourself for two minutes?

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There is a urban myth that the electronics of the cell phone have the ability to ignite gas fumes in the air around the pump but it is about as likely as being struck by lightning. On an episode of MythBusters on the Discovery channel they conducted various experiments concerning this and found it to be enirely false, even with the cell phone transmitting at full power with metal objects all around in almost pure gas fumes.

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Firstly getting inside petrol pumps might be a little difficult. However assuming you were asking:

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Why shouldn't we use mobile phones *near* petrol pumps, the answer can be found by searching news archives.

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I believe there were some specific cases of mobile phones causing small explosions (I believe Nokia were the offending phones at the time) due to strong petrol fumes and possibly minute 'sparks' originating in the mobiles that are rumored to have set them off.

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A few people in europe suffered minor injuries, iirc.

if you say that you are "passing gas", where exactly are you passing it to?


The mobile phone manufacturers insist that their phones are safe, but in cases like this its better to be safe than sorry.

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when mobile phones first came out there was a danger, albeit small, so governments put up sings not to use your phone. now you cantalk away with no worries

Does every1 here know that when your getting on the interstate,the trucks and cars already on the?

Static sparks which could ignite fuel vapour or being distractedly careless at a self service station, or both....:)

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a spark from your cell near gasoiline vapors a kablam no more gas station.
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