Bob Tom wrote:
>
> At 12:00 AM 12/31/02 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> No, it's true. They don't even want you getting out of the car.
>> I don't know if it's to protect people or what. -andy
>
>
> My guess is that a number of fires have started when a person
> pumping gas ignited the gas fumes via static electricity. CNN
> showed a few clips of incidents which caught by the station's
> security cameras (persons just engulfed in flames very suddenly).
> Apparently, quite a few are in the habit of putting the pump on auto.
> fill, climbing back into their vehicles and getting charged up with
> electrons. Also, signs put up by the stations for people to touch
> a spot and get rid of the electron charge are being ignored.
This has been law since as long as I can remember (probably 20 years).
Long before the "recent" phenomenon of gas station fires.
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