Re: Unexpected safety hazard

[Robert McDonald <s348607@student.uq.edu.au>]

Perry Ellington wrote:
> 
> shouldnt we add in the electronics of the gas pump itself, the card reader,
> receipt printer, florescent lights overhead, the intercom, etc?
> 
> I still vote for scam

I'm not lying!!!  It's not a scam!!!  If I had a digital camera I'd take
photos of the warnings that are at every petrol station I've ever been
to, then post them on the web.

Discussions about electronics in cars is moot, because when the key is
out, apart from maybe the clock circuit everything else is powered
down.  The flourescent lights are not right next to the end of the pump
hose either.  Someone pumping petrol while on a mobile phone would have
their phone within a metre of the spout.  BTW here in Oz, we pump our
own petrol... 'full service' stations are a thing of the distant past. 
I'd say that the electronics built into a petrol pump would be
specifically designed to work in explosive environments, where as phones
are not.

Why would petrol stations bother putting the signs up if it was a hoax? 
Or why would I bother lying about it?  It's a fact!!!

Rob.