I stopped at the Gas station for a quick refill tonight and i was this 18 year old kid, outside of his NEW Civic (lack of salt on the car from snow). I watched him light a cigarette, then get into his car while his gas was still pumping, then rev his engine a couple of times. OK, Granted it was only about 15 degrees outside but why in gods name would you rev your engine while pumping gas. Then after the jackass was done with his gas he gave his engine a hard rev for about a minute to a minute and a half. So other than he could have gotten one hell of a nice ticket for being an idiot, and blow up the gas station, but also have a nice bill for a flooded engine. would I wrong in being the only one who would beat his ass for being an idiot, just wondering.

I would have wanted to woop his a** for lighting up at the gas pump!!!!

His car was RUNNING while he was pumping gas? AND he was smoking? Was he just trying to kill himself? How stupid can you get??

-----------------------Side note------------------------

National Highway Safety Administration did a study on gas station fires. 76% of the fires were caused by females between the ages of 16 and 45........and smoking wasn't the cause.

Hmmm... was it PMS? Just kidding ladies :D .

Originally posted by Elara
His car was RUNNING while he was pumping gas? AND he was smoking? Was he just trying to kill himself? How stupid can you get??

Obviously you haven't lived in a "redneck" area (no offense intended to anyone on this forum!). Leaving the engine running while pumping gas is a common sight in these here parts. Drives me crazy to see it...but what can you do?

And smoking while he's pumping gas? Well, he deserves to win a Darwin Award.

Static electricity causes many fires at gas pumps. Don't get back in your car after hooking up to the nozzle. It's best actually to not even let go of the nozzle. One spark is all it takes.

But getting in and out again is not cool. Maybe if you touch another part of the car before you touch the nozzle you can discharge the spark away from the fumes.

Originally posted by Speed-ER doc
Static electricity causes many fires at gas pumps. Don't get back in your car after hooking up to the nozzle. It's best actually to not even let go of the nozzle. One spark is all it takes.

But getting in and out again is not cool. Maybe if you touch another part of the car before you touch the nozzle you can discharge the spark away from the fumes.


....and was the findings of the NHSA. People who got back into their car during fueling had a much greater risk of igniting the fumes that are escaping aroung your filler tube once they reach for the nozzle.

Instances were almost non exsistant with the elderly poplulation due to the fact that they usually grab the A-pillar upon exiting the vehicle......discharing any static at the time.

How can you possibly get into and out of your car *without* getting zapped? Metal handles on the '8... unless you can pop yours with telepathy. I haven't had any luck with that yet..

Speed-ER doc, you live in Houston. Some of us live where it actually *gets* cold, and therefore ducking back into the car to avoid the cold/wind/snow/etc is a good idea. Although keep watchin the news, 'cause I might end up blowing up the local Texaco with my shenanigans :)

Originally posted by Psylence
Although keep watchin the news, 'cause I might end up blowing up the local Texaco with my shenanigans :)

Like on Zoolander? I lmao at that scene!

We have signs posted for dumba$$'s like that...says

"TURN OFF YOUR ENGINE AND DISCHARGE ALL STATIC BEFORE PUMPING GAS. DO NOT RE-ENTER YOUR VEHICLE WHILE PUMPING. IF YOU MUST REENTER YOU WILL NEED TO DISCHARGE THE STATIC BEFORE PROCEEDING TO REMOVE NOZZLE. NO SMOKING WHILE PUMPING GAS"...and so on to explain what to do if you ignite the fumes...um ok...you'd be dead!...i'll have to snap a shot of that and post it...hehehe

i have actually heard you can be arrested or heavily fined for not adhering to these rules...in Georgia...i don't know about anywhere else..

And he was a ricer?????what a surprise!!!

About the revving...
A guy who live in my apartment complex owns a civic. (It has the fart can muffler and flimsy body kit like a normal ricer) He will go out and start the car and immediately rev it hard for a good 30 seconds or so. Real good for the car I bet. Dumb people make me laugh.

-JiM

well i always used to turn my engine off when i pumped gas...but with all these flooding issues on the rotary, i've been quite afraid of turning my engine off at any time while on the road...so i've gotten into the phobic habit of leaving my engine on while pumping gas...

revving the engine and smoking a cigarette, however, seems like suicide to me

As stated elsewhere in the post, static electricity is the biggest culprit in gas station fires.
Cell phones was another mentiontiond in the NHSA study.

I ALWAYS discharge static on my way out of the car by holding the latch striker on the mating edge of the rear door.
If I DON'T do this, I always seem to take it in the ankle on the rocker panel and it HURTS.
If I stuff my finger through the striker, I can barely feel the static.
A few days ago, I forgot to get the static out and I realized it as I stood up.
I took my keyring and very gradually brought it up to the striker.
The spark jumped the gap while I was still over 1/2 inch away with a really loud CRACK!
I've got to stop wearing polyester coats on top of wool sweaters.

I really miss the little "TOUCH" buttons on the door that my MX-3 had. Those worked great.

They gave me a Protege to use while my 8 was in the shop, and that static shock was painful every time I got out. I think cloth seats make a difference.

I propose a test...we tie a Tesla coil to mental pimps ass, plug it in and then send him to the pump for a few hours....It seems like a win/win to me...

Last summer, I stopped at a busy gas station along the highway and seen a van unattended with the nozzle in the filler neck, pumping away and the gas cap was jammed into the trigger of the nozzle. By the time I walked around, the gas was already gushing out of the filler neck and gas going all over the side of the vehicle. A second later, people ran out of the gas bar and stopped the pump.

Did that guy ever walk out feeling like the biggest moron. It turned out that the guy wanted to run inside to buy something and felt like it would waste too much time to do 2 things seperately. I had no idea just how fast the gas actually comes out of the nozzle prior to this experience. Fortunately, no one was injured.

Another tip re: static discharge. If you are ever filling a can with gasoline for your lawnmower, make sure the can is on the ground, not in your trunk or in the bed of your pickup, or you can build up a static charge.

I was nervous last week and it was so darn cold out... 8 below and 20 below windchill that I got back in my car as I was waiting for it to fill up....got out and got a static shock...all I could think about was that starting a fire!! Now I freeze my ass off! I should not take that chance. Only worry in the winter time but I imagine it can happen anytime. Be careful out there. Maybe not beat his ass but inform him of how stupid that is???

There is no limit to how stupid people can be.