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Originally posted by OohTeenyWahine
Please please please don't talk on your cell phone WHILE PUMPING GAS!
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The way today's cell phones are designed, there's little, if any chance that it could generate a spark that would ignite gasoline vapors. Most gas station fires are caused by people who fill gas cans improperly - always on the ground (not on a truck bed), nozzle in contact with the container.
Likewise, if you're already outside pumping gas, DO NOT reenter your car until you've finished pumping. The static electricity potential is such that you could set off a spark from the static discharge.
And it's a VERY good idea not to talk on the cell while pumping gas... always keep yourself focused on the task at hand when performing an operation that could kill or severely injure you if the instructions are ignored.