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John Wright wrote:
I suspect that tends to work on the assumption that there are large
amounts of substances freely available to support combustion - this
should not be the case in the average petrol station.

A mobile phone also can transmit at maximum power when not in use - that's
the chirp you sometimes hear on the car radio.

The starter motor on the car engine also generates lots of sparks -
perhaps one should leave the engine running while filling? ;-)

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Dave Plowman London SW
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