Steve Yerbury ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

## Nozzle in tank - phone to ear. Starter motor is usually near the
## bottom of the engine - so within about a foot or so of the ground.
## Near maximum petrol vapour surrounding it.

# Disagree. The concentration of petrol will be around the
# nozzle/filler. Unless of course you are in a confined space and there
# is no ventilation.

Perhaps you could clarify?

The highest concentration of vapour will be at the point when it first
enters the surrounding air. I.e. the nozzle/ filler.

So right next to an unshielded solenoid that's operated mere seconds after
finishing filling the tank, then.

Ah, OK - so you happily accept that actually there's FAR bigger ignition
risks than a mobile phone being used umptythousand times a day in petrol
stations all round the country with ABSOLUTELY no problem...?

No, I don't *happily* accept it.

Go on...?

I accept it however.

OK. So the risk of using a mobile in a petrol station is so low as to be
utterly insignificant, and is far lower than plenty of other perfectly
standard things done virtually every time a car fills up.

So why are they banned?