"dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 26/09/2016 13:14, whisky-dave wrote:
On Monday, 26 September 2016 12:55:20 UTC+1, dennis@home wrote:
On 26/09/2016 10:35, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 15:02:11 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

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dennis@home wrote:
Shell scrapped their pay at the pump as they make more
money selling Costas at £3 a cup, Volvic at £1.50 a litre
and a sandwich at £3 than selling fuel.


You can buy fuel in Shell garages using your phone instead of
pay at pump.

Whatever happened to the 'do not use your mobile phone in a
filling station', then? Do you drive off and pay later? ;-)

I know Mythbusters busted it a while back ... total bollox
nowadays (may have been true in the past).


Mythbusters didn't test for the real reason mobiles are banned.

I suspect the biggest danger if from dropping your phone and the
battery subsequently blowing up and taking the fuel with it. Some
phones don't even need dropping!

I heard the real reason was because of the way the pumps calculated
how much petrol was pumped in that case the amount owing could be
altered by the older type mobile phones that had a higher signal
output rather than explosions. They have/had simialar concerns wuth
aircraft although that was apparently more to do with the wiring
picking up extransious mobile signals which agian just wouldn;t
happen with phones from this milenium.

Mobiles aren't banned by the companies. They are banned under law and it
has nothing to do with affecting the pumps.

Mobiles were banned by the airlines

Nope, by the regulatory authoritys.

and they are now letting people use them to access on-board services
because they get revenue from it.

Nope, its the regulatory authorities that have decided
that there is no reason to continue the ban and the airlines
mostly dont get any revenue from the use of phones anyway.

They don't affect aircraft systems as the systems are designed to high
standards like those set by the EU.