On 03/04/18 14:15, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
on 03/04/2018, Scott supposed :
Surely not?* Electrical equipment in the vicinity of a gas leak.* Why
do you think mobile phones are banned at petrol pumps?

They are mostly banned because they distract the pump operator, there
has never been a recorded incident of a phone causing ignition, but
plenty of myths.

I did say 'More effective, would be something like a vacuum cleaner
hose, which you could drop to the bottom and suck the gas out - except
for the fact that the gas would then pass through the vacs motor.' In
other words, not something to try.

And ironically BP now have a "pay at pump" phone app

I did jest with the bloke (well try, this particular garage does not
employ people with a sense of humour) about "using a phone next to the
pump".

He said "you can do it from inside the car..."

As if.