Lady screamed at man for talking on his Cell Phone while pumping gasoline!

[South Range Family]

Originally Posted by NCN

Ignoring them when they are doing something you think is threatening your life is not very smart either. And I do believe he was doing something that was a possible threat to my life because he was on the other side of the same pump I was on. I was very polite until he gave me a snarl and then I blasted him for being irresponsible. For those of you who think it is O. K., is using that cell phone something important enough to stake your life on it? I am planning to talk to our town council and ask that they make it against the law to use a cell phone at a service station anywhere near the pump.

BTW I read that brain tumors are up 25%.

This is how stupid laws are put on the books. Uninformed people get worked up about something that they know nothing about. They don't comprehend the science of how things work, so they fill in the blanks with their imaginations.

[NCyank]

Originally Posted by bjh

I doubt they would have the notices on the pump if it weren't a legitimate danger.

ROTFL!! You don't know much about mitigating liability. If enough people believed that chewing bubble gum at the pump could start a fire they'd have a 'No chewing bubble gum while pumping gas' sign on every pump. All you need is 12 dingbats on a jury who think bubble gum causes fire at a gas station and the station was negligent in not putting up a sign....$12 million dollars later and no one can chew bubble gum while pumping gas.

Originally Posted by NCN

Ignoring them when they are doing something you think is threatening your life is not very smart either. And I do believe he was doing something that was a possible threat to my life because he was on the other side of the same pump I was on. I was very polite until he gave me a snarl and then I blasted him for being irresponsible. For those of you who think it is O. K., is using that cell phone something important enough to stake your life on it? I am planning to talk to our town council and ask that they make it against the law to use a cell phone at a service station anywhere near the pump.

BTW I read that brain tumors are up 25%.

Maybe you should have them outlaw denim jeans on fabric seats in the winter time because dog-gone it every time I slide out of my vehicle I get a little spark going. If you are pumping gas next to me I might blow us both sky high without ever touching my cell phone.

[Charley]

Wow this thread has lasted quite a while. So as long as we're talking about jury verdicts, here are a few that are noteworthy!

January 2000: Kathleen Robertson of Austin Texas was awarded $780,000.00 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running amok inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving tyke was Ms. Robertson's son.

June 1998: A 19 year old Carl Truman of LosAngeles won $74,000.00 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran his hand over with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn't notice someone was at the wheel of the car whose hubcap he was trying to steal.

October 1998: A Terrence Dickson of Bristol, PA, was exiting a house he finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up, the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't reenter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation, so Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a large bag of dry dog food. This upset Mr. Dickson, so he sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of half a million dollars and change.

May 2000: A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, PA, $113,500.00 after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her coccyx. The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson threw it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.

October 1999: Jerry Williams of Little Rock, AK was awarded $14,500.00 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next door neighbor's beagle. The beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced-in yard, as was Mr. Williams. The award was less than sought after because the jury felt the dog may have been provoked by Mr. Williams who, at the time, was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.

December 1997: Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a night club in a neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the lady's room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000.00 and dental expenses.

[Huckleberry3911948]

i wish she would have screamed at him b4 he caved in the back of my civic awhile back. does she hire out for a fee.

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by NCN

Only a complete idiot would ever use a cell phone near a gas tank. It is pretty close to striking a match at the pump.

Not even close to striking a match.

We have an unsolved explosion with a boat that was filling up with gas in our area. I wonder if the person filling up was talking on a cell phone while doing that.

Pure speculation on your part and one of the reasons this MYTH continues to spread.

If the people saying to use caution are right, there is probably not enough evidence to prove it because the evidence would be destroyed in the explosion, but it sounds reasonable to me that you shouldn't for the same reason you don't leave your motor running.

Nope again. A running motor and a cell phone are worlds apart when it comes to being a hazard at a gas station.

There are just some places where you don't chance it. The risk is too great and you could be putting yours and others lives in danger. I yelled at a man at the pump beside mine once too. Stupid people like that never listen to anybody. Some people have to learn the hard way. Hopefully their life will be the only one lost.

What would you do if you pulled into a gas station and the person who is working on and testing a pump was talking on a cell phone? Would you go yell at them as well and call them stupid, or would you think they may have a bit more knowledge that you do when it comes to the hazards associated with using ANYTHING around a pump? I do that, and see that all the time. Those of us who install, and service gasoline dispensers KNOW what is hazardous and what isn't. We all want to go home each and every night and will NOT take a chance when it comes to gas fumes. Cell phones are not one of the hazards. How many hours of training do you have when it comes to explosive environments and their hazards? I have hundreds of training and tens of thousands of actual working hours when it comes to working in hazardous and explosive environments and am totally set and WILL answer or make a call when filling up my vehicle. Now ask if I carry my phone into a truely hazardous or explosive environment and the answer is an emphatic NO.

[Kerowyn]

does ANYone ever think to go to the real source? or do people just use second hand knowledge info sites?
Shell Canada Limited (http://www.shell.ca/home/content/ca-en/shell_for_motorists/carcare/fuel_safety/station_safety - broken link) look I had to find it in Canada.
" Never operate a cell phone while refueling. There are no documented or confirmed incidents at retail sites due to cell phone use. However, cell phones and other battery operated equipment should not be used at the pumps as they may be a potential ignition source for any fumes. But more importantly, cell phones pose a distraction from the important business of refueling and can lead to possible spills and accidents. "

So far Shell is the ONLY gas company I have found that had a cell phone/gas refill statement of anytime. apparently other stations don't have anything to say other then don't drive while talking on the cell phone. wonder why?