Try and Explain, or Mind my Own Business?

[forestswin]

youtube video of gas can in back of pickup with bedliner catching fire

you can slide the time bar to about 48 seconds - to where he moves the nozzle from the truck tank - to the gas can

so if you never seen it happen - after watching this video - won't be able to say that anymore

surveillance cam footage of truck catching fire - YouTube

I'd go with asking him to wait a few seconds so you can move your car and get everyone else nearby to move away from the idiot

 

[tlay]

I hear people say all the time that I have been doing this all my life and it has never happened! It only takes 1 time in your life to end your life and others too!!!

 

[redlevel]

Yeah, and I can go to youtube and show you a half dozen different videos where tanks explode when people are just refueling normally. Some are talking on cell phones when it happens, some not. Stuff happens.

I worry a whole lot more about hauling the gas around on the back of the truck. Would be bad in case of a collision. For a while I was driving 25 miles to a Sam's Club about once every two weeks and filling a 55 gallon drum with non-ethanol gas. They were selling it cheaper than I could buy the 10% stuff locally. I would get it to the farm and pump it (by hand) into another 55 gallon drum on the ground. I was always glad to get back home and get the stuff off the truck.

Diesel fuel isn't nearly as volatile as gasoline. I actually slide the 55 gallon drums of diesel onto my tractor front end loader and set them under the shed.

 

[Jst1mr]

^^^^ and another: Gas Station Static Electricity Fire - YouTube

 

[Old TexMex]

The " I've been doin' it for years crowd" is FOS.
That's the "don't sweat it, it's unloaded" guys.
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.thank heavens for the delete button.......

 

[rwsmith]

You right

I recently discovered that my son-in-law doesn't shut off his engine when refilling - despite the prominent sign indication that you should do so.

I suppose the risk is very small that you would spill gas onto the exhaust pipe or some other mishap that would lead to a fire or explosion - but also no need to be standing in a cloud of exhaust while fueling.

Still - not matter how small the risk - why take the chance?

I often get a static shock when getting out of my car - depending largely on what fabric I am wearing and the humidity. And I have read that many gas station fires occur when people reenter their vehicle during the fill procedure - thus increasing the chance of a static discharge while vapors are in the air.

Cell phone use as a risk I don't believe - unless perhaps there is some sort of faulty wiring inside that is causing an arc - but even then I would imagine that if there was a sufficient concentration of gasoline vapor around the side of your head to penetrate the phone and cause an explosion you likely already have some problems even without a fire or explosion.

The cell phone thing is totally false, but as people have pointed out on this thread, it is much more likely that somebody will do something STUPID to cause an explosion and fire.

 

[amazingflapjack]

Folks are complacent regarding gasoline because they handle it all of the time. If it was some other explosive, they would apply more caution, even though it might be as volatile as gasoline (?)

 

[Black_Sheep]

youtube video of gas can in back of pickup with bedliner catching fire

you can slide the time bar to about 48 seconds - to where he moves the nozzle from the truck tank - to the gas can

so if you never seen it happen - after watching this video - won't be able to say that anymore

surveillance cam footage of truck catching fire - YouTube

I'd go with asking him to wait a few seconds so you can move your car and get everyone else nearby to move away from the idiot

Wow! The fire sure got out of hand in a hurry...

 

[sigp220.45]

Sounds like you did just right - you minded your own business.

 

[M29since14]

You should tell him as politely as you can. If he chews you out, just back away and write him off as an idiot who has somehow managed to "escape Darwin" all those years.

He may be one of those clowns like me who sometimes just gets in too big of a hurry for his own good and forgets to take simple precautions. I'd appreciate a friendly and polite reminder. Or he may not even realize what he is doing?

Gasoline is dangerous stuff.

 

[tops]

I can understand if the truck has a bed liner because the can is not grounded. If you don't have a bed liner there is no difference pumping in a can than pumping straight in the truck because the can grounds through the metal bed. If you use a plastic gas can why not leave it in the truck because it won't ground even if you sit it on the ground. Use common sense. Larry

 

[arjay]

This is what Chevron says
http://www.icarumba.com/cobrands/co...icles/icar_resourcecenter_articles_gassaf.asp

 

[Arik]

Been fillin' 'em up like that for 50 years. Ain't been blowed up yet.

Seriously, I have. I believe there is a chance it could happen, and I know that it has happened, but I have never seen it happen or had first hand knowledge. It is like worrying about how clean the kitchen is at the restaurant. If you are going to go through life worrying about one in ten million chances, you are going to live a miserable existence.

You are taking a much greater risk simply pulling out in traffic when you leave the station. Worry about the drunk that just left the bar running you off the road.

What he said^

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[Bkreutz]

I would try to explain to them once and then leave quickly.

 

[Double-O-Dave]

Ever see anyone with 2nd and 3rd degree burns over most of their body? Ever bust your er, backside trying to keep said burn victim alive only to watch them slowly die over several days? Not something I'd recommend even for the heartiest of folks. That being said, I'd have to make one attempt to politely point out the risk to the gas jockey, and then leave, post haste.

Regards,

Dave

 

[tlay]

Until you have seen the inside of a fire and felt how hot it is you have no clue what kind a danger you are in. It is not like the movies! It does not take much of a static spark to ignite gas fumes. As one gentleman said after you have seen someone who has been badly burned you don't want it to happen to you or members of your family. I would tell the guy the danger he is in because maybe he just isn't aware. And if he didn't care at least I made the effort.

 

[kamloops67]

sometimes people know better but then become complacent, if you are concerned, politely remind the person. they might just smile sheepishly and do as you suggest, i probably would,in his place, as i usually remove the cans to fill but sometimes i give in to my slothful ways.

 

[David LaPell]

You could tell him and then politely say if he doesn't appreciate your advice that you will be standing across the parking lot with the camera waiting to make the training video for the local fire department.

 

[gdnagle]

MYOB...it's not worth the potential response, JMO.

Yep if he was older then he has been doing it his whole life. He doesn't care been on the news a lot so he probably knows what could happen. Not worth arguing over just move to another pump away from him. How many people do this with no incident, it only takes one but not worth the trouble to try to inform someone that's most likely been doing it their whole life. Remember old folks are set in their own ways and probably don't like criticism "by a young kid""

 

[mjr]

This is what Chevron says
Fill Gas Cans Carefully

This is what Chevron says in the above link:

"Only 24 fires and 5 injuries during the past few years have been reported due to improper fueling of portable cans. When you consider that millions of gasoline cans are filled at pumps every year, these figures don't make it seem like much of a problem -- unless it happens to you."

Sounds like less of a risk than, say, shark attack.