Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site homxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!homxb!stadlin From: stadlin@homxb.UUCP (Art Stadlin) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Getting Gas with the Engine On Message-ID: <912@homxb.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 12:22:48 EST Article-I.D.: homxb.912 Posted: Wed Nov 13 12:22:48 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 07:25:08 EST Distribution: na Organization: AT&T, Neptune Lines: 22 Keywords: Any danger here? Every gas station that I have been to has a sign informing customers to turn off their engines while refueling. Quite often while I am at the pump getting gas, someone else will pull up, leave the engine running, ask for $10, and the attendant will refuel the car. Isn't this dangerous? Shouldn't the attendant know better and ask the customer to shut the engine off first? Has anyone ever been hurt or killed by filling a gas tank while the engine is running? If so, it certainly happens too infrequently to make most people concerned about it. If someone tries to get gas with their engine on, should I 1) Ask them to turn their engine off, or 2) Ask the attendant to ask the customer to turn it off, or 3) Run for cover until the danger has passed? -- \\\ \\\\ Art Stadlin \\\\\\________!{akgua,ihnp4,houxm}!homxb!stadlin