When I was filling up at my local BP station this morning (shareholder loyalty!) I saw that new signs had been tacked on to the pumps saying `Please leave your phone in the car'.
There was no explanation for this, and when I asked the guy serving me he couldn't elucidate.
I remember that when mobile phones first became commonplace there was what I'd always believed to be an urban myth that they could somehow create a spark and blow the entire filling station into kingdom come, but I thought that myth (if such it was) had been debunked many moons ago.
With some smartphones costing £1,000, and often being used for payment, I can't imagine that anyone is going to take the slightest notice of these signs, but can anyone explain what they're doing there in the first place?
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Re: BP sign
Perhaps they have a local who wants to lift them whilst your in the office paying for the fuel. Hardly anyone locks their cars in this situation.
I've always been told NOT to leave a phone or valuables in the car.......and I have no intention of doing otherwise.
I've always been told NOT to leave a phone or valuables in the car.......and I have no intention of doing otherwise.
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Re: BP sign
This is the official line
http://www.ukpia.com/industry_issues/he ... ourts.aspx
Two problems.
1. Although no fire has ever been shown to have been started by a phone at a fuel station, the fact is that mobile phones are not officially certified as safe for use with volatile flammable substances.
2. A phone is a extra distraction that could cause accidents.
They say it is fine to use the phone within the car at a fuel station and take inside the shop with you.
John
http://www.ukpia.com/industry_issues/he ... ourts.aspx
Two problems.
1. Although no fire has ever been shown to have been started by a phone at a fuel station, the fact is that mobile phones are not officially certified as safe for use with volatile flammable substances.
2. A phone is a extra distraction that could cause accidents.
They say it is fine to use the phone within the car at a fuel station and take inside the shop with you.
John
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Re: BP sign
Dunno about theft, I just lock the car while I'm going inside to pay. Doesn't everyone?
IIRC, the original hoo-hah about mobile phones was about the idea that they could interfere with the operation of the pumps - or, more specifically, the measurement systems that told the kiosk how much petrol you'd bought. I doubt that anybody ever did reduce his fuel bill by winding back the clock on the pump, but it was considered to be a possibility. Once........
BJ
IIRC, the original hoo-hah about mobile phones was about the idea that they could interfere with the operation of the pumps - or, more specifically, the measurement systems that told the kiosk how much petrol you'd bought. I doubt that anybody ever did reduce his fuel bill by winding back the clock on the pump, but it was considered to be a possibility. Once........
BJ
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