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What I read back when the bans were lifted around here was that cell phone use correlated with people opening the car door and rummaging around, which created a
by santraginean 6y ago
What I read back when the bans were lifted around here was that cell phone use correlated with people opening the car door and rummaging around, which created a static electricity buildup, and that that was the real fire risk.
- bluedino 6y agoYou’re supposed to ground yourself by touching your vehicles before the gas pump Source: workplace safety videos I was forced to watch, years ago
- davrosthedalek 6y agoI'm not sure vehicles on rubber tires are particularly well grounded.
- userbinator 6y ago"grounding" in this case refers to equalising the potential difference.
- dredmorbius 6y agoYou are.
- myself248 6y agoNormal tires have carbon added to the rubber to make them slightly conductive, enough to drain static. Specialty tires like you find on drag cars do not. This is why you also see grounding straps dangling from drag cars -- to keep the driver from getting a shock when they step out after a run.
- TwoBit 6y agoAs if anybody is going to remember that.
- taneq 6y agoThese days the filler tube on the car is made of plastic so it's less important. I did get yelled at for not putting a (plastic) fuel container on the ground "to ground it" before filling it, so the rituals persist even when the root cause has been resolved.
- santraginean 6y agoAbsolutely, yeah, you’re supposed to! People don’t, though, hence the (still small) fire risk.
- rangibaby 6y agoGas pumps where I live have a piece of metal you can touch to ground yourself
- galphanet 6y agoWhen you fill in an.airplane, you need to ground it with a special cable that comes with the pump.