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> My car's gas engine does not consist exclusively of deadly high-voltage equipment in it that can kill me dead when my car is powered off, so I think it's fin
by Ansil849 5y ago
> My car's gas engine does not consist exclusively of deadly high-voltage equipment in it that can kill me dead when my car is powered off, so I think it's fine to apply different safety processes to consumer-targeted electric cars than we apply to consumer-targeted gasoline cars.
Your car's gas engine, no. Your car's gas tank, however, absolutely can.
- pkulak 5y agoI bet Mercedes also has the audacity to prohibit me from prodding the gas tanks of their combustion cars with a screwdriver.
- netizen-936824 5y agoWhat happens when you prod a gas tank with a screwdriver?
- pkulak 5y agoI'll never know. :(
- pvaldes 5y agoThe right answer
- gregoryl 5y agoYou might damage the screwdriver I guess.
- fy20 5y agoProbably not much. Fuel tanks are usually made of plastic now, so you aren't likely to create a spark and ignite something. Petrol fuel in liquid form is hard to ignite, so if it leaks not much is going to happen other than giving your driveway a good clean (it's a solvent) - it's the gas form that is much more flammable. When petrol enters the engine combustion chamber it is mixed with air to form a flammable gas - there should be no liquid. Diesel fuel is much harder to ignite, heck, you could probably use diesel fuel in place of engine oil and it probably wouldn't ignite.
- jacquesm 5y agoDepending on the age of your vehicle, and how you hold the screwdriver anything from 'nothing' to 'foom'.
- floatingatoll 5y agoI can’t parse this objection. One of my failed attempts reads “My gasoline tank should have the same safety processes as electric cars”, which is obviously not a valid interpretation. My gas tank isn’t deadly for me to touch, so I’m quite lost if that’s what you meant instead. Help me understand what you mean?
- Ansil849 5y agoThe parallel being drawn was that gas cars do not have components which can kill you when they are turned off: "it that can kill me dead when my car is powered off,", and so do not require stringent safety controls. My counter was that gas cars absolutely do have such components.
- akira2501 5y agoA 12V battery can kill you or seriously harm you. The entire chassis of the vehicle is the return path, and can make a short circuit or exposed wire exceptionally dangerous. Working around high current paths like the wire from the alternator can be a special hazard. The battery can also release explosive gasses if charged or used improperly or if other parts of the electrical system are damaged. Combined with a spark and again death and serious injury are possible. Pulleys and belts are under tension. It's probably not as lethal, but it's a stored energy hazard and has hurt plenty of technicians. Suspension systems contain many stored energy hazards. Tires with air pressure are a stored energy hazard, even if they're not attached to the vehicle.