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For a lot of cars, the gas cap itself can be wedged into the pump handle to keep it latched. The auto shutoff will still work.
by mikestew 3y ago
For a lot of cars, the gas cap itself can be wedged into the pump handle to keep it latched. The auto shutoff will still work.
- evilkorn 3y agoI'll have to try my gas cap but I normally used my wallet because it was already out from paying if the latch was broken or missing.
- darreninthenet 3y agoIt irritates me because we don't have those latches in the UK as it's illegal to pump petrol unattended - I believe this extends to the EU as its an EU law we've retained.
- rpadovani 3y agoDo you have any sources? According to Wikipedia, this regulation applies only in Australia, UK, and Taiwan. Germany and Italy have the latches for sure.
- darreninthenet 3y agoI do not, I just thought I read it somewhere years ago that it was an EU regulation... as you're saying it's allowed in parts of the EU I guess it can't be!
- doetoe 3y agoI'm not sure if this was exaggerated on our side of the straight, but here we read quite a lot about Brexit politicians (including Boris Johnson) complaining about made up EU regulations they'd have to follow (a famous example was the ban on curved bananas)
- darreninthenet 3y agoI don't think this was one of them, this was my error/misremembering, as we've never had those latches on our fuel pumps. And don't get me started on Brexit and BoJo the clown... I'm still angry about that to this day
- sidewndr46 3y agoMy truck doesn't have a gas cap