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Pastimes : Happy Hour: A thread for not so intelligent discussions
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To: Barney who wrote (1084)6/30/1999 10:25:00 PM
From: Susie924  Read Replies (6) of 2380
 
I don't know if the following is true or not, but someone sent it to me today so I thought I'd pass it along:

In case you do not know, there was an incident where a
driver suffered burns and his car severely damaged when
gasoline fumes ignited an explosion while he was talking on
his mobile phone standing near the attendant who was
pumping the gas.

All the electronic devices in gas stations are protected with
explosive containment devices, (intrinsically safe) while cell
phones are not. READ YOUR HANDBOOK! Mobile phone
makers Motorola, Ericson, and Nokia, all print cautions in
their user handbooks that warn against mobile phones in
"gas stations, fuel storage sites, and chemical factories."

Exxon has begun placing "warning stickers" at its gasoline
stations. The threat mobile phones pose to gas stations and
their users is primarily the result of their ability to produce
sparks that can be generated by the high-powered battery
inside the phone.



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