More likely his pants drag across a cloth interior as he steps out of the car.
In defense of the article, they did say that it was not proven and that if it was it would be the first proven case. I have a Motorola cell phone. I'm interested to see if there actually is a warning about using it at a gas pump. Still, why take the chance? My cell phone is rarely on as well. I think people in general are way too hung up on the idea of being reachable 24x7. I prefer not to be reachable at certain times. As Bill said, like when I'm enjoying a nice drive. It's tough to talk on a cell phone with the top down anyway. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Lessenberry Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 4:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Re: [Chevelle-list] cell phone causes fire at gas pump > >Any of you see the Mythbusters show where they tried to ignite gas fumes >with a cell phone? It didn't work. More than likely, the fire was caused >by static electricity. Be sure that you keep your hand on a metal part of >the car when you insert & take out the nozzle. If you look at trucks that >haul fuel, you'll see straps hanging under them. These are static straps >to prevent the build up of static electricity. This doesn't apply to me >anyway, 'cause I hardly ever have a cell phone with me, and if I do, >chances are it's turned off. To me, it's better to take a drive without a >stupid phone call to bother me. :-))) > >BL EDIT: I meant static electricity from his body or the car--not from the ringing of the phone. One possible scenario is that the phone rings, he reaches for it, dragging his sleeve across the fabric of his pants that builds the static charge that sparks across to the car and BOOM!!
