Why? Mobiles at petrol stations

[Hover Fly]

It's just a panic response to a myth.

Rather like the story in the seventies about a welder who had a disposable lighter in his breast pocket which was ignited by a spark and caused his death. The firm I worked for at the time was one of many who posted warning notices repeating the tale and banning such lighters from certain parts of the factory. On investigation by a newspaper a few years after it had become an accepted fact the original story was found to have no basis whatsoever.

I remember that one, also the one about a contact lens wearer in safety googles having the lens molten onto their cornea by the concentrated heat from a large electrical spark. No mention of the searing pain in the cornea a non-lens wearer would feel in the same circumstances.

 

[Cyclox]

Sorry to harp on but don't like 'em in hospitals either.

 

[rusky]

It's a crock of crap!

I stopped to fill up & there was a notice on the pump telling disabled drivers to text a number for assistance.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Sorry to harp on but don't like 'em in hospitals either.

That's changed now, Mrs SJ was able to use hers when she had a couple of nights in hospital earlier this year.

 

[MossCommuter]

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=V94shlqPlSI

Cell phones work on microwaves don't they.......if there is enough energy to 'cook' popcorn what do you think?

In my science classes we use exactly the same method to ignite a shallow bowl of petroleum, yep you guessed it ignited!!

Bollocks

Lastfools’ biggest campaign so far has been the “popcorn buzz”. At the end of May 2008, Lastfools posted four viral videos on Youtube, showing people supposedly making popcorn with their cell phones. A month later, they had already been hit by over 15 million users.

The story of the buzz has been covered by media all over the world and the brand, Cardo Systems, has gained instantaneous and worldwide visibility. This buzz is now considered by many a “classic” viral marketing campaign.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Mobiles can cause inductances in wiring. A colleague of mine demonstrated this by holding his mobile near his PC speakers. Another colleague used to cause my PC monitor to distort every time he walked past in the corridor with his old mobile phone in his pocket. I tried not to wonder what it was doing to his testicles. Still, in an aircraft, you'd expect all the cables to be shielded.

 

[machew]

According to the BBC the rules about mobile phones and power stations was put in place due to a fire at the Piper Alpha drilling rig, and it is an urban legend that fires can be started by mobile phones. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4366337.stm

 

[Noodley]

what about dancing in segged clogs?

 

[GordonB]

I did some work at an oil refinery shortly after the Buncefield episode and as well as surrendering my mobile I had to lock away my noise meters when I admitted that the microphones used a 200v polarization voltage. Problem is that you can only use "intrinsically safe" electrical equipment in that sort of environment and no one makes a Class 1 IS noise meter. Personally I'd rather accept the inconvenience than be turned into a crisp critter, but it did rather b***er up the visit.

Gordon

 

[subaqua]

According to the BBC the rules about mobile phones and power stations was put in place due to a fire at the Piper Alpha drilling rig, and it is an urban legend that fires can be started by mobile phones. http://news.bbc.co.u...ent/4366337.stm

a mobile phone causing a distraction wasn't the cause of Piper Alpha explosion.even the BP safety officer says this in that article. the underlying cause of that explosion was failure to follow prescribed safe systems of work.