Petrol station flamethrower

Sunbed · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:56

At a petrol station, what is to stop someone nutcase pointing the pump nozzle in the air, squeezing the trigger and lighting the stream of petrol effectively turning it into a flamethrower?

RDM · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:57

Sunbed said:
At a petrol station, what is to stop someone nutcase pointing the pump nozzle in the air, squeezing the trigger and lighting the stream of petrol effectively turning it into a flamethrower?

The person in the booth hitting the emergency cut off?

KiwiTaff · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:58

What?

Tefal · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:58

Sunbed said:
At a petrol station, what is to stop someone nutcase pointing the pump nozzle in the air, squeezing the trigger and lighting the stream of petrol effectively turning it into a flamethrower?

most peoples desire not to burn to death?

wordy · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:59

Sunbed said:
At a petrol station, what is to stop someone nutcase pointing the pump nozzle in the air, squeezing the trigger and lighting the stream of petrol effectively turning it into a flamethrower?

Sunbed · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:59

RDM said:
The person in the booth hitting the emergency cut off?

Don't 24 hour stations at supermarkets have automated machines and no people in booths later on?

cheesyboy · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:59

Is this an existential question?

dbmzk1 · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:59

Technically nothing I guess... random much!

Tefal · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:59

although recently i did see a bloke get out of his car open the cap get the hose then turn the hose on when it was still by his side before he put it in the car, soaking the floor all the side of his car with diesel and just standing there topping up as if that was totally normal.

must have put a good liter or two of the stuff over the floor/car.

Yaayuh! · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:59

Tefal said:
most peoples desire not to burn to death?

Haggisman · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:00

*mental note: avoid any petrol stations in the Manchester area in the near future*

Uther · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:00

Have you visited Syria or Iraq lately OP?

nutcase · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:02

I deny any involvement.

Terminal_Boy · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:03

Sunbed said:
At a petrol station, what is to stop someone nutcase pointing the pump nozzle in the air, squeezing the trigger and lighting the stream of petrol effectively turning it into a flamethrower?

Lack of suicidal tendencies and the fact fact that the fuel flow rate isn't much higher than pouring water of of a large watering can.

cheesyboy · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:04

What's to stop a farmer pushing a cow off a motorway bridge?

scorza · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:05

Maccy · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:07

Depends how much petrol you use, could be quite a costly "game"

jimjamuk · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:07

Hey OP do you find a slight delay on the line now when you ring people and a few extra ms latency on the internet......

Sunbed · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:09

Terminal_Boy said:
the fact fact that the fuel flow rate isn't much higher than pouring water of of a large watering can.

I thought this, but then I thought what if you put a nozzle with a small orifice over the existing nozzle? Like when you put your thumb over the nozzle of a hose to make a smaller but higher velocity stream.

But I've just remembered that petrol pump nozzles have a cut-off when the pressure gets too high, like when you fill your tank and the fuel goes back into the nozzle??

I think I have answered my own question. I can now use petrol stations safe in the knowledge that I can't be assassinated by other pump users... Unless of course they just walk up to me with the hose and spray me point blank

Rroff · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:10

jimjamuk said:
Hey OP do you find a slight delay on the line now when you ring people and a few extra ms latency on the internet......

^^ Won't notice any extra ms latency if your on most of the mainstream ISPs

Think you might find it harder to turn the pump nozzle into a flamethrower than you think both from ignition and flow rate perspectives.