Is this legal?

[cyber69]

A bloke was filling some containers in a petrol station I went to today, one of them was a 5l water container and the other a proper fuel container. I thought the garage would stop him for safety reasons?

 

[twist3d0n3]

it appears they didn't see what he was doing and he didn't take them inside so they won't know he had them?

 

[4T5]

He would have held up the black one & matey would have started the pumps & not seen petrol guy filling the plaggy bottle up.

 

[arknor]

Wouldn't the plastic container start dissolving into the petrol making it useless ? surely you cant stick it in a car etc without it causing some damage

 

[JonJ678]

Interesting question that one. I don't think the plastic bottle would dissolve, but it might do.

 

[arknor]

they do try putting some petrol into a regular plastic bottle and the petrol starts to go cloudy and the bottle starts to lose its shape

 

[Kidge]

they do try putting some petrol into a regular plastic bottle and the petrol starts to go cloudy and the bottle starts to lose its shape

I done that once and found out the hard way never again, luckily was only a 500ml one i left in the garage.

 

[Nexus]

He still had to pay for it though.

Of course from a safety point its not ideal, but I think the chances of a plastic bottle combusting instantly are pretty slim. If the bottle did corrode, its likely to do so and leak on something of his property, or contaminate his fuel tank, so its his problem.

 

[aardvark]

depends on the plastic, but even polypropylene would eventually dissolve.

 

[soundb0y]

A few weeks ago I got locked in a garage for about 20 minutes while the employee who could hardly speak English and a ***** were arguing about filling up his own can.

The guy working there had basically taken the full drum off him, stashed it behind the counter and tried to charge him for it while not letting him leave with the petrol.

He ended up locking the door locking all the customers in also and called the police. Came very close to a fist fight.

All I wanted was my dam milkshake!

 

[ElliorR]

Said Jimmy Savile to Gary Glitter one night.

 

[Rampart]

Who gives a ****?

Do you not have better things to do that photograph peoples petrol station container filling habits?

What a sad lonely existence!!!

 

[Morgoth]

Thanks for the picture evidence OP. It makes the thread.

 

[Aedus]

Who gives a ****?

Do you not have better things to do that photograph peoples petrol station container filling habits?

What a sad lonely existence!!!

5 star post.

Please keep us up to date with your latest posts and well thought out, valuable input into the forums. You are truly a beacon of sheer wisdom, and I wish that all posters in the forum could give us such insightful posts.

 

[Bounce]

crime of the century!!

 

[Fuzz]

Don't know about legal but I have been stopped in the past from trying to fill "non approved" containers with fuel for our lawn mower.. Ended up actually crashing my old dears car because I drove out of the garage like a bell end in some sort of self important rage about it and promptly straight into the back of an old Capri!

 

[mjt]

Don't know about legal but I have been stopped in the past from trying to fill "non approved" containers with fuel for our lawn mower.. Ended up actually crashing my old dears car because I drove out of the garage like a bell end in some sort of self important rage about it and promptly straight into the back of an old Capri!

Like a boss

 

[MooMoo444]

Festive feast, £4.49.

what a bargain

 

[Fuzz]

Like a boss

Cue one Nissan Sunny with its bonnet shoved half way up the windscreen. My ass was grass and mother was going to mow it (once I'd got some fuel!!)

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Yes its illegal. Fuel should only be dispensed into an approved container (ie petrol cans)

Keeping an eye on what people are doing on the forecourt is a different matter.