Petrol Station Legalities.

SB118 said:
No, it there because if you use your mobile on the forecourt you'll cause a devastating explosion, killing nuns, orphans and kittens for miles around.

Obviously, they've also banned all remote central locking, electric windows and sparkplug coils for the same reason.
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Erm, no. Thats a complete myth.
The reason its on forecourts is an extension of the ruling from their depots. Its due to the distraction aspect while handling a hazardous and potentially dangerous substance. Nothing more, nothing less.
 
Bobbler said:
In your opinion yes. However the petrol station is believe it or not interested in safety of the rest of its customers despite however selfish or ignorant others wish to be.
Its there to stop distractions and end up with spills or overfilling of your tank and leaving it for someone else to deal with or slip on in the case of diesel
Just because you don't agree with the rule doesn't mean that you get to ignore it.
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and people still do it anyway. and spill fuel, and dont tell us. go figure :o

people who disregard any rules of a forecourt are muppets. if your on the phone, you're not paying attention. personally, sitting above a good 200 thousand liters of unleaded and another 300 thou or so of diesel (even though i know the in's and outs of igniting diesel) i do tend to get a bit cranky when people blatantly ignore these rules. they are there for a reason.

i have to tell people every day not to smoke on the forecourt. so what do they do? stub it out on the floor :o and i can count at least 4 times where ive had to tell people "no, you cant jump start your car on the forecourt :rolleyes:" as they are getting the leads out ready to test for spark. idiots.

people are impressively stupid at times.

Bobbler said:
Erm, no. Thats a complete myth.
The reason its on forecourts is an extension of the ruling from their depots. Its due to the distraction aspect while handling a hazardous and potentially dangerous substance. Nothing more, nothing less.
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correcto.
 
I once had some petrol station muppet kick off at my dad because I was on the phone (sitting inside the car) whilst he filled up. I was inside the vehicle, someone had called me not the other way round, he had already filled up (was walking inside to pay) and it was a call about a hospital patient so there was more chance of people dying from me not answering the phone (admittedly very small) than me not (miniscule).
 
Yay, james.miller the petrol station expert returns.

I get shouted by petrol attendants who try and tell me to get off the phone when I am sitting inside my car, pulled to the side of the forecourt. It happens nearly everytime I do it.

Petrol station attendants = power crazy idiots.
 
Can anyone explain this, as it really annoyed me:
Pulled into a petrol station absolutely running on fumes (my fault entirely). My filler car is on the right hand side, and all the pumps that had nozzles on the correct side for me were occupied, whilse most of the others were vacant. My car made it really awkward to fill up with the hose stretched over the car, or around the back so that wasn't an option.
Instead, as I have done in many other petrol stations, I turned around and reversed into one of the vacant spaces.
As soon as I got out of the car, the assistant inside the forecourt shop shouted over the tannoy that she couldn't dispense petrol whilse I was facing that way as it was illegal.

I've never heard of such a law, nor can think of any practical or safety reason why this would be the case. In a bit of a tantrum, I silently got back into the car drove off, luckily making it to the next petrol station.

Can anyone shed any light as to what she was on about?
 
emailiscrap said:
Can anyone explain this, as it really annoyed me:
Pulled into a petrol station absolutely running on fumes (my fault entirely). My filler car is on the right hand side, and all the pumps that had nozzles on the correct side for me were occupied, whilse most of the others were vacant. My car made it really awkward to fill up with the hose stretched over the car, or around the back so that wasn't an option.
Instead, as I have done in many other petrol stations, I turned around and reversed into one of the vacant spaces.
As soon as I got out of the car, the assistant inside the forecourt shop shouted over the tannoy that she couldn't dispense petrol whilse I was facing that way as it was illegal.

I've never heard of such a law, nor can think of any practical or safety reason why this would be the case. In a bit of a tantrum, I silently got back into the car drove off, luckily making it to the next petrol station.

Can anyone shed any light as to what she was on about?
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Power crazy attendant. There is no law. Its possible that you could have a caused a bit of jam depends on the petrol station layout, but no.. no law.
 
Oblivious said:
Yay, james.miller the petrol station expert returns.

I get shouted by petrol attendants who try and tell me to get off the phone when I am sitting inside my car, pulled to the side of the forecourt. It happens nearly everytime I do it.

Petrol station attendants = power crazy idiots.
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are you trying to take a dig at me? what's your reason for that? are you assuming i would tell you to get off the phone if you were in a car round the side? (i wouldnt...)
 
james.miller said:
are you trying to take a dig at me? what's your reason for that? are you assuming i would tell you to get off the phone if you were in a car round the side? (i wouldnt...)
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What about in the car on the phone on the forecourt?
 
Oblivious said:
What about in the car on the phone on the forecourt?
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no i wouldnt. a little out of order that, dont you think? you assume im a self-confessed 'expert'. no, i call it common sense but as my friend keeps reminding me, there's nothing common about common sense.
 
Tim said:
Was it a local station (S Yorks)? Maybe the attendent was just a knob.
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Indeed it was. Just off J1 M18. I had a feeling it was a busybody old bat on a power trip, as opposed to any law.
 
james.miller said:
no i wouldnt. a little out of order that, dont you think? you assume im a self-confessed 'expert'. no, i call it common sense but as my friend keeps reminding me, there's nothing common about common sense.
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Nope, should be called 'rare sense' as hardly anybody seems to have it :p

*I'll get my coat.*

InvG
 
james.miller said:
no i wouldnt. a little out of order that, dont you think? you assume im a self-confessed 'expert'. no, i call it common sense but as my friend keeps reminding me, there's nothing common about common sense.
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Im going mostly on previous petrol threads that you have contributed to.
 
i think you've got your wires crossed some where along the lines, but i dont really care:) considering the attitude you seem to have in a current thread not so dissimilar to this one, ill just put it down to being that time of the month for you. or something. I mean let's face it, you only said 'james.miller the petrol station expert returns' to spark an immediate response from me. and when asked, you cant justify your attitude towards me.
 
james.miller said:
i think you've got your wires crossed some where along the lines, but i dont really care:) considering the attitude you seem to have in a current thread not so dissimilar to this one, ill just put it down to being that time of the month for you. or something. I mean let's face it, you only said 'james.miller the petrol station expert returns' to spark an immediate response from me. and when asked, you cant justify your attitude towards me.
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I did justify my attitude. You have overwhelmed threads with your expert opinion many a time on numerous occasions in the past.
 
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