Comments on: Why You’re Prohibited To Use Mobile Phones in Petrol Stations

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:30:35 +0000

I honestly don't think that there is enough proof and i acually agree with MikLSP

By: BISI, NIGERIA

BISI, NIGERIA — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:30:31 +0000

If it is possible at all for moblie phone to cause ignition, then its use is better avoided than taking chances. I work in a filling station and I do not allow my customers to use it. Afterall they only have few minutes to spend while fuelling their vehicles.

By: christopher

christopher — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:33:40 +0000

Guys, can anybody explains the technicality on how to the petrol burns and can cause a big explosion?

By: Firas

Firas — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:50:43 +0000

In my city, everybody uses mobile phones in petrol stations, but I have never heard of such ignites! I’m sorry but I believe that this is mere gossip without solid proof.

By: MikLSP

MikLSP — Sat, 19 May 2007 21:14:08 +0000

I’mmore than sceptical about this as it has NEVER been scientifically proven that a phone can do this!

Electronic device you say?
What about the massive battery in every car which is much more powerfulthan any electronic component in a phone.

Electromagnetic field?
Why do over 200 Shell garages house mobile phone masts in their signs?! They produce much greater fields than any phone.
Sorry, it’s just not true

By: ike

ike — Fri, 18 May 2007 23:43:26 +0000

I imagine the number of phone calls that were needed is why this was debunked on the TV show MythBusters here in the US. They did lots of different things to try and make the gas ignite with the cell phone and never did, including stripping the phone’s antenna and tampering with the battery. I wonder why it requires so many calls — I wonder if the phone calls gradually heat the gas. If that’s the case then I would think it’s perfectly safe to use your phone at the station because it would require someone *trying* to set off the gas — otherwise you’d never have enough phone calls in a short enough period of time.

By: ReviewSaurus

ReviewSaurus — Thu, 17 May 2007 07:28:48 +0000

Woaha! Next time, my phone will be really off! I always wondered about this…but this experiment has actually loaded by knowledge bank…

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By: Brown Baron

Brown Baron — Thu, 17 May 2007 05:53:49 +0000

Kinda scary o.o

By: Desmond

Desmond — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:25:53 +0000

Nice try,but eventually you have to make many calls and put it nearer to ignite the flame. But we should’t also risk ourself with this matter…