You Know Gas is Expensive When…
Tip It!From News of the Weird:
A 40-year-old man in Cedarburg, Wis., was arrested on suspicion of DUI when police noticed the severed hose of a gas station pump sticking out of his car’s fuel door. (It belonged to a Kwik Trip station.)
Note to self: Make sure to remove the hose before pumping and running.
[Source: News of the Weird]
Published on April 28th, 2006 - 6 Comments
Filed under: Automotive, Humor
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April 28th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
You laugh about it, but when I was a kid we had that happen on a somewhat regular basis at the gas station I worked at. Well, it happened 3 or 4 times in the two or three years I was there, anyway.
Usually it was just an idiot not paying attention or in too much of a rush. We never had a “pump and run”; at least not while I was there.
April 29th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
Same thing happened to me 10 yrs ago in Greenville, SC.
Call it absent-mindedness. My friends had a big laugh over it.
April 30th, 2006 at 2:18 am
So when these hoses get ripped, does gas pour out all over the station?
April 30th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
No, when the hose gets ripped off, the gas does not spill out everywhere. The pump handle has to be squeezed to get fuel to flow. Handle torn off = no handle to squeeze.
I’ve never see it happen, but I think that it does happen since the hardware is designed to ‘tear away’ without too much damage to there rest of the pumping station.
However, it’s a crime in most states to pump and run, and many stations have outdoor cameras which will record your license plate, so it’s a stupid idea to do it. Especially if we see you every week buying gas. (*dumb teenagers*)
May 1st, 2006 at 7:34 am
Like mapgirl said, they are designed to seperate and close off the tank to prevent a hazard.
I have seen idiots pour gas all over the station (and themselves) but that was just because they were somewhat retarded. Clumping kitty litter does a great job of cleaning up gasoline before it can run into the ground.
May 31st, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Blaine – two words “Zoo Lander”