Any_Werewolf_3691

Any_Werewolf_3691 t1_ixtwo60 wrote

A lot of the pump restrictions relate to gas pump fires. In truth they didn't actually know what was causing it. Finally someone ran some statistical analysis on the events and discovered it was mostly women and in cold weather. Some observation showed women were significantly more likely to get back into the car in winter. Sliding into static covered seats in a car dried out by the heater, then sliding back out to grab the handle when tank was full. This caused static discharge.

Static discharge was the primary culprit. This is also why we switched to plastic gas cans.

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