Is it true that you shouldn't talk on your cell phone while pumping gas?

Question

If so, why?

Answer 1

From Motorola brochure:

[T]his telephone has not been designed or approved for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often, not always, clearly marked.

Potentially explosive atmospheres include:

Fueling areas such as gasoline stations

Below deck on boats

Fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities

Vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas such as propane

Areas where the air contains chemicals or particles such as grain dust or metal powders and

Any other area where you would normally be advised to turn off your engine.

Sparks in such area would cause an explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even death

That being said; there has never been a confirmed report of this ever happening.

Answer 2

Not True. Coz Brainiac say so. Watch it and you learn the Arts of Experimenting Crazy Thing.

Answer 3

Yes.

because it can caused explosion.

cell phone have electricity and it shouldn't go near the gas.

Answer 4

I have heard about that one for years!! I'm not really sure, but I would just pump your gas, just incase your phone slips from your hands and falls to the ground and breaks-LOL!!

Answer 5

You shouldn't because it 'causes' a spark.. but its all proved to be a myth!

Answer 6

I don't think so.

Answer 7

NO.

It was a paranoid urban legend that cell phones emitted sparks that could ignite the gasoline vapors. Simply not true.

Answer 8

nope not true. id b dead.