Leash for the Gas Cap

[StephenVA]

YEP Glad to "educate you"

[oldskewel]

Originally Posted by TECN1K

Honestly I bet it's fire code. Like, automatic vent shutoff failure (no CLICK) and then blam you got gas pouring out all over the place while Joe Schmoe is inside buying a pack of Marlboros and some scratch off tickets. Comes back out, flicks his marb light in a puddle and Kablooey.

Or ... counterpoint ... guy holding the handle, pumping gas, trying to light his Marlboro with just his free hand, then a nearby car backfires and he reflexively pivots around to see it, spraying gas everywhere. This is similar to the freak gasoline fight accident that was in that documentary on male models, Zoolander, I think it was.

If safety is the concern, I'll bet on an automated system before a random person, in almost every situation. Maybe even self-driving cars in a little while.

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by oldskewel

Or ... counterpoint ... guy holding the handle, pumping gas, trying to light his Marlboro with just his free hand, then a nearby car backfires and he reflexively pivots around to see it, spraying gas everywhere. This is similar to the freak gasoline fight accident that was in that documentary on male models, Zoolander, I think it was.

If safety is the concern, I'll bet on an automated system before a random person, in almost every situation. Maybe even self-driving cars in a little while.

Hopefully Darwin's Theory of the survival of the fitness would have kicked in long before he reach the age where he is driving a car.

[StephenVA]

This is getting better all the time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN0pXKXKJAo

[Riggodeaux]

And yes, JD, you do have to buy the cap for the tether. Been there, done that.