Woman disproves mythbuster cellphone and gas pump

explodinglaptop.com — Woman at fuel bowser ignites fuel, she was using her mobile phone! fuel nearly explodes

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mbelly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Inaccurate.. it was static electricity from getting back in the car.
TubaTechno, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1she used her cell phone to take a picture....no where does it say that using her cell phone caused the fire.

watching the video clearly shows that she got out of her car without discharging the static from herself...inaccurate...
horrortaxi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Umm, no. Woman PROVES what Mythbusters found. The Mythbusters found that a static electricity charge from sliding in and out of the car is what causes the explosion--it has nothing to do with the phone. This woman wasn't even using a phone! What the linked article says is that the woman got in and out of her car and built up a static charge. Boom. Exactly what Mythbusters found.
BillDoE, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Static. Watch as she rubs her sweater,jeans,and sliding in and out of the car, generating a static charge. - Lame story.
dgtlmoon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It is sure interesting seeing it arc out from the end of the nozzle tho!
dgtlmoon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Yeh but she used the phone at some time, you could say it was the car that caused it using that logic, it all adds up. Personally i think it was a combo of her car and her fuzzy jumper
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