Gas pump driveaway accident - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

Gas pump driveaway accident.





Previously:

Driver rips off gas pump
How gas pumps know when to turn themselves off
Truck loaded with gas cylinders catches fire
Gas station explosion
Gas station run by autonomous robots
Reversing into a gas station

[mklotz]

Recently, I watched a smart phone addicted yoyo pull away from the pump with the nozzle still attached. My immediate thought was that there would be a gasoline fire right in front of me. To my surprise, the hose had detached cleanly from the pump. There was no spraying fuel and, happily, no fire.

I noticed that there was a metal fitting at the pump end of the hose that mated into a similar fitting on the pump. I can only assume that it's meant to separate at that point when pulled and that, when that happens, a hidden safety valve closes and prevents the escape of any fuel.

[IntheGroove]

Breakaway coupler...