Beijing gas station refueling

[PeteZ]

Jeezus, that looks like the set up for a dramatic explosion in a bad action movie.

[euphonius]

Jeezus, that looks like the set up for a dramatic explosion in a bad action movie.

Hitchcock's "The Birds" has a memorable scene where gasoline from a dropped spigot is flowing downhill and a guy gets out of his car, unwittingly steps right into the stream of petrol and -- being a guy in the 1960s -- just has to light up a cigarette. Everyone's shouting "look out! don't drop the match!" but he is confused and does precisely that. Shot on location in Bodega, in my home county of Sonoma.

cheers

[Rewi Alley]

Are you kidding? We had lots of fun playing with petrol as kids, and never blew ourselves or anyone else up. That's because we knew what we were doing. Education these days is sadly lacking from parents. Oh, and the stuff we had was the good old leaded variety without all that toluene and benzene muck (carcinogens). If you want a decent explosion, use an explosive. If you can locate some sodium chlorate, I can show you how to make a decent fire cracker...

[Lao Jia Hou]

Was at my least favorite station (see above) yesterday, filling up my GW. Its location is convenient, and often not busy. Anyways, it was a smiley day - they didn't ask for anything. And they even filled up an unplated R9 at the next pump.

Consistency, yeah, that's the key.

[ZMC888]

So in China they force motorcycles to use an aluminum kettle at service stations, but they don't in any other country in the world......

This means logically....

a. China is a very clever country, in China they know much more about safety than any other country.
b. Chinese fuel station managers are stupid and don't have a clue about what is safe or unsafe.

Pick one..........

[prince666]

So in China they force motorcycles to use an aluminum kettle at service stations, but they don't in any other country in the world......

This means logically....

a. China is a very clever country, in China they know much more about safety than any other country.
b. Chinese fuel station managers are stupid and don't have a clue about what is safe or unsafe.




Pick one..........

Thats a hard one but i think i will go with B

[bigdamo]

Thats a hard one but i think i will go with B

Unless it is your wife or her family asking these questions then the correct answer is A

[felix]

It is in fact a demoralising mixture of stupidity and apathy.

Someone important who's never ridden a bike hears an anecdote one day of a bike catching fire or whatever and decides that teapots are the solution. The law passes because because no one involved has ever ridden a bike, probably never even had to fill up their own fuel.

Everyone below follows blindly because they don't care and it's not their problem. You can't yell at the petrol station attendant that it's stupid, because he doesn't care and he's just covering his arse. You can't yell at the station manager that it's nonsensical because he doesn't care and he's just covering his arse. You can't yell at whoever's above him because etc...

Those who could change the stupid law won't benefit financially from doing it, and since no one cares apart from a few insignificant riders, it will never change.