Liverpool Lou

I agree and I do it. It's the reasons for it that don't make much sense, that's the point I'm trying to make.

Yes it has been known before . There was an explosion caused by a mobil phone one time that I have read about when the user received a call while filling up the tank. Hearsay. Searches do not bring that alleged incident up.

So why is it pretty much universal that we turn of our vehicles and do not use our phones when refusing our cars the counties many of us come from ? Obviously the rule was from times when there was greater risk of the vehicle being a potential ignition source, these days it would just be those poorly maintained vehicles which are a potential source. Turning off the car limits the risk.... Mobile phones.. I too am extremely skeptical about this one... "So why is it pretty much universal that we turn of our vehicles and do not use our phones when refusing our cars the counties many of us come from ?" No idea why. Because we're all sheep, I suppose. Maybe someone here could explain how a running engine poses a real danger of causing the tank to explode while refuelling? I've never heard of a reported incident of it causing problems, maybe others have. "Mobile phones.. I too am extremely skeptical about this one..." Yes, can't remember the last time my phone started throwing sparks all over the place. Can't recall any reports of them causing explosions, either. It's a bit like the making a call on a plane "danger", if there really was a danger phones would be banned from petrol stations and planes.

Many reasons you could have a fault in the wiring of a car. I know that, but has there ever been any report of that causing an explosion while a car was being filled up...ever?

Good idea but if it's sent again the same problem will likely occur as it is a medication.

Smoking , mobil phones , electric short from a fault in the car etc Who smokes while filling up and how would turning off the engine help that situation? What about "mobil" phones? They don't generate sparks Electrical short? You mean when the car bursts into flames? If there was an electrical short of such huge consequence there'd be almost no chance that the car was able to be driven to the pump.

SHAME on you for going 132 and endangering the lives of people living in Thailand. What horrible behavior and really makes expats look horrible. You seem so proud of riding dangerously and "getting away" with your behavior when compared with back home. Horrible in a million ways, and you will never learn. 'kin hell. Whose life did he endanger? No one's, it seems. Have you ever exceeded a speed limit at any time in your perfect life?

Doesn't it need an ignition source?

The petrol vapour will explode if ignited . Could be ignited by a host of reasons. Really? What is likely to ignite it while filling up?

Risk from what? Petrol vapour does not just explode.

An explosion from the vapour coming out from the tank as you fill the tank with fuel Why would petrol vapour just explode? Thousands of petrol stations throughout the country with thousands of pumps don't explode.

It has to do with limiting risk Risk from what?

Mobiles do not produce sparks.

I did not know that... It happens.

How come there aren't explosions every day from the millions of cars that do have their engines running when they pull up or drive away, then?

Why is that the case?

Police frequently do not attend road accidents.

No, there's no indication of that at all.

Why not? Rationally, I mean.

...depending on where he had stopped!

So he had been talking on the phone but he wasn't when he smashed into the pickup. If his girlfriend was still connected to the call and heard the crash the chances are that the call ended just seconds before the accident and that he had been using the phone while riding.

He might well be divorced but if he has five kids then he must have some ongoing legal responsibility for them. Thailand is definitely not the place where any kind of legitimate employment would produce enough remuneration to satisfy his own needs and his familial responsibilities back in the UK. Really? You know a lot about his personal circumstances and legal responsibilities, then, do you? Why not expand on them? "Thailand is definitely not the place where any kind of legitimate employment would produce enough remuneration to satisfy his own needs and his familial responsibilities back in the UK". No kind of legitimate employment for expats pays well in Thailand? Really? The many expats (and there's more to life in Thailand than Asean Now posters) who earn very good salaries here would disagree with that. How the duck could you ever know what "his needs" are?

that won't stop the sim or sd card being taken out Why would an an known customer's SIM be of any interest to Samsung and what are you suggesting about Samsung?

Why should anyone doubt that a Samsung Service centre would be able to replace a Samsung phone's battery? If they can't, who could?

Just lock it so that it cannot be turned on.