do you switch off your phone when you're in a gas station?

We do not turn off our phones at a gas station. We do though make sure that they are left in the car and do not use them around the pumps. The cell phones are electricity and can cause a spark. Which then can cause an explosion. If you work at a gas plant you are not able to take them on the property at all when they are on.

I always used to turn off my phone before I went to get petrol, but then I saw a Tv programme that said it was a myth that phones could be dangerous in petrol stations, so now I leave it on. I think if it rang while I was near the petrol pump I wouldn't answer it though, just to be on the safe side!

I don't turn my phone off when I pump gas. I know that the signs have to be there for a reason, but I have never heard of a gas station explosion due to a cell phone. I guess if it ever happened I would make sure to turn it off though. I wonder if anything could actually happen because a cell phone started ringing when your pumping gas.

i dont go to any gas station. in india i till now did not find place where they prohabit you to switch off cell phone excluding camera phones in big industry visit and some very special body of govrnment.

I leave it in the car. I don't leave the motor running. I touch the pole to remove static from my hands (which is more likely to start a fire then the phone). I watched a show that tested some of the different things that are said to happen at gas stations so that's why I'm careful about some and not really concerned about others. The show is called MythBusters. They may have the information on the web but I'm not sure.

No. I only put it in a silent mode and tuck it in my bag. I had this experience before. The gasoline boy actually tapped the window of the car and asked me to turn my cellphone off. He also pointed a sign that cellphones should always be turned off once you're in the gasoline station. For me, I don't really mind taking precautions and following their rules. But then again, how will they know if your cellphone is really off? _

no, i do not turn off my phone when i fill up my gas. It has been already proven a lot of times that it won't trigger any effect. It is an old school of thought that the old timers who is not aware of the new findings still finds this very logical. it is the same with the theory that cellphone radiation can cause corn kernels to pop which false because i have tried it myself and believe me it does not work. a lot of people have their cellphones on while filling up gas, have we heard any real incident that a gas station blew up in flames because of cellphone use? the irony is that most gasoline boys and their supervisors themselves carries their cellphone in their pockets! and they instruct us to turn of our cellphones? duh?

since i believe that there are always valid reasons why the management of those oil companies have imposed some rules, i prefer to follow and do as they ask me to. thus, yes, i do switch off my cellphone when filling up the tank of our car at the gas station. i'd rather not take the chances at all. i understand that there is only one out of a thousand chances that that explosion will take place. however, i'd rather not risk being that one of a thousand that will cause the explosion. i have only one life and it will take only one chance to lose it forever. i'd rather take care not to put this one life into jeopardy just because of being such a hard headed person. there are so many love ones who count on me day after day. to disappoint them by leaving them early on is just simply a very selfish act.

Hello,Jones! Here in India some areas are specified for keeping the phones in off mode and if you use the phone on some ocasion you have to go out of the room or the area else they will snetch the phone from your hands.that is good I presume.thanx.