Five Places to Turn Your Cell Phone Off
Place Two: At the Gas Station
Most of the reports of people causing explosions by using their cell phones at gas stations are urban legends. Stories about such events do circulate, and have even occasionally appeared in newspapers, but they have proven difficult to confirm. Nevertheless, it is possible for the high-powered batteries used in a cell phone to create an ignition capable spark, and if this were to occur at a gas station then the results could be catastrophic. It’s not likely, but it is possible, and so gas stations now ask customers to turn their cell phones off while on the premises.
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