Gov't mandates gas can flame arrestors.

[mrmikey]

Please think of the guys that pour gas on a fire. We need to protect that gene pool.

I'd say leave 'em out and help drain the pool

 

[jyoutz]

Have you never been to a boat ramp?

Not all plastics are the same.

 

[Snobdds]

Not all plastics are the same.

like that stops them.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I still have a few of these left over when we used to drag race. Using a big funnel I can fill tractor in less than a minute.

 

[MossRoad]

I still have a few of these left over when we used to drag race. Using a big funnel I can fill tractor in less than a minute. View attachment 780715

I used a 1 quart plastic squeeze bottle for my drag bike.

 

[JasperFrank]

I have done this experiment myself, and its been shown elsewhere, that a lit cigarette can't ignite gasoline. I'm not saying that smoking around gas is Okay, just saying its never been demonstrated to be a hazard. Lighting a cigarette with open flame around gasoline is.

A family friend ran a gas station in the fifties till the late 60's, and he smoked cigars all the time. He was also an accomplished hydroplane racer. I remember one time in the early 70's, when we were refueling his boat, the dock worker said to him you can't smoke here. He tossed off his expensive cigar in to the water and then just berated this dock worker in a way I have seen few other people ever berate someone else. But the New No Smoking Law was something the Dock Worker had to enforce. I felt bad for the Dock Worker: They didn't create the new law. And I lost some respect for this family friend, to be so rude to a person that was just following the rules set down, that THEY had to follow. I have noticed that older, all metal gas cans, now carry a premium at yard sales.

 

[LouNY]

I won't say that I did this in my younger years but,
I have seen flaming matches snuffed out in an open pan of gasoline.
When tossed with enough speed they will pass through the ignitable portion of the vapors and into the liquid which will snuff them out.

It's like a cigarette and propane or natural gas you can't light a stove burner with a lite cigarette.

Back when smoking was common many hydrocarbon processing facilities allowed smoking but banned lighters and matches. They had electric powered lights in the break rooms and other locations to light your cigarette from with no sparking.

 

[MossRoad]

I won't say that I did this in my younger years but,
I have seen flaming matches snuffed out in an open pan of gasoline.
When tossed with enough speed they will pass through the ignitable portion of the vapors and into the liquid which will snuff them out.

It's like a cigarette and propane or natural gas you can't light a stove burner with a lite cigarette.

Back when smoking was common many hydrocarbon processing facilities allowed smoking but banned lighters and matches. They had electric powered lights in the break rooms and other locations to light your cigarette from with no sparking.

Interesting reading...

The Propensity of Lit Cigarettes to Ignite Gasoline Vapors - Fire Technology

Fire investigators regularly evaluate available fuels and potential ignition sources to determine the cause of a fire. This work examined the propensity of lit cigarettes to ignite gasoline vapors, expanding on previous work to include a large number of trials and a wide range of test...

link.springer.com

 

[Snobdds]

I won't say that I did this in my younger years but,
I have seen flaming matches snuffed out in an open pan of gasoline.
When tossed with enough speed they will pass through the ignitable portion of the vapors and into the liquid which will snuff them out.

It's like a cigarette and propane or natural gas you can't light a stove burner with a lite cigarette.

Back when smoking was common many hydrocarbon processing facilities allowed smoking but banned lighters and matches. They had electric powered lights in the break rooms and other locations to light your cigarette from with no sparking.

And just think...you didn't need to take a physics class to figure out the difference between liquid and vapors.

Poor Blitz...if the judge only knew physics.

 

[JasperFrank]

Judges come from English Literature Majors, not physics. Judges should be elected on broader educational backgrounds. Then, we wouldn't have weirdnesses , like software patents, or some other form of other, odd prior laws, we are still dealing with.