Hi Kim,

It iS an urban legend. Just because there are laws doesn't mean that
they make sense.

Mythbusters did some exhaustive research and basically proved that cell
phones don't cause fires at gas pumps. Static electricity does. But they
were able to show conclusively that a cell phone does not generate that
static.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca

Kim Springer wrote:
> I wouldn't be so sure that snopes.com is so great. I once told a friend that
> I had heard that it wasn't safe to use a cellphone at the fuel pumps. He
> told me that is was an "urban ledgend" according to snopes.com. Two days
> la