I'm leaning to faked as I can't see a gas pump with that much pressure. And I sure am not gonna go try it out either!

https://i.imgur.com/EbsmZnK.mp4

Oh, it's real...

Eh, I could believe it. They have a fairly high rate of transfer, given the diameter. I could certainly I could see a commercial diesel pump putting out that kind of pressure.

It could be real, when I calibrated gas pumps there were some that could really spray if you opened it up all the way!

Completely believable. Next time you fill a five gallon gas can pay attention to just how strong the flow rate is.

Pretty easy to overfill my motorcycle tank unless I watch the flow like a hawk.
And our would be victim was lucky the whole damn area did not torch off him, the scumbags and both vehicles.

That’s what it looks like when I fill the two motorcycle gas cans I have.

Imagine the 911 call:
'If you stop them and they are soaked with gasoline, you got the right ones.'

Too bad he couldn't light 'em up in their van without burning down the station and his own car.
I have found that I am getting more and more Old Testament when it comes to thieves and murderers.

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Originally posted by 83v45magna:
Imagine the 911 call:
If you stop them and they are soaked with gasoline, you got the right ones.
...

Cop pulls van over, tells occupants to step out of vehicle, one guy starts to run.

Cop: "TASER! TASER! TASER!"

Whooooomp!!!

Cop: "Holy Smoke!!!"

quote:

Cop pulls van over, tells occupants to step out of vehicle, one guy starts to run.

Cop: "TASER! TASER! TASER!"

Whooooomp!!!

^^^
There it is.

I can personally attest that this will happen if one is not careful at the pumps.

Long story short, Aug 1st 1990, super hot/humid along the Ohio River in Metropolis IL. I'm pumping gas into a 1980 International Scout II, beautiful beast, which makes this story sadder. I'm 16, my buddy goes in an buys lighter, he comes back out and stops approx 15 ft (police officer used one of those little wheel distance calculators for the police report) he says "This lighter doesn't work".......then it did. It ignited the fumes in the air and came straight too me. I covered my face with my arms.....while still holding the gas nozzle on full bore!! Biggest freaking flame I've ever personally been around!! The fire burnt all the hair off my legs/arms, singed my eyebrows, had some 2nd degree burns, but overall very lucky to be alive. Ever since then I've been very anal about people smoking at the gas pumps. I've got pics I'll try to upload.

Found a black and white photo that the local paper printed:

Untitled by Nick Murray, on Flickr

I read the US limits the flow to 10 gpm, although filling the truck it seems a little lower than that. I don't know what pressure they run but in that size pipe 40-50 psi should get that flow. Given that, with the right nozzle, gas at 50 psi and 10 gpm should squirt pretty good.

At one point in my banking career, I had a client who owned a bulk fuel business. One day I decided to make a call to his business. He was in the process of loading up his bulk truck with gas - - with a cigarette in his mouth. I turned around and said I would call on him at another time. Crazy.

Back in the day, gas had some poop!

When I was pumping gas back in the late 70’s
Prior to self serve, the flow rates were higher.

I believe they are regulated for use by the inexperienced. No latch for the handles either.

Whomever was holding the hose, I give them bonus points for thinking on their feet with a pretty impressive reaction time.

Looks real to me. I remember when I was 16 and working a summer at a gas station and I hear a guy yelling outside. He had the pump handle in his hand and it was spewing like that. I hit the pump E-stop from the cash register.

Turns out some asshole pulled the handle to max and locked it in the detent so when this guy activated the pump it started up full force. A much more dangerous version of the unscrew the lid of the salt shaker prank.

Extra points if the guy in the video pulled out a lighter and turned it into a flamethrower.

Incidentally, flamethrowers are perfectly legal and uncontrolled. Local gunshop had some in stock. No idea what I'd do with it, but the guy melting the snow on his driveway instead of shoveling it had a good idea...

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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:
Incidentally, flamethrowers are perfectly legal and uncontrolled. Local gunshop had some in stock. No idea what I'd do with it, but the guy melting the snow on his driveway instead of shoveling it had a good idea...

Unless he didn't get the driveway completely dry and the thin layer of water refroze.

flashguy

I started working as a gas pump jockey in 1971. Back when cars typically got 8 mpg the gas tanks were really big, an Olds 98 could have a 26 gallon tank. Since Self Service was illegal at the time the pumps were set up to do a fillup FAST. Compared to pumps today back in the 70's and today's pumps are slow. Back then you could probably fountain gas 20 feet or more straight up.

BTW, at that time Octron (the regular) cost 37.9 cents per gallon and 5 dollars of gas was 13.2 gallons. If you were good the drill was to insert nozzle and set it to high and proceed to clean the windshield, rear glass, and drivers side mirror while asking if you could check the oil. Get all this done without running the gas over 5 dollars and you got an imaginary gold star.