Fueling up with kids in the car

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jpoc

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#171778 30-Apr-2015 20:50

I know that refueling fires are rare but they do happen.

If NZ matches European nations proportionally there will be one or two every year or so here.

I was filling up one of my cars today. I could have saved a few minutes by going to the pump on the way home from picking my wife up from work but I do not accept filling the tank with passengers in the car so I dropped her off at home and went out to the pumps by myself.

As I was there, a young woman pulled up at the pump behind me. I noticed that she had two kids in the back. Both looked to be about 2 years old - perhaps twins. They were in car seats, strapped in nice 'n tight and both were asleep.

Realising that their presumed mother was going to fill the tank with the two kiddies sleeping and strapped in in the back seat, I idly wondered if she had already decided which one she loved the most in case of fire.

Then she plipped the remote and locked the doors and I understood that she really did not love either of them enough to care about what to do in the event of fire.

Do you fill your tank while your friends and family are sitting in the car?

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#1294555 30-Apr-2015 20:57

If you are worried about the chances of them catching fire whilst fuelling up, you'd NEVER let them in the car while you drove, seeing as the likelyhood of an accident is considerably higher. I conclude you don't love your kids at all! :)

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#1295102 1-May-2015 15:49

Geektastic:
jpoc: I know that refueling fires are rare but they do happen. If NZ matches European nations proportionally there will be one or two every year or so here. I was filling up one of my cars today. I could have saved a few minutes by going to the pump on the way home from picking my wife up from work but I do not accept filling the tank with passengers in the car so I dropped her off at home and went out to the pumps by myself. As I was there, a young woman pulled up at the pump behind me. I noticed that she had two kids in the back. Both looked to be about 2 years old - perhaps twins. They were in car seats, strapped in nice 'n tight and both were asleep. Realising that their presumed mother was going to fill the tank with the two kiddies sleeping and strapped in in the back seat, I idly wondered if she had already decided which one she loved the most in case of fire. Then she plipped the remote and locked the doors and I understood that she really did not love either of them enough to care about what to do in the event of fire. Do you fill your tank while your friends and family are sitting in the car?

So what do you do if you are on an 8 hour drive and need fuel? Make them stand in the rain while you do it?

I live in Wellington but have family in Auckland that I drive up to see at least once a year. When I need to gas up mid-trip, in the interests of safety, I drop my wife and daughter on the side of the road 500m short of the petrol station, then refuel with them waiting at a safe distance.

Once I even remembered to go back and pick them up again afterwards...