SAUGUS, Mass. -- A limo driver almost made a "catastrophic" mistake when he recently pulled his burning limo over in a soon-to-be-opened gas station.I'm still trying to figure out what this driver's thought process looks like. "Hmm. My car's on fire. Where can I find a large quantity of flammable liquid to park near?". I'm sure it was the first available open lot, but you'd like to think that someone with the common sense of a limp dishrag would think to travel the extra 100 feet to the next parking lot. There's not a lot of places on Route 1 in Saugus where you don't have giant tanks of gasoline in the same parking lot..."It’s right top to the tanks, and the tanks (are) under the ground," said Gerard Male, the new gas station owner.
I loved this line:
Fire officials advise drivers in burning cars to never pull into a gas station.I'd say that's words to live by.
That is all.
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5 comments:
Gee, ya think??? sigh... Glad y'all are keeping those folks up there :-)
I bet it was simple panic and memory association. "Shit, my car's on fire . . . now what do I do? Where does it go? I've seen this a million times on TV . . . oh, the gas station, of course!"
That's nothing. A few years ago, we had a semi with a hazmat leak pull into the hospital. The fumes were making him sick, you see.
This limo driver has probably moved into the top 10 candidates list for a Darwin Award.
Wowzers.
Brain cells like depleted uranium. And not nearly as useful.
Unfortunately, happens more than it should. I work at a gas station, few things are more "exciting" than a customer casually mentioning their car is on fire. Right on top the tank openings. Yea....
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