This is the real danger of rampant CCTV coverage. Take the petrol station for example; you make a tit of yourself in the filling process and it's uploaded for the world to laugh at. The fixed lens removes all that infuriating cameraphone shake to record everything in painful clarity, as these poor unfortunates now know.
Contrary to belief, petrol hoses are designed to stretch to the other side of the car. Well, most are. Some are more reluctant, as this persistent BMW driver discovers.
You're young and curious. You're bored. Your mate's taking an age to fill his car. Now, what happens if you spark a lighter near the filler neck?
Teacher was wrong. You can concentrate too hard. You can miss important stuff, like your car rolling off the forecourt into a swamp.
'Sprinkler' is perhaps the wrong word for the faulty safety system in this petrol station. 'Cannon' is better. Just ask the guys covered in foam.
She'd got the hang of reversing. It's the going forward that defeated her.
Is it static from the mobile or the nylon clothing that sparks this forecourt fire? Either way, we can't see the ban lifted anytime soon.
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