It's generally a bad idea to handle anything that generates sparks round large amounts of flammable liquids.
The RF inductor that allows mobile phones to transmit and receive signals generates small high-voltage sparks, which is why the usage of mobile phones is prohibited in petrol stations.

Mobile phones also strictly forbidden in areas where hairspray, perfume, aftershave, nail-polish remover etc. are blended, for the same reason.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 26 Jan 2013, 22:02, 1 reply)

The only minor problem with this is that it's completely wrong.
We did tests about ten years ago when the Mail carried some bollocks story about it. I've no idea where you got the RF inductor part from ... that sounds like a new addition. And pretty much impossible. The only part of a mobile phone that could ever generate enough of a spark to ignite petrol vapour (let alone liquid petrol) is the battery connection. You'd need to put the phone in the mouth of the tank (that's about the only place with a high enough concentration of vapour) and deliberately prise the battery off or short the charging terminals. That's the part that people spend a shitload of money protecting for the radios that emergency service bods use. The rest of it couldn't light petrol even if you wanted to.

Nobody in the history of the world has ever set fire to a petrol station with a mobile phone or any other consumer wireless device unless they've attached it to a bomb.

tl;dr: bollicks
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 26 Jan 2013, 22:24, closed)

Bollocks or not, COSHH regulations are against it, and they will remain so until definitive, rigorous proof of mobile phones' safety is submitted and reviewed through the official channels.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 26 Jan 2013, 23:56, closed)

Shit law
Created to stop something that is a myth, to saisfy the right wing press induced fear of the irrelevant on their readership/viewers while they continue to consume vast amounts of ciggies, booze and fast food sold by their advertisers.
(bad_advice QOTW survivor from the first trollocost!, Sun 27 Jan 2013, 5:55, closed)

You prick.
Honestly ... all you needed to do was type "thank you for correcting my misunderstanding" ... how hard could it be?
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 27 Jan 2013, 8:56, closed)

"Bollocks or not"
I'd love to hear that from someone official
(muzzvsworld, Sun 27 Jan 2013, 10:31, closed)

(sigh) Trollololollol etc..
Are you trolling him trolling you trolling him,
Or is he trolling you trolling him, trolling you trolling him ?

I've lost count...

The whole phones cause fires nonsense is a pile of foetid dogwank, so we all know this isn't a serious discussion.
( DukeEuphoria Comes highly reccomended, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 14:07, closed)