I have never turned my vehicle off while pumping gas in my life and have yet to have an issue. Especially coming from a Northern state where it gets pretty cold you see a lot of people doing the same thing. What is the potential risk or is it all just a myth?
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You have a much increased risk of a static discharge, through the alternator, where you can get ignition from.
It’s not commonplace, but long time ago, when I was a trainee for a particular UK Oil company I got to watch what happened in that case. It took 11 seconds before the steel beams started to melt. The person pumping didn’t survive.
Same reason you turn your phone off there, and never ever smoke. You might be lucky, but you really don’t want to be the example of what not to do in those cases, you usually won’t get a second chance.
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