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Why gas pump hoses are designed to break away

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Engineering is mostly just idiot-proofing the world against the chronically distracted. Those black cylinders on gas station hoses are breakaway valves designed to snap off and instantly seal the fuel line. This prevents massive explosions the moment a sleep-deprived driver inevitably hits the gas with the nozzle still jammed firmly in their tank.

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