{"id":140,"date":"2008-12-03T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/?p=140"},"modified":"2008-12-03T10:00:01","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T17:00:01","slug":"gasoline-product-liability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/03\/gasoline-product-liability\/","title":{"rendered":"Gasoline Product Liability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never seen (or never noticed) this warning before.  However, last month, I spotted this peeling sticker on the side of a gasoline pump.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Reformulated Gasoline&#8230;may cause a very small percentage of vehicles&#8230;to have fuel system leaks which may cause vehicle fires.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/warning1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/warning1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"warning\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What the heck?  Assuming these warning signs have been up since 1995, when reformulated gasoline rolled out in the San Francisco Bay Area, I find it odd that I haven&#8217;t see this warning elsewhere.  Need to make a mental note the next time I visit a different service station whether their gasoline pumps also carry the same warning.  However, I find this warning to be vague and unhelpful because it doesn&#8217;t define (1) a very small percentage, (2) older vehicles, and (3) high-mileage vehicles.  How small is a very small percentage?  5%?  1%?  Less than 1%?  Considering the number of cars out on the road, a very small percentage could still mean a lot of cars.  Secondly, what is an older car?  Cars from the 1980s?  Cars from the 1960s?  Cars from the 1940s?  Finally, what is a high-mileage vehicle?  Over 100,000 miles?  Over 250,000 miles?  Seriously, the warning label doesn&#8217;t give the driver enough information to determine whether their vehicle is affected by reformulated gasoline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never seen (or never noticed) this warning before. However, last month, I spotted this peeling sticker on the side of a gasoline pump. Reformulated Gasoline&#8230;may cause a very small percentage of vehicles&#8230;to have fuel system leaks which may cause vehicle fires. What the heck? Assuming these warning signs have been up since 1995, when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[114],"tags":[144],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law.onecle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}