A man who made a real positive difference in the world

[BoSoxGal]

James Moylan, inventor of the gas cap arrow - may he RIP

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -dead.html

[MajGenl.Meade]

Good for him. Have to admit, I've never noticed the arrow. Heard it existed but just never . . . er . . . looked

[Joe Guy]

It seems to me that people who really need that arrow are probably the kind of people who don't realize it's there.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Ms. Cunk suggests that someone could cash on in your idea and invent an arrow pointing at the arrow.

[Sue U]

I actually love that feature. Of course, we don't pump our own gas here, but at least I can be courteous to the gas station attendant.

[Burning Petard]

Between 2012 and 2018 I used rental cars frequently. I could never remember which side the gas filler was on. Most of the time it was the driver's side, but there were exceptions just often enough to be annoying. In that situation, the arrow is helpful. For one's daily driver, not so much.

snailgate.

[BoSoxGal]

It seems to me that people who really need that arrow are probably the kind of people who don't realize it's there.

I'm an above average intelligent and well educated person who happened to have many occasions to drive rental cars and employer fleet cars - it's very useful to have a way of knowing where the gas cap is located from the comfort of the driver's seat and not to have to relocate the vehicle at the gas pumps after having parked wrong.

I'm sure there are people of all levels of IQ and education who don't know what that little arrow means. I can't remember who it was who told me - I'm sure it was a man - a couple dozen years ago, but it has served me well on countless occasions.

The gas cap arrow guy did more to improve the world than any number of far more famous and wealthy persons I could spend the morning listing off here, starting with the fuck face in the WH.

My new car which I've been driving a year now is chock full of wonderful features which make my daily driving safer and more pleasurable. This obituary article which I stumbled on in the DM just brings to mind all the unsung heroes in Detroit and elsewhere (here's looking at you, crackpot) who toil to make the daily commute a better experience for billions of human beings. The gas cap arrow is on the simpler end I suppose, but also of that ilk is the adjustable seatbelt which makes safety far more comfortable for the shorties of the world like me - my thanks also go out to that automotive engineer, whoever he is (or she, although given the percentages I recognize that's less likely).