I've never even considered leaving mine running at the pump but what do I know

How is stating fact being an internet tough guy?
I make my living in hydrocarbon risk management, I deal with this every day.
A cell phone is not going to spark off a gas pump filling a vehicle, neither will leaving your engine running. Static electricity will.

Have done many hot turns in the aviation world. These days I shut off my vehicle and relax. Take a l..k or get something to drink , if I do not need to move it away from the pump due to traffic load.

Actually,

" Texas Transportation Code Section 545.404.
UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLE.

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an operator may not leave a vehicle unattended without:
(1) stopping the engine;
(2) locking the ignition;
(3) removing the key from the ignition;
(4) setting the parking brake effectively; and
(5) if standing on a grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.
(b) The requirements of Subsections (a)(1), (2), and (3) do not apply to an operator who starts the engine of a vehicle by using a remote starter or other similar device that:
(1) remotely starts the vehicle's engine without placing the key in the ignition; and
(2) requires the key to be placed in the ignition or physically present in the vehicle before the vehicle can be operated.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1066 (H.B. 2194), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015. "


From the 2019 Texas Drivers Handbook, Page 7,
Texas Dept. of Public Safety:

UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLE:

" It is illegal for any person in charge of a motor vehicle to permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition, and effectively setting the brake, and when standing on any grade, without turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the roadway.

The requirements regarding turning off the engine, locking the ignition, and removing the key do not apply to a driver who starts the engine remotely by using a remote starter or other similar device that remotely starts the engine without the key in the ignition. Before the vehicle can be operated, the key must be placed in the ignition or must physically be present in the vehicle. "


You make of it what you will.

I'll do what what I'm comfortable with. I don't leave any vehicle idling while refueling.
Rare case of a diesel, only if the pyrometer shows too hot for shut down.

Here we go, I all way knew I end up in the pen, looks like I’m a felon!!! There goes my chance of working with BIL and Bigpig at the FBI

I wouldn't run out & get fitted for your prison uniform just yet or let it spoil your dreams.

Someone smarter than me will have to figure out what the legal definition of an 'unattended motor vehicle' actually is or means.

Your powers of perception are very inaccurate. I don’t get wound up over anything. But thanks for checking!

Alright. I’ll take your word for it. You just use a lot of exclamation marks. That generally means strong feelings or high volume. Now I know how you use them.

What do you drive?

my truck didn't come with a gas cap. none needed.

There is room for a new thread called Fixed Position on THF. Did anyone change their mind? Has anyone ever changed their minds based on what is posted on THF?

And they dump some fuel. I turn mine off. Don't understand the AC thing. You are under cover and it is not going to heat up that fast.

take a bucket of gas, throw a lit cigarette in it . it wont light. my ol freiend, a shade tree mechanic always had a lit cig in his mouth while washing parts with gasoline, i warned him, he threw his cig in the gas, nothing happened.

A co-worker of mine died from burns over 80% of his body when his truck cab blew up when he went to light his cigarette while driving to work.
He had an old classic truck with the gas tank behind the seat. The kind with the rubber hose at the filler tube which they determined was the case of the leak of fumes.
I know it was an open flame and him lighting the cig, but that old mechanic could someday forget and light up more than that cigarette.

Side note to S.A. Hunter: That wasn't a C5 that burned at Kelly, it was a B-52 that wasn't being fueled on the flight line where it was supposed to be fueled, but instead in an unauthorized area where maintenance crews were working. It was rumored that it was static electricity but later determined it was someone unplugging a radio by yanking on the cord and causing the spark.
I was working there at the time and it happened on the second shift.