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Re:James Moylan, Engineer Who Designed Gas Tank Arrow Indica... by chillstreem on Friday January 02, 2026 @04:49AM (#46463182)
a better solution would have been to have an industry wide standard icon for the fuel inlet and then an arrow would point on which side of the vehicle it is. The way it is now with the pump icon really can be confusing. If the arrow is pointing right, it seems to be suggesting the driver should go to the right of the pump which is obviously wrong.

I like the way EVs have the squiggly hose icon and that tells you everyting.it doesn't depict the charger station, but the plug point on the vehicle.

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Re:James Moylan, Engineer Who Designed Gas Tank Arrow Indica... by lucketone on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:54AM (#46476656)
“Directions are ambiguous, when somebody says turn right, I grab the wheel by the bottom and move the hand to the right”

*Technically* it could be less ambiguous, but actually it is good enough.

If memorising this is hard, not a big problem, parking next to fuel pump twice is not that huge of a damage.

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Re:James Moylan, Engineer Who Designed Gas Tank Arrow Indica... by rtgfhyuj on Saturday January 03, 2026 @01:57PM (#46480201)
in the absence of industry wide standards, this is an ingenious design, 100% best thing possible
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