Every month in Life, Cindy Antrican, public affairs manager for AAA Allied Group, Inc., provides traffic safety tips and information for motorists. Email: [email protected]. As Miami ...

We may not realize this, but the fuel nozzles found in millions of filling stations around the world are actually beautiful mechanisms based on old-school mechanical principles. Here's how they work.

Q:I have a question on my 2004 Corvette. Several times while I am filling my gas tank the pump acts as if my tank is full (pump nozzle clicks off while filling) even when the tank is not full.

The problem: It may be difficult to fill the fuel tank because the fuel nozzle shuts off several times during a fill-up. This may be due to a faulty fuel filler pipe to the fuel tank. Vehicles ...