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by SoftTalker 988 days ago
Agree, sounds like some kind of poorly-protected function has been discovered that's putting the pump into a "maintenance" or "test" mode where it will dispense fuel without a prepay having been completed.
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> "Every time we push Pump Three stop, it wasn’t doing anything," he said. "We have to shut off the whole pumps - we have emergency stops."

Whew - sanity prevails! When I read the part about not stopping, I was a bit worried that the e-stop somehow was not a simple mechanical failsafe.