In the modern age of ours, people have the normal opportunity to go to a gas station and fill up their vehicles with fuel without even thinking twice about it. In the meantime, on all of the gas stations there are lots of events happening around car owners as well safety measures taken into place just to make sure that, everything runs just smoothly for all consumers.

Today, we take another dive into the thick gearhead book of knowledge and learn how exactly the complex functioning of a gasoline station comes together to give us that fast, safe, and easy process which makes filling up your car with fuel nothing more than a quick stop and swipe of the credit card.

This footage covers up pretty much every nicety that makes sure you don’t need to worry about anything while you’re filling up at the gas station. See how the underground tanks are set to not overflow  or corrode and how exactly a gas pump knows when to shut off automatically when the car’s tank is too full. In this video you will find everything about the whole process of how a gas station works.

Now the usual gas station has a storage capacity of 30,000 to 40,000 gallons in its underground tanks. Before in the past, such tanks were sometimes subjected to spills from overfilling and leaks caused by any corrosion. Today, however, owners of gas stations have done several very important steps in reducing these risks and improve the safety of the work.

Take a look at the cool explanatory video below and join us into some of the important steps which gas station owners have taken to reduce such risks. You might not have known about these but now that you do, be thankful that they are in place! Without them it could turn out to be much more complicated or even dangerous to pump gas for your vehicle!