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The picture could be real but it may be outside of B.C.  That gas nozzle is a vapor recovery nozzle which is not the type of nozzle we normally use in BC.  Most states in USA require gas stations to use vapor recovery nozzle which reduce air pollution as the vapor is collected back to the pump/tank.   As seen on the picture, the gas pump’s safety system did its job as the hose broke off the top section of the “safety break away” device.  When a car drove away with a hose still inserted, the hose will be disconnected from the breakaway section which is located near the top of the gas pump.  It is designed that way to protect the gas pump and the vehicle.  The force from driving away will not make any damage to the car.  Sometimes, people pull the hose too hard and yank off the hose from the breakaway hose too!   Most of the time, it is because they try to fill the gas on the wrong side and try to pull the hose too far.  In B.C., you will notice one of the major oil company now place a “Fueling” card on your windshield while fueling because people are not paying attention and drove away with the nozzle!  

P.S.  If you drive away with the hose inserted in some old gas stations with very old pumps, IT WILL make huge damage to the gas pump and the car as it doesn’t have safety breakaway device.  However, you will not see too many of those old type of gas pumps in Metro Vancouver.