One engineer's soggy trip to the pump changed dashboards worldwide. ⛽ . . . In April 1986, Ford engineer Jim Moylan stopped for gas and got soaked after pulling up on the wrong side of the pump. He proposed placing a small arrow beside the fuel symbol, and it appeared on 1989 Ford Escort and Mercury Tracer models. A minor embarrassment became the pointer drivers still check decades later.
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