🛣️Why It’s Never Been Easier to Find the Nearest Petrol Pump?
You can be quaking in your boots if you ever find yourself going out of your way to get your car gas. But with web mapping and mobile phone applications, it is very easy to find out where the nearest gas pump near you is in any location in India or even outside of India.
Whether you commute to work daily, go on a road trip, or just move around a new city, finding directions to the nearest petrol pump is no longer a problem. You simply need your phone, internet, and some clever savvy.
📱How to Use Google Maps to Get Directions to the Nearest Petrol Pump?
Google Maps is the simplest to use and most reliable app to find petrol pumps. It’s as easy as this:
Step 1: Open Google Maps
Open Google Maps on your mobile phone. If Google Maps is not available on your phone, download Google Maps in Play Store or App Store.
Step 2: Tap the Search Bar
In the top search bar, simply type “petrol pump” or “nearest petrol pump near me.”
Step 3: Enable Location Access
Ensure your location (GPS) is enabled. Google Maps requires your location in order to provide you with the right results.
Step 4: View Results
You can see a list of petrol pumps around you, with distance, estimated time to destination, customer rating, and whether they are open 24/7.
Step 5: Tap for Directions
Choose the most accessible fuel pump to you, touch on it, and choose “Directions.” You’ll receive turn-by-turn live directions.
📍A couple more apps to use to locate fuel pumps near you
Apart from Google Maps, there are some apps that will find fuel pumps for you as well:
- Fuel@IOC – Official IndianOil app showing near-by IndianOil pumps
- HPCL DriveTrack Plus – Hindustan Petroleum petrol pumps
- Bharat Petroleum’s SmartDrive – BPCL fuel stations listed
- JustDial or MapMyIndia – Locality-based listings with fuel find feature
Apps provide you with information such as petrol pump prices, availability of water and air, or electric charging points at times.
🛑Locating Petrol Pumps During Crisis Timings
Time is expensive when you have low fuel levels. Just remember these:
- Voice search: Simply ask Google Assistant or Siri, “Find the nearest petrol pump around.”
- Check highway signage: Gas stations for most state and national highways get advance notices.
- Use your car in-built GPS feature (if your car has one). Most cars have this nowadays.
- Check 24-hour availability: Fewer stations are open late nights or weekends.
🧭How Location Accuracy Affects Your Results?
There can be the occasional results that fail to appear if your GPS is low or your internet isn’t good. To make it more precise:
- Switch high-precision mode on for your phone location services
- Stand outside in an open area to get a good GPS
- Make use of Wi-Fi if you are low on battery on your phone
📝Last Words
Searching for the nearest petrol pump to you is the past now with technology. Be it rolling road or city country, a few taps on your phone and you can pump all hasslevise.
Charge your phone, turn on location, and have these steps in your pocket—and you will never be caught off guard again
