Bombardier/Canadair Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
After landing on 35 at Philly and being cleared into the ramp from Spot 15 we were taxiing southbound.  As I was preparing to make the turn in to the gate; I asked the First Officer (FO) to 'keep me honest' on the right side of the aircraft.  He said it was clear; but a fuel truck was heading our way.  I continued taxiing forward (still southbound) a little bit then started to angle the plane to the right towards the gate.  The FO then stated that the fuel truck was still coming.  I slowed down some more and asked him how far the truck was.  Being that this was apparently his first trip off of IOE; I was trying to gauge his comfort level and what distance 'coming towards us' could be.  As I came through about 30 degrees of turn the FO stated that the fuel truck wasn't stopping.  At this point I applied the brakes and came to a complete stop.  Within a second or two I had visual on the truck as he drove on by staring into what appeared to be a cell phone.  At no point did he ever look our way; and the FO stated that he was shocked that the guy stayed at the same speed the entire time he was watching him.  I immediately contacted the ramp and described the situation with them; and gave them the number of the fuel truck.  There was still substantial room (150 plus feet) between the nose of the aircraft and the vehicle roadway at the time of the incident.Fuel truck driver not paying attention.  The potential for an incident was increased ever so slightly by my choice to turn the plane in towards the ramp assuming the truck would see us and stop.  Fortunately the FO was paying attention to where I couldn't see and kept us well out of danger.
A CRJ Captain reports a fuel truck driver not yielding as they were turning into the ramp. The aircraft is stopped and as the truck passes by the driver appears to be fully engrossed in his cell phone.