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Oregon Legalizes Self-Gas Pumping

by josh_carterPDX on 7/28/23, 8:49 PM with 26 comments

• by Semaphor on 7/28/23, 9:04 PM

  For a confused German where everyone pumps their own gas: Why was this a law in the first place? Are there similar laws in other states?

  Edit: Thanks everyone, that's really interesting. My only experience with attendants is in South Africa where you don't need a law, because the gas station doesn't trust the customers, and the customers don't want to risk opening their doors and get mugged ;)

• by bratgpttamer on 7/29/23, 1:45 AM

  As someone who has lived their entire life outside of OR/NJ, I cannot stand full-service gas stations (slow, silly, annoying) and will go well out of my way to avoid the few that still exist.

  I used to routinely drive between PA and NY and always made sure I had plenty of gas so I didn't have to stop in NJ.

• by k4rli on 7/29/23, 10:39 AM

  Here in Italy most places have both options. I've always used the selfservice one. It seems incredibly ignorant and lazy to pay extra for such a simple task. Northern European countries seem to completely lack this extra service.

• by Avisite on 7/29/23, 1:26 AM

  Its really annoying to pay with debit, because im not about to give some guy my pin number. So i have to get out of the car anyway to type it into the machine.

• by dazrafio on 8/1/23, 2:07 AM

  What I do with my flatulence is my business and mine alone! Freedom!

• by scrubs on 7/29/23, 8:13 AM

  Wow! Bold leadership Oregon!