I think NJ and maybe Oregon are the only two states that won't allow
self-serve. I have to think that the gas station lobby (or some other
lobby) was behind this. IMHO, it's an example of passing another law where
none is needed. Has anybody ever heard of anyone blowing himself up while
"self-serving"?
The first time I ran into this was on the Jersey Turnpike back in the '70s.
I had been pumping my own gas for quite a while by then, so I couldn't
understand why the attendant was so irate when I grabbed the nozzle out of
the pump and started filling up my own car. I though his eyes were going
to pop out of his head. Since he didn't bother to explain the law to me,
we got into a big argument (being from the south, I thought he was just
being a typical yankee :-)). I didn't understand why I had to stand there
and wait for him to finish filling another car.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years)
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool,
than to speak, and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain
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> From: Dave Bernier <bernzo@ix.netcom.com>
> To: patrick bailey <pbailey@qnet.com>
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: automated gas pump (no LBC )
> Date: Sunday, August 03, 1997 9:29 AM
>
> snip
> >Somewhere in the deep recesses of my feeble memory I remember
> >going to the local SERVICE station and getting the gas put in
> >automatically without getting my hands dirty.
>
> snip
>
> >yup a
> >human being that did all this amazing hi-tech stuff!
>
> snip
>
>
> Mr. Bailey,
>
> Gotta move to the "Garden State". State law prohibits self serve. We have
> lower gas prices than the self serve in the surrounding states (PA & NY).
>
> I still occasionally get my hands dirty though, because half the time the
> attendent has problems filling the BGT because it has no place for the
> nozzel to 'catch'. They really hate standing there holding the damn thing
> waiting for it to fill.
>
> Gotta love the government, protecting all us drivers from those nasty gas
> fumes and dirty hands. Maybe they don't want all that high insurance rate
> money to smell.
>
> Dave
> 74MGBGT (fill it up, please!)
>
>
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