Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 04:54:47 GMT From: "Daniel Kaempff" <daanimal900nopsamam.hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Size of gas tank...?
Oregon is the other US state that forbids self-serve gasoline. No real compelling reason for it being banned, but the Gasoline Dealers Association is against it and they usually come up with enough scare tactics to frighten folks and hoodwink the idiots in the Legislature. Arguments against self-serve include loss of jobs, safety, inequity to the disabled and elderly and the rainy Oregon weather. Bogus arguments all, but they seem to get the job done. So, year after year, I live with long waits at the gas station, just to have some high school dropout with no teeth fill it with regular instead of premium as I requested, not top my tank off (fussy Saab filler necks) and spill gas on the fender to add insult to injury. I say write a law that requires a full serve idiot...errr, attendant at all stations, but doesn't make self-serve illegal. If I want to pump my own gas, I ought to have the right to do so, just like everyone else in the US, (except, of course, the good citizens of NJ.) Most of the time, I love my home state's propensity for being unique and going against the grain, but this is THE one thing about Oregon that just drives me insane!!! "tom reingold" <tlr244nopsamnline.net> wrote in message news:3E054173.6080004nopsamnline.net... > > > Mark Gerritsma wrote: > > "tom reingold" <tlr244nopsamnline.net> schreef in bericht > > news:3E0390AC.5060903nopsamnline.net > > > >>I had a 1986 900T with this problem. Once, the attendant didn't > > > > fill > > > >>my tank all the way up, although I had asked him to. (I live where > >>self-serve gas is illegal.) > > > > > > Where is that? And what are the reasons for it being illegal? I've > > heard this before, but in that case it was for filling LPG (which is > > self-serve where I live). > > > > -- > > Mager > > > > > > I can't tell where you are, so I won't assume you know much about the > US. My signature is a joke about the way people pronounce the name of > my state, New Jersey. I believe there is one other state that forbids > self-serve gasoline. I don't believe there are any rational reasons for > the law. They cite safety, but obviously, self-serve is safe enough for > everywhere else. > > A bill to legalize self-serve comes up in the state legislature every > year or two and loses. Apparently, the status quo is serving somebody. > I honestly don't know whom it serves. I doubt the gas station > attendents are organized and have influence on the legislature. > > The odd thing is that gas prices are lower than in neighboring states. > I believe our excise tax is lower than in the other states, but I have > also heard that gas prices rose in the states when self-serve became > legal. That is surprising, since you would expect lower costs when > customers pump their own gas. > > > -- > Tom Reingold > Noo Joizy >
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