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Oregon Finally Legalizes Pumping Your Own Gas After 72 Years (www.thedrive.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Oregon's Senate has repealed a 72-year prohibition against self-service gas, with new legislation requiring gas stations to staff half the available pumps, while allowing the rest to be self-service. The bill, responding to industry staffing shortages, also prohibits charging more for full-service than self-service, likely leading to the phasing out of full-service pumps.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you have not experienced the lines for gas at an Oregon Costco, you've really missed out. End of an era.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

People in Oregon really don't believe me when I saw I never waiting in line for gas when I lived in other states.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Costco has lines regardless of whether it's self serve though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yup, only place I've ever waited for gas (outside of a hurricane or blizzard being imminent) is in NJ. Then they always try to divert me into a lane with the pump on the wrong side which I'll have none of because I know they'll just drag a dirty rubber hose across my paint, it's bad enough that they touch my car at all. (Though I realize that's mostly a me issue)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

oh no I'm right there with you. I used to try to avoid having to stop for gas in NJ or OR at all costs until I got a car that wants 93, but we only have 91 in CA but they have 92 in OR so I just deal with it (it gets noticeably better fuel economy).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

We're self-service in California and our Costco gas queues are also asinine. Are they just that much worse over there?