Which states prohibit you to pump your own gas?

[White95Max]

I`ve heard about some states that require a gas station attendant to pump your gas. Which states require this?

[Setec Astronomy]

Just New Jersey, as far as I know.

[4get gto]

New Jresey you can`t. In Pa. you can pump your own.

BUT living within 2 or miles from New Jersey you sometimes forget and grab the nozzle if no one is around. That makes the attendants come running out real quick........

[ntoddalbert]

I believe Seattle is also a no slef serve place



Strange we cant pump our own but its still 30 cents cheaper than some other places. I really wish I could pump my own though

[gto400no1]

nj and somewhere else but i forget...

[zzyyzx]

I`ve never heard of this before. What`s the reasoning? Some sort of hazardous materials thing?

[TW85 HHI]

When we were in Seattle we pumped our own gas. If it was illegal, I`m sure attendants would have been running out. Who knows.



I`m 99% positive Oregon prohibits pumping your own gas, or at least they used to.

[Setec Astronomy]

I think last time this came up here in NJ (about allowing self-serve), we were the last state to not have self-serve. We have a strong lobby here with the gasoline retailers, I forget what rationale they use in their lobbying and/or what their real agenda is.

[White95Max]

Originally posted by TW85 HHI

I`m 99% positive Oregon prohibits pumping your own gas, or at least they used to.



That`s the one I was really wondering about. I`m thinking of moving to Oregon in a couple years, and I would prefer not to have some careless attendant near my car.

My parents are taking a vacation to Oregon in June. They`ll undoubtedly fill up many times, and at many different areas of the state. They will know for sure whether you`re allowed to pump your own gas or not.

[klnyc]

NJ PITA.

Those gas jockey dont give crap about your car. I see gas drip right into the gas cap panel areea :scared

I always keep my eye on them, if they spill gas on the panel, I quickly wipe it down with water.

[q_tip98444]

I`m up in washington state, here you can pump it yourself. But in Oregon you can`t. When I drove up here the first time a few years ago to visit family I tried to pump my own gas at like 3:30 a.m. and thought the store had just got robbed when some guy came bustin out the door :shocked he then informed me that he could get in trouble if he would have let me pump it myself, and thats why he didn`t like out-of-towners:argue. But anyways, now that I regained my train of thought, Oregon is in-fact gasoline stain country, becuase lord knows if they drive a 88` escort, and you don`t they won`t be very carefull:angry .

[zzyyzx]

Looks like Oregon & NJ are the two states that won`t let you pump your own gas.



http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_buggingyou_101204gas.html



I guess Oregon`s reason is for "job creation" and in Jersey it`s because pumping gas is "Hazardous." Looks like I`ve been putting myself at risk for decades and I didn`t know it! Also, I guess unemployment is my fault too...



I honestly don`t even know where a full-service station is anymore.

[Setec Astronomy]

Okay....so the lobby here in NJ says pumping your own gas is "hazardous". They obviously have another agenda, and I think it`s that the lobby represents "service stations" which do car repairs, and that if we have self-serve, the "service stations" will get drawn further into price wars with "gas-only" stations.

[ntoddalbert]

The other concern in NJ was the Handicapped drivers, they lobbied to have full service since they would have trouble getting full service. I know only because when in high school and pumping gas the law was challenged and the major obstacle then was the lobbyists. The stations would love self serve, a minimum wage workforce is nothing but trouble for the owners, if they could get out they would.



The anti self serve crowd also claimed that once they got rid of the law you wouldn`t be able to find full service anymore, pretty true in a lot of places I travel to. I prefer self serve but I see their point, sitting im my car when it was 5 F last week was a good thing.



I hate gas spills on my cars but to be honest I cant say I ever had a stain even after repeated spills? Maybe back in the day when Sunoco dyed the premium blue but not in years. Maybe I just keep that area protected I dunno?

[DaGonz]

At a rest area/gas stop on the NJ Turnpike, I had a gas attendant tell me that "NJ State law says I have to check your oil... please open your hood"



I asked to see a copy of the so called "law".. he just mumbled something and walked away...