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Originally Posted by diz
Sorry, I had to get the answer to this because we have family in NJ and I was curious about the answer. (And because I'm the one who made the original comment.) Wikipedia says it is illegal to pump your own gas in NJ:
All stations in New Jersey and Oregon offer only full service and mini service; attendants are required to pump gas because customers are barred by statutes in both states from pumping their own gas. New Jersey banned self-service gasoline in 1949 after lobbying by service station owners. Proponents of the ban cite safety and jobs as reasons to keep the ban.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filling_station |
I stand corrected. It just seemed absurd to me to have a law like that.
But I guess it's no stranger than the NH law about not being able to sell the clothes you are wearing to settle a gambling debt
