Oregon will prohibit gas stations from charging more for full-service fuel.
Oregon's Senate has repealed a 72-year prohibition against self-service gas, with new legislation requiring gas stations to staff half the available pumps, while allowing the rest to be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.
Omg, tell me about it. Moved to NJ and everyone is clueless when they leave the state and have to pump... Ok not everyone, but the number is above zero. 👍
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)
I live in Washington. I remember one time crossing the border from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, Washington. What's funny is that Portland has two rivers. The Willamette to the South and the Columbia to the North. The Columbia is the border with Washington. During that trip I stopped for gas, and figured that since I just crossed a river I must be in Vancouver. I got out and started pumping gas only for a guy in an orange vest to come screaming at me to stop like I was about to blow the place up, which is weird because as many of you know it's not that hard to pump gas? Turns out I was in the strip of land in Portland that's between the Willamette and the Columbia, and so I was still in Oregon.
Just a little funny anecdote about this whole situation.
I live in Oregon and moved here from a self pump state, personally I love not getting out of my car to pump gas. Doubly so when it's shitty out. I hope most places around here keep the gas pump people. They probably will tbh because native Oregonians would have a fit, especially old timers.
Because in another 5 years the staff shortage will be so bad that they can’t staff the pumps, and their Congress will then remove full service pumping from law completely. Granted, some stations (the largest nicest ones with lots of convenience store offerings) will probably keep some full-service pumps as it will always help with bringing people into the store, but a lot of the rural stations will definitely become self service only.
Oregonian here, you are correct. This headline is kinda click baity, but they did expand that rule so it's not completely off.
But yeah, if an area had under a certain population they were not required to staff the gas pumps. Higher population density areas it's still required. Well, was still required. That's gone now haha