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There are other states where you're not even allowed to pump your own gas at all for "safety." (Two, although I understand that Oregon has walked it most of the way back.) Like prohibitions against unattended filling, these law have no statistical basis.


> not even allowed to pump your own gas at all for "safety."

It's a jobs program, not a safety program.


Well the reality is that sometimes the pumps don't shut off. I've seen it happen. It's not a statistics thing as much as just simply reality


That isn't reality. It effectively never happens. Maybe once in your lifetime might see it happen to someone else, if you frequent stations with old pumps.




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