When gas hit $4 a gallon in the US (yes that was considered expensive here), many of the stations disabled the "pump then pay" feature because of all the drive-

When gas hit $4 a gallon in the US (yes that was considered expensive here), many of the stations disabled the "pump then pay" feature because of all the drive-offs they were getting (petrol theft). So you'd have to go inside to get the clerk to enable the pump.