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In the US, it's much more the norm to start the fuel running, then go inside and buy whatever you need, and come back out to find that your car is full and you
by devilbunny 5y ago
In the US, it's much more the norm to start the fuel running, then go inside and buy whatever you need, and come back out to find that your car is full and you can simply drive off. Do Australian pumps not have the little latch to allow fuel to keep running without someone squeezing the handle the entire time?
- ehnto 5y agoYeah you're not allowed to leave the pump running unattended as far as I know, you have to hold down the pump at all gas stations I've been to.
- EvanAnderson 5y agoToo many stations in my area of the US (western Ohio) allow this. I was a cashier at my family's independent gas station for a number of years, and it always pissed off customers when we stopped the dispenser when they walked away / got in their car / etc. It's a legitimate safety and environmental hazard (some hold-open latches don't disengage reliably on some filler necks leading to gasoline rolling out of the tank onto the ground). People get used to lax non-safety conscious stations and then act like jerks to the employees in stations who do care.