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> Being able to refuel your car without stepping outside is really nice, especially in winter. There has been attempts to repeal that law to no avail. In most

> Being able to refuel your car without stepping outside is really nice, especially in winter. There has been attempts to repeal that law to no avail. In most tank stations I've seen in Italy you have the served and self lines, the latter sparing you some cents/liter while in the former they will wash your windshield while the tank is getting filled up. Isn't there a serviced lane in other US states?

cafard 5y ago
I think gas stations are required to pump gas for those physically unable to do so. In the Washington, DC, area most do not offer a served line. (I think--I don't drive a lot.) I can think of just one that would routinely pump the gas, and I haven't been there in years.
- aidenn0 5y ago
  There are completely unattended gas stations in California. Also, I remember full-service lines going away around the same time as "Regular" gasoline went away.
mikestew 5y ago
Not anymore. I'm actually old enough to have worked the "serviced lane", or "full service" as it was called in the U. S. If you are disabled, there is still the option to have an attendant come out an pump it for you (I have never even seen this, let alone experienced it). Otherwise, I haven't seen a full service lane in probably twenty years, save Oregon and New Jersey, where it self-service is illegal (unless you're on a motorcycle). As a side note, barely-above minimum wage though it was, I loved that job. Kinda sucked in the Indiana winters, but otherwise stand outside all day and talk to people. Side-side note: as a former "professional", I'll admit I got bored after 1976, so I have no score to post.
- mynameisvlad 5y ago
  Self-serve is now available at some Oregon gas stations, on a per-county basis: https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=fe6b92d4da52481483898a871928588c https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=fe6b9...
- jdashg 5y ago
  They exist still! It's just so rare, because it's up to the station. I know of at least one near downtown San Jose that has a full service lane.
lotsofpulp 5y ago
> Isn't there a serviced lane in other US states? No, because there is no demand for full service at the extra amount it would cost to hire someone. I actually would not pay any extra for someone else to fill it, as I would prefer to not have someone else touch my credit card and risk overfill my fuel tank.
- op00to 5y ago
  You’d rather .. touch the same gas pump as hundreds of people before you? That’s better than someone touching your credit card?
  - lotsofpulp 5y ago
    Yes, I would have to use hand sanitizer either way. But if I do not hand over my card, that is less chance of credit card skimmer or some other way of recording my card number. In NJ, many gas stations even ask for your billing zip code.
    - op00to 5y ago
      Not true. Never asked for zip code in NJ. Literally never. Gas station attendants enter 00000.
      - lotsofpulp 5y ago
        Corporate operated gas stations such as Wawa and Quickchek and Costco did not. Franchised gas stations, Exxons/Delta/Shell/etc, always asked for zip code. Maybe it changed in previous years, I have not been there in a while.
twobitshifter 5y ago
Very rarely in the northeast and only at Sunoco stations.
astura 5y ago
Full service gas pumps are extremely rare in the US. I haven't seen one in nearly two decades and I regularly travel all around the northeast. Since it costs slightly more, there's basically not a market for it outside the places where it's required.

cafard 5y ago

I think gas stations are required to pump gas for those physically unable to do so. In the Washington, DC, area most do not offer a served line. (I think--I don't drive a lot.) I can think of just one that would routinely pump the gas, and I haven't been there in years.

aidenn0 5y ago
There are completely unattended gas stations in California. Also, I remember full-service lines going away around the same time as "Regular" gasoline went away.

mikestew 5y ago

Not anymore. I'm actually old enough to have worked the "serviced lane", or "full service" as it was called in the U. S. If you are disabled, there is still the option to have an attendant come out an pump it for you (I have never even seen this, let alone experienced it). Otherwise, I haven't seen a full service lane in probably twenty years, save Oregon and New Jersey, where it self-service is illegal (unless you're on a motorcycle). As a side note, barely-above minimum wage though it was, I loved that job. Kinda sucked in the Indiana winters, but otherwise stand outside all day and talk to people. Side-side note: as a former "professional", I'll admit I got bored after 1976, so I have no score to post.

mynameisvlad 5y ago
Self-serve is now available at some Oregon gas stations, on a per-county basis: https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=fe6b92d4da52481483898a871928588c https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=fe6b9...
jdashg 5y ago
They exist still! It's just so rare, because it's up to the station. I know of at least one near downtown San Jose that has a full service lane.

lotsofpulp 5y ago

> Isn't there a serviced lane in other US states? No, because there is no demand for full service at the extra amount it would cost to hire someone. I actually would not pay any extra for someone else to fill it, as I would prefer to not have someone else touch my credit card and risk overfill my fuel tank.

op00to 5y ago
You’d rather .. touch the same gas pump as hundreds of people before you? That’s better than someone touching your credit card?
- lotsofpulp 5y ago
  Yes, I would have to use hand sanitizer either way. But if I do not hand over my card, that is less chance of credit card skimmer or some other way of recording my card number. In NJ, many gas stations even ask for your billing zip code.
  - op00to 5y ago
    Not true. Never asked for zip code in NJ. Literally never. Gas station attendants enter 00000.
    - lotsofpulp 5y ago
      Corporate operated gas stations such as Wawa and Quickchek and Costco did not. Franchised gas stations, Exxons/Delta/Shell/etc, always asked for zip code. Maybe it changed in previous years, I have not been there in a while.

twobitshifter 5y ago

Very rarely in the northeast and only at Sunoco stations.

astura 5y ago

Full service gas pumps are extremely rare in the US. I haven't seen one in nearly two decades and I regularly travel all around the northeast. Since it costs slightly more, there's basically not a market for it outside the places where it's required.