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> direction of approach being random is this specific to a country? I'm not sure I've ever seen a petrol station that wasn't one-way
by namdnay 9mo ago
> direction of approach being random
is this specific to a country? I'm not sure I've ever seen a petrol station that wasn't one-way
- zmgsabst 9mo agoI’m not sure I’ve ever seen one that was one-way; but my experience is limited to US, MY, TH, and VN. In those four at least, traffic can come from either direction so you can have left-handed fills use both sides of a pump.
- devilbunny 9mo agoCostco and Sam's Club usually have their filling stations set up for one-way traffic, but offhand those are the only ones I've seen that way in US, Canada, Caribbean, and western/central Europe (though the Euro design of filling stations just off the highway encourages one-way traffic, it doesn't mandate it). Haven't driven myself elsewhere.
- alibarber 9mo agoHuh, you’ve got me thinking now. Here in Finland at least there are a lot of completely unattended pumps that once you exit the road it’s basically just a patch of land and you pull up in whatever direction you want to match the side of your tank to a free pump. But in the UK where I’m from and just got back from this is maybe less common.