NJ now only state where you can’t pump your own gasBy Angela Barbuti
August 5, 2023
New Jersey is now the only state that prohibits self-serve gasoline after Oregon lifted its 72-year-old ban.
Oregon’s Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill on Friday which allows gas buyers to choose between using an attendant or doing it on their own.
This leaves the Garden State — which enacted its ban in 1949 — as the only state to force residents to forgo pumping themselves.
“We’re not going to conform, we’re New Jersey,” local driver Leah Barsky told ABC6 Philadelphia. “We’re not going to pump our own gas, no.”
Some even visit New Jersey to fill up their tanks.
“I am an immigrant in the US. I’ve been here 22 years, and my first cultural shock was to have to pump my own gas because I live in Pennsylvania,” Liliana Wardle told the outlet.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/05/nj-now-only-state-where-you-cant-pump-your-own-gas/
