Oregon will prohibit gas stations from charging more for full-service fuel.

Oregon’s Senate has repealed a 72-year prohibition against self-service gas, with new legislation requiring gas stations to staff half the available pumps, while allowing the rest to be self-service. The bill, responding to industry staffing shortages, also prohibits charging more for full-service than self-service, likely leading to the phasing out of full-service pumps.

  • @CmdrShepardEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    I also love not having to get out to pump and rarely ever have to wait in line. The longest I’ve ever waited for gas was in NorCal off I5 where every single person ahead of us wanted to spend 30 minutes inside the convenience store buying snacks while the pumps were running outside.

    I forsee stations cutting all their staffing as they have a financial benefit to do so. We should also expect card skimming to increase as nobody will be monitoring the pumps now.