I can't resist this: New Jersey is concerned about POLLUTION?????
O.K., O.K. I know New Jersey is a beautiful state. It gets its reputation
from all the beautiful scenery along the Turnpike.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years)
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool,
than to speak, and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain
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> From: Aron Travis <atravis@spacey.net>
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: automated gas pump (no LBC )
> Date: Sunday, August 03, 1997 12:19 PM
>
> Steve Byers wrote:
> >
> > I think NJ and maybe Oregon are the only two states that won't allow
> > self-serve. I have to think that the gas station lobby (or some other
> > lobby) was behind this. IMHO, it's an example of passing another law
where
> > none is needed. Has anybody ever heard of anyone blowing himself up
while
> > "self-serving"?
>
> I think that the no self service laws are due to pollution laws.
> They figure that untrained gas naives like us are going to sloppily
> poor gas all over ('It'll seep in where it needs to'), thereby causing
> the fumes to escape and ravage the environment. So, a trained gas
> technician pumps your gas, saving the enviroment. These pollution laws
> are also why there are those 'hoses' that cover the end of the pump,
> to recycle the fumes.
> -Aron-
> "in a frenzy"
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