Pat,
As the other half of Brad, (he has been super busy today at work so I will
try and answer.)
In Oregon, we also have the pumps that you can swipe your card at, but we
still have to have an attendant pump it.
Every time self-serve comes up for election, the reasons given against it in
the voter's pamphlet have been, the unemployment this will cause, and the
scare tactics of how dangerous pumping gas can be and the fact that our
weather is wet, and we may have to get wet. The arguments always seem to
say, "I wouldn't be able to look my 70 year old Mom in the eye if this bill
gets passed. She would not be able to drive anymore."
We also have very few full serve gas stations, believe it or not. Brad
usually washes the windows himself at the station. It costs 25 cents most
places to add a minimum amount of air. How many gas stations nowadays have
full time mechanics like they did 30 years ago? Not many here in Oregon.
I don't think you could sue if someone put air in your tires and then you
had a blowout down the road, but then I wouldn't of thought you could sue
Mickey D's for a hot coffee spill and I sure was wrong there.
Hope that clears up some of things you asked about. I'm sure Brad will get
back to you when he gets a chance.
Kristi
>
>In some UK petrol stations now you can even do the pay bit yourself, swipe
>the credit card in the pump, serve the gas, replace the nozzle and collect
>your credit card receipt. This is even more popular in France (from my
>motoring holiday experience, Marc can you confirm?) where you can even get
>gas from a 'closed' petrol station. Sounds a bit dangerous if there is a
>spill and nobody to clear it up though.
>
>Brad - if an attendant checks your tires and then you get a blow out 2
>miles
>down the road does this mean you can sue the garage? I expect that the
>risk
>of a compensation claim from someone who has managed to spill petrol down
>themselves (whilst smoking most probably) is the main reason why fully
>attended garages still exist in the US. I can't believe that it is still
>due to 'good old fashioned values'.
>
>Pat
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