I'm gotten really spoiled here in Florida.
To pump gas at my Mobile station, I just wave a little
transponder attached to my key ring at the Pegasus
logo on the pump face. The pump 'enables' in about 1-2
seconds, I then fill the tank.
The gas is charged to my credit card account, so all I
do is extract the printed reciept, and go. (and pay
the bill each month). If stolen, I report it, Mobil
eats any 'unauthorized' purchases.
The transponder is a little black cylinder, about 1/4"
dia x 1" long. It was free.
You can optionally get one that attaches to the
license plate. An antenna positioned above the pump
reads it just as you pull up. The pump is ready to go
before you can get out of the car.
Carter
--- "Catchpole, Pat" <Pat.Catchpole@ntc-europe.co.uk>
wrote:
> 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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