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Across the Beaver State, drivers took to social media to boast of pumping their own gas, while local new outlets published step-by-step instructions to help bewildered first-timers.
Gas station owners complained of the labor shortage and wildfires making hiring hard.
New Jersey is the only state with a law banning drivers from pumping their on gas after Oregon recently lifted its self-serve ban.
Oregon has ended a decades-old ban on self-serve gasoline. For the first time in 72 years, motorists across the Pacific Northwest state can grab a nozzle and let the gas
For the first time in 72 years, Oregon motorists can grab a fuel nozzle and pump gas into their cars without an attendant, since a decades-old ban on self-serve gas stations has been revoked. Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill on Friday allowing people across the state to choose between having an attendant pump gas or doing it themselves. A few countries also ban it, including South Africa, where attendants offer to check fluid levels and clean the windshield, with tipping expected.