NJ Push To Allow Self-Pumping Of Gas Hits Dead End

The New York Times reports:

A brief but intense push to abolish a law that bars drivers in New Jersey from pumping their own fuel at gas stations has hit a speed bump, if not a complete dead-end.

Nicholas Scutari, the Democratic president of the State Senate whose backing would be crucial to any law change, put an end to speculation when he said he did not support changing the state’s unique policy.

New Jersey is the only state in the country that requires attendants to pump gas for all customers, a law that has been in place for 73 years and that a majority of residents have repeatedly told pollsters they support.

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Growing up in NJ, I never learned to pump my own gas until I went to college out of state. Learned how with my first-year roommate from Oregon, which also had a similar self-service ban until 2018.

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— Paul Takahashi (@paultakahashi) April 1, 2022