in new jersey they have a law: you can't pump your own gas. the theory I always tie this to is something I heard when I first started to drive. basically, it was made a law so that filling stations would have to hire people so that more people could have more jobs. I think lawyers generally follow the same logic: they create law suits mainly to keep themselves employed.
save.unicom.com
'nuff said.
Oregon has a law like that and so does the little town in MA where I live. I suspect it reduces liability insurance since it doesn't effect the price of fuel much if at all.
Re:Oregon, too
vsergu on 2002-01-15T15:45:14
Yes, Randal has been known to rant about it on Usenet.
I first read the title of the journal entry as "save unicorn".
Re:Oregon, too
hfb on 2002-01-15T16:07:27
Well, I lived in Portland for a few years...it never threatened my masculinity to have someone else pump my gas for me.
:) There are lots of more pressing things to get your panties in a bunch over. Re:Oregon, too
vsergu on 2002-01-16T15:47:44
No, Randal likes having other people pump his gas and is in favor of the law.
Re:Oregon, too
chromatic on 2002-01-15T17:51:08
I always thought it was because us non-professionals couldn't slop gasoline all over the side of the car nearly as well as the professionals do.
