Poll: Oregon’s Gas Pumping Policy

We’ve all done it. Hop in the car for a trip to Oregon, stop to get some gas, jump out and grab the gas nozzle. Then you hear it. The notice from the gas station attendant: “Stop!” Stop… pumping my own gas? The Beaver State is known for many things – a beautiful coast-line, great micro-brews and a ban on pumping your own gas. Oregon State Code lays it all out in black and white: only trained employees of service stations are allowed to put so-called “Class 1 Flammable Liquids” into cars. Not only is the prohibition the law of the land, but legislators in Salem put a laundry list of reasons why the ban was prudent into state code/KTVB. More here .