Oregon Legalizes Self-Gas Pumping

For a confused German where everyone pumps their own gas: Why was this a law in the first place? Are there similar laws in other states?<p>Edit: Thanks everyone, that&#x27;s really interesting. My only experience with attendants is in South Africa where you don&#x27;t need a law, because the gas station doesn&#x27;t trust the customers, and the customers don&#x27;t want to risk opening their doors and get mugged ;)

As someone who has lived their entire life outside of OR&#x2F;NJ, I cannot stand full-service gas stations (slow, silly, annoying) and will go well out of my way to avoid the few that still exist.<p>I used to routinely drive between PA and NY and always made sure I had plenty of gas so I didn&#x27;t have to stop in NJ.

Here in Italy most places have both options. I&#x27;ve always used the selfservice one. It seems incredibly ignorant and lazy to pay extra for such a simple task. Northern European countries seem to completely lack this extra service.

Its really annoying to pay with debit, because im not about to give some guy my pin number. So i have to get out of the car anyway to type it into the machine.

What I do with my flatulence is my business and mine alone! Freedom!

Wow! Bold leadership Oregon!