Oregon Ends Ban on Self-Service Gas Pumps… Ends 72-Year Ban

Oregon ends ban on self-service gas pumps

after 72 years: Confused motorists turn

to ‘how-to’ guides and station attendants’

union slams the change as ‘blatant cash grab’

Motorists in Oregon are expressing excitement and confusion after a 72-year ban on self-serve gasoline pumps was lifted on Friday. 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. The change came after Governor Tina Kotek signed a bill allowing people across the state to choose between having an attendant pump gas or doing it themselves. The law took immediate effect.

Source: Oregonians begin pumping their own gas for first time in 72 years