The intent may be good, but you know what they say about the road to
hell...   Because the gas pumps stop just shy of overflowing the Vanagon
gas tank, I never top off.  When I was in Oregon, though, guess what the
helpful attendants always did?  You guessed it... despite the fact that
their own d*** gas pumps were plastered w/ stickers admonishing against
topping off.  Go figure.

At 03:56 PM 7/7/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Bill N wrote:
>
> > Oregon has a similar law.  The intent is good.  Many people top off
> > after the pump shuts off, and often spill some gas on the ground.
>
>I think that's just an excuse.  Michigan has no such law and only rarely
>do I see people spill gas.  Also, if the environmental benefits are so
>great, I would expect California to have adopted such a law.  My guess is
>there's *someone* somewhere who benefits from this law, and it's being
>lobbied for by people representing that group. Can't think of who it would
>be, though.
>
>Incidentally, if you have out-of-state plates and are getting sluggish
>service at an Oregon gas station, the quickest way to get an attendant to
>show up is to act like you're going to pump the gas yourself.  It's
>illegal for them to let you do it.  This probably works in New Jersey,
>too.
>
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