BEND, Ore. — If you’ve visited Oregon (as I am currently), you have likely had the moment of cognitive dissonance in which you hop out of your vehicle at a gas station to fill your tank just as you do anywhere else, then discover (or remember) that you must yield the pump handle to an earnest or sometimes surly gas station attendant who intercepts you and really doesn’t want you stealing their job.
That’s about to change. Oregon lawmakers last week gave final approval to a bill that ends the state’s ban on self-service gas pumps, a prohibition that has been in place since 1951.
Oregon ends its 72-year ban on self-service gasoline
You can pump your own, but the state will still require attendants as an option
Greg Rasa