Power at the gas pump: Oregon lets drivers fuel their own cars, lifting decades-old self-serve ban
A customer fills up their car with gas at a gas station, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Portland, Ore. Oregon drivers can now pump their own gas for the first time since the 1950s, after Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill allowing people across the state to choose between having an attendant pump their gas or doing it themselves. (AP Photo/Claire Rush)
By ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. — For the first time in 72 years, Oregon motorists can grab a fuel nozzle and pump gas into their cars on their own, since a decades-old ban on self-serve gas stations has been revoked...