People in Oregon are freaking out about pumping their own gas

For many people around the world, refilling your own car at self-service stations has been a very normal thing for years.

Not for many people rural Oregon, who from Jan. 1 were allowed to pump their own gas as a result of the introduction of new bill introduced in the state.

Passed last May, House Bill 2482 allows for self-service refilling in counties which have a population of less than 40,000. Oregon was one of two U.S. states which long banned the practice, the other still being New Jersey.

With the new year ticking over, there were a number of Oregonians angry about the potential change to self-service statewide in a viral Facebook post. Read more…

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