Why aren't people allowed to pump their own gas in New Jersey?

Question

Why aren't people allowed to pump their own gas in New Jersey?

Answer 1

wow that sounds pretty stupid. i have no clue y tho

Answer 2

Why would you want to??? And its not only NJ... Oregon doesn't allow you to either.  

Gas is cheaper in NJ and you don't have to pump it...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006...

http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/bans-ga...

Answer 3

I dont know and I dont care because we dont have to get out in the freezing cold to pump gas. and oh ye were too lazy

Answer 4

The purpose of these laws was to protect consumers and gas station owners from costly, and possibly deadly, accidents. Better education and improved technology, however, have made pumping gas much safer and easier for consumers over the last 50 years. Since the 1970s, self-service gas stations have grown in popularity.

The New Jersey law was enacted in 1949 and the Oregon law in 1951. Each statute has stood up to several challenges in those two states.

Disabled motorists are most interested in seeing such laws survive. For those motorists with a disability, pumping gas is not an option and they depend on the employees of full-service stations.

Answer 5

With so many people in the state the law was designed in the idea that most people wouldn't really know how to do it safely so to protect us from ourselves they made the law.