Oregon’s Senate has repealed a 72-year prohibition against self-service gas, with new legislation requiring gas stations to staff half the available pumps, while allowing the rest to be self-service. The bill, responding to industry staffing shortages, also prohibits charging more for full-service than self-service, likely leading to the phasing out of full-service pumps.
Help me understand. How can full-service ever be “phased out” if the law explicitly requires half of the pumps to be staffed? I feel like I’m misunderstanding something obvious.