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If you have travelled through the NJ portion of I-95, and stopped at any service stations, you quickly realize how stupid this law is. A single attendant trying to fill gas for 10 cars. Drivers just waiting in line for 20 minutes to fill their gas!

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On the flip side, while on road trips, I've seen start the pump, then go into the store for 10 minutes to use the bathroom and buy a snack, hogging the pump spot for 8 extra minutes unnecessarily

I swear, I was the only person who would fill their tank and THEN park and go into the store.

People still do that in Oregon and New Jersey.

I could see a Uber-like service where someone picks up your car, goes to the station, has the attendant fill it, and returns it for you.

There's a company called Yoshi that does this, only they come out to you with a pump on a van. One of my neighbors uses them. I guess it works, though I never go the appeal, not to mention I'm not 100% sure how it'd work with my car, since it auto locks the fuel cap unless the fob is nearby.

When I was working at Microsoft one of the parking garages had an auto detailing place in it so you could park your car and come back to it washed, waxed, cleaned, etc.

Was a nice perk and convenient since I was going to park my car there anyway.

Sure that could work but requires investment in the vans. The way I'm thinking this works you just need a guy with a cell phone & a bicycle.

If someone is coming to your house they can just bring the gas with them. There's no need to take your car to the station at all.

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