Self-Service Day of Awareness News Highlights – May 13, 2022
- 75 gas stations to lower prices Friday in effort to get public on board with allowing self-service gas. Here’s the list
- What gas stations are doing to save you money at the pump
- How much can N.J. drivers save pumping their own gas? Coalition gave them a peek on Friday
- More Than 75 New Jersey Gas Stations Lowering Prices On Friday To Promote Self-Service
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- 75 gas stations to lower prices Friday in effort to get public on board with allowing self-service gas. Here’s the list
- What gas stations are doing to save you money at the pump
- How much can N.J. drivers save pumping their own gas? Coalition gave them a peek on Friday
- More Than 75 New Jersey Gas Stations Lowering Prices On Friday To Promote Self-Service
- Majority Back Pump-Your-Own Gas, But Only If Full Service Remains Available
- Statement from NJGCA Executive Director Sal Risalvato on Monmouth University Poll
- Listen to NJGCA Executive Director Sal Risalvato speak to Deminski & Doyle on 101.5FM
- NOW in New Jersey interviews NJGCA Executive Director Sal Risalvato on allowing self-serve fueling in New Jersey
- Click Here to view a Press Release from NJGCA on the Hybrid Fueling Model
- Click Here to view a Press Release from FYWNJ on the Hybrid Fueling Model
How NJ got into this full-service mess
The fight over self-serve vs. full-service gas stations in New Jersey began many years ago.
Originally established at the urging of gas station owners who wanted to beat back competition, the 1949 Retail Gasoline Dispensing Safety Act rendered New Jersey the only all-full-service state in the country.
The issue resurfaced in the 1980s when motorists were jealous of those in neighboring states because they had self-serve and were paying 10 cents a gallon less for their gas and urged decision makers to simply permit self-serve and thereby lower gas prices in NJ, but once again the gas station owners won the fight and the ban on self-serve remained.
Fast-forward to today
The 1949 Retail Gasoline Dispensing Safety Act remains in effect and gas station owners have reversed their position and are pleading for a self-service option so they can lower prices and address the growing labor shortage. Decades of improved fueling safety innovations and the customer convenience of self-service models challenges the rationale for continuing the ban on self-serve.
Despite those factors, plus the fact that self-service reduces financial burdens on both gas station owners and consumers, the full-service model has become ingrained in New Jersey’s cultural mindset.
Fuel Your Way NJ’s mission
Fuel Your Way NJ advocates for the adoption of a hybrid fueling model in New Jersey
Comprised of business and industry organizations, Fuel Your Way NJ advocates for the adoption of a hybrid fueling model in New Jersey – giving drivers the option to pump their own gas if they wish, while maintaining full-service stations across the Garden State for those that prefer to wait for an attendant to pump their gas.
Self-service reduces financial burdens on both gas station owners and consumers, and surveys show that moving to a hybrid model will reduce the price of gas for New Jersey drivers by 15 or more cents per gallon. However, the best part about incorporating self-service here in New Jersey is that it gives drivers the option to choose the model that best suits them. If New Jersey moves forward with a self-service proposal, many gas stations would provide both self-service and full-service options, so you can still have your gas pumped for you if you want. It is a win-win for everyone.
Fuel Your Way NJ is here to show New Jersey that the time has come to reconsider this outdated practice and integrate a model that will:
Bring us up to speed with the rest of the nation
Reduce costs
Provide consumers with a choice
