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0 pointsDaho0n5y ago0 comments

That is a solved problem in most of the world. I have waited at a gas station at most 5 times in my life and never more than 2-4 minutes. Going to the bathroom or leaving the pump I have never seen anyone do. If I did I would turn off the pump at the big red STOP button as leaving the pump running unattended is illegal.

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chrisdhal5y ago

I think he's saying leaving the pump after getting your gas. That's very common in my area. You pump your gas, go into the shop to get something and you leave your car at the pump. Nobody leaves their car while pumping.

It's not uncommon to have to wait a few minutes for a pump to open up in my local gas station and it's got about 15 pumps.

HeyLaughingBoy5y ago

Where do you live? Everywhere in the US I've been the normal use case if you're getting something other than gas is to start the pump and then walk into the store to get food/use bathroom/etc., while the tank is filling. Yes, it's illegal, but people do it all-the-time.

theshrike795y ago

You can't leave the pump running outside of the US, the fuel nizzle won't lock.

I mean the people who fill up their car, and just leave the car at the pump.

HeyLaughingBoy5y ago

That must suck in the middle of winter if you have to stand there holding subzero temperature metal while filling your 20-gallon tank and when it's done, go clean off your windshield, hatchback glass, etc.

Hell, around here, when the temperature drops well below 0F, lots of people keep their car running and just sit in it while the tank fills.

theshrike795y ago

Yea, I live in Finland, cold isn't an issue :)

And like every ICE fan likes to repeat, it's like 2-3 minutes to fill up a tank in a European car. And 2 minutes of that is fiddling with the chip&pin card reader in the cold.

Even if it's negative Freedom Units outside, the car won't cool down enough to get cold during refueling - keeping it running is just plain stupid.

iggldiggl5y ago

> You can't leave the pump running outside of the US, the fuel nizzle won't lock.

There might be places where locking nozzles are indeed uncommon, but I don't think you can generalise this to "outside of the US". I'm living outside of the US, but gas stations still commonly have locking nozzles.

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chrisdhal5y ago

It's not uncommon to have to wait a few minutes for a pump to open up in my local gas station and it's got about 15 pumps.

HeyLaughingBoy5y ago

theshrike795y ago

You can't leave the pump running outside of the US, the fuel nizzle won't lock.

I mean the people who fill up their car, and just leave the car at the pump.

HeyLaughingBoy5y ago

Hell, around here, when the temperature drops well below 0F, lots of people keep their car running and just sit in it while the tank fills.

theshrike795y ago

Yea, I live in Finland, cold isn't an issue :)

And like every ICE fan likes to repeat, it's like 2-3 minutes to fill up a tank in a European car. And 2 minutes of that is fiddling with the chip&pin card reader in the cold.

Even if it's negative Freedom Units outside, the car won't cool down enough to get cold during refueling - keeping it running is just plain stupid.

iggldiggl5y ago

> You can't leave the pump running outside of the US, the fuel nizzle won't lock.

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