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Article #9494Re: Pumps to deliver more than just gas
From: David J. Greenberger
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 00:14
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 00:14
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kaplow_r@eisner.encompasserve.org.mars (Bob Kaplow) writes: > In article <wk4rxv4er0.fsf@uiuc.edu>, "David J. Greenberger" <grenbrgr@uiuc.edu> writes: > > There is a full-time unattended gas station in Urbana, IL, just off I-74 > > at exit 183. I only went there once; it's in an inconvenient location, > > and most other stations in town are fully open all night and charge the > > same or less. I do expect this sort of arrangement to become more > > common over time; there are still long stretches of highway with no > > overnight gas stations, and an existing gas station could get some extra > > money (even charging a bit extra due to the isolation) for next to no > > cost by keeping the pumps active all night. > > I thought there was a law that required an attendant at gas > stations. At least her in Illinois. There has to be someone to handle > emergencies, etc. These days with pay at the pump machines, they > don't ever have to leave their little kiosk. Then this station must be violating the law. There is no attendant there at any time. It's on University Avenue just west of the exit; go through the trumpet, continue straight ahead, and you'll see it on the left. There may be some sort of system to notify a remote attendant of an emergency, but there's no one at the station itself. -- David J. Greenberger
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,76e3ea522c2d03df X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,76e3ea522c2d03df X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,76e3ea522c2d03df X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-17 16:15:40 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!news.nyc.rr.com!news.rr.com!news-out.nyc.rr.com!typhoon.nyc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: misc.consumers,rec.autos.driving,dc.driving Subject: Re: Pumps to deliver more than just gas References: <3A77CDEE.FB2B9E44@ix.netcom.com> <ag6j7t8qcpp7m5om8gvd1ueu2vp2r2oqpq@4ax.com> <H_Ie6.5983$IV.12296@nntp0.chicago.il.ameritech.net> <904977E23batemandNOSPAMbuckco@199.45.45.11> <96hd09$rb2$1@shell.one.net> <9049AF9FAbatemandNOSPAMbuckco@199.45.45.11> <wk4rxv4er0.fsf@uiuc.edu> <EtfUULPGROYW@eisner.encompasserve.org> From: "David J. Greenberger" <grenbrgr@uiuc.edu> Organization: myself Message-ID: <wk66i8g8p3.fsf@uiuc.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) XEmacs/21.1 (Canyonlands) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 24 Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 00:14:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.29.106.182 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.nyc.rr.com 982455292 24.29.106.182 (Sat, 17 Feb 2001 19:14:52 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 19:14:52 EST