Stations need to check that your card account has a decent amount of funds available when they don't know exactly how much money you're going to spend.
Plenty of New Jerseyans like the fact that they live in the only U.S. state that prohibits self-serve at the gas pump, according to a poll out of Monmouth University.
As lawmakers aim to give New Jersey motorists the option of pumping their own gas, a poll released on Thursday suggests that most people would stay in their cars if the law were ever to change.
New Jersey is the last state where self-serve gasoline isn't allowed. The bill would require full-serve pumps at stations with more than four dispensers.
Gas stations had to clear out inventory bought at the old tax rate and don't get refunds on it. Now higher crude oil and wholesale prices will negate any drop.
Business representatives say billions of dollars may be spent in readying a fuel-cell transportation network and that the panel can help direct NJ's share.