Editing Filling station (section)

==Types of service==
[[File:Cambodia gas station.jpg|thumb|A filling station on the road from the Thai border to [[Siem Reap]], Cambodia]]
Filling stations typically offer one of three types of service to their customers: full service, minimum service or self-service.

;Full service
:An [[Filling station attendant|attendant]] operates the pumps, often wipes the windshield, and sometimes checks the vehicle's oil level and tire pressure, then collects payment and perhaps a small tip.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whatever-happened-tothose-full-service-gas-stations-fred-kienle?trk=portfolio_article-card_title|work=linkedin.com|title=Whatever Happened To...Those Full-Service Gas Stations...?|author=Fred Kienle|date=Jan 21, 2018}}</ref>

;Minimum service
:An attendant operates the pumps. This is often required due to legislation that prohibits customers from operating the pumps.

;Self service
:The customer performs all required service. Signs informing the customer of filling procedures and cautions are displayed on each pump. Customers can still enter a store or go to a booth to give payment to a person.

;Unstaffed
:Using [[cardlock]] (or pay-at-the-pump) system, these are completely unstaffed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myhusky.ca/your_business/facilities/standalone_cardlock.html|title=Husky Cardlocks – MyHusky.ca|access-date=10 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523034909/http://www.myhusky.ca/your_business/facilities/standalone_cardlock.html|archive-date=23 May 2013}}</ref>

===Brazil===
[[File:Postodegasolinafeiradesantana.jpg|thumb|right|[[Royal Dutch Shell]] station in [[Feira de Santana]], Brazil]]

In Brazil, self-service fuel filling is illegal, due to a federal law enacted in 2000. The law was introduced by Federal Deputy [[Aldo Rebelo]], who claims it saved 300,000 [[Filling station attendant|fuel attendant]] jobs across the country.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ministro Aldo Rebelo comenta artigo sobre baixo crescimento|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/paineldoleitor/2015/02/1593346-ministro-aldo-rebelo-comenta-artigo-sobre-baixo-crescimento.shtml|newspaper=[[Folha de S.Paulo]]|date=2015-02-23|author=Aldo Rebelo|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226151143/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/paineldoleitor/2015/02/1593346-ministro-aldo-rebelo-comenta-artigo-sobre-baixo-crescimento.shtml|archive-date=2015-02-26}}</ref>

===Japan===
[[File:Lawson Shingu Misaki3.JPG|thumb|A [[Lawson (store)|Lawson]] self-service station with attached convenience store in [[Shingū, Fukuoka|Shingū]], [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]], Japan]]

Before 1998, filling stations in Japan were entirely full-service stations. Self-service stations were legalized in Japan in 1998 following the abolition of the Special Petroleum Law, which led to the deregulation of the petroleum industry in Japan. Under current safety regulations, while motorists are able to self-dispense fuel at self-service stations, generally identified in Japanese as {{Nihongo||セルフ|serufu}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realestate-tokyo.com/news/gas-stations-in-japan/|title=Gas Stations in Japan - How to fill up|website=realestate-tokyo.com|access-date=2018-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226211639/http://www.realestate-tokyo.com/news/gas-stations-in-japan/|archive-date=2018-02-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> at least one fuel attendant must be on hand to keep watch over potential safety violations and to render assistance to motorists whenever necessary.

===South Korea===
[[File: 20150127과천주유소27.jpg|thumb|[[GS Caltex]] full-service station in [[Gwacheon]], [[Gyeonggi Province|Gyeonggi]], South Korea]]

Filling stations in South Korea offer a variety of services, such as providing bottled water or tissues, and cleaning free of charge. But most have switched to self-service.<ref>[https://www.chosun.com/economy/industry-company/2023/11/03/SBK5VOXKP5BUTNDN6S3IE2KEVU/ 이제 전국 주유소의 절반 넘었다… ‘셀프 전성시대’] - The Chosun Daily</ref> Some large full-service stations have many services, such as tire pressure charging, automatic car washing, and self-cleaning. Some of them are free to gas customers who spend more than a certain amount.

===North America===
[[File:Self-Serve Gas Map.png|left|thumb|Red counties do not permit self-service. Blue counties require full-service, but allow stations to permit self-service.]]
In the past, filling stations in the United States offered a choice between ''full service'' and ''self service''. Before 1970, full service was the norm, and self-service was rare. Today, few stations advertise or provide full service. Full service stations are more common in wealthy and upscale areas. The cost of full service is usually assessed as a fixed amount per US gallon.

The first self-service station in the United States was in [[Los Angeles]], opened in 1947 by Frank Urich.<ref>{{cite web
| url          = http://www.nacsonline.com/Magazine/PastIssues/2011/October2011/Pages/Feature8.aspx
| title        = Self-Serve Evolution
| last         = Hamaker
| first        = Sarah
| date         = October 2011
| website      = The Association for Convenience & Fuel Retailing
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150311001247/http://www.nacsonline.com/Magazine/PastIssues/2011/October2011/Pages/Feature8.aspx
| archive-date = 2015-03-11
}}</ref> In [[Canada]], the first self-service station opened in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], in 1949. It was operated by the independent company Henderson Thriftway Petroleum, owned by Bill Henderson.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/historic/33017474.html |title=P is for Pump |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |access-date=2010-01-19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001170529/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/historic/33017474.html |archive-date=2012-10-01 |date=2008-08-22 |last1=Gackle |first1=Paul }}</ref>

[[File:Mobil gas station in Belmont, California.jpg|thumb|right|A typical US filling station, like this [[Mobil]] station in [[Belmont, California]]]]
[[File:Petrocan gasbar, 8th St, Saskatoon.JPG|thumb|right|A typical Canadian station, like this [[Petro-Canada]] station in [[Saskatoon, Saskatchewan]]]]
[[File:Sheetz canopy.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Sheetz]] station with several pumps in [[Breezewood, Pennsylvania]], US]]

In New Jersey, filling stations offer only full service (and mini service); attendants there are required to pump gasoline for customers. Customers, in fact, are prohibited by law from pumping their own gasoline. The only exception to this within New Jersey is at the filling station next to [[Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst|Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst]] in [[Wrightstown, New Jersey|Wrightstown]]. New Jersey prohibited self-service in 1949, with the passage of "Retail Gasoline Dispensing Safety Act," after lobbying by service station owners. That laws states that "Because of the fire hazards directly associated with dispensing fuel, it is in the public interest that gasoline station operators have the control needed over that activity to ensure compliance with appropriate safety procedures, including turning off vehicle engines and refraining from smoking while fuel is dispensed."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Department of Labor and Workforce Development {{!}} Retail Gasoline Dispensing Safety Act and Regulations|url=https://www.nj.gov/labor/lsse/laws/Retail_Gasoline_Act_and_Regs.html#19611|access-date=2021-10-21|website=www.nj.gov}}</ref> Proponents of the prohibition cite safety and jobs as reasons to keep the ban.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Genovese|first=Peter|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopedianewj00luri|title=Encyclopedia of New Jersey|publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]]|year=2004|isbn=978-0-8135-3325-4|editor-last=Lurie|editor-first=Maxine N.|place=[[Piscataway, New Jersey]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopedianewj00luri/page/n321 295]|contribution=Full-service gas stations|editor2-last=Mappen|editor2-first=Marc|url-access=limited}}</ref> Of note, the ban does not apply to the pumping of diesel fuel at filling stations (though individual filling stations may prohibit this); nor does it apply to the pumping of gasoline into boats or aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Department of Labor and Workforce Development {{!}} Retail Gasoline Dispensing Safety Act and Regulations|url=https://www.nj.gov/labor/lsse/laws/Retail_Gasoline_Act_and_Regs.html#19611|access-date=2021-10-22|website=www.nj.gov}}</ref>

[[Oregon]] prohibited self-service in a 1951 statute prohibiting that listed 17 different justifications, including [[flammability]], the risk of crime from customers leaving their vehicles, toxic fumes, and the jobs created by requiring mini service.<ref>[[Oregon Revised Statutes|ORS]] 480.315. {{cite web|title=Chapter 480|url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors480.html|access-date=2008-06-24|work=Oregon Revised Statutes, 2007 edition|publisher=Legislative Counsel Committee of the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]]}}</ref>  In 1982 Oregon voters rejected a ballot measure sponsored by the service station owners, which would have legalized self-service.<ref>Ballot Measure 4 of 1982 was titled "Permits Self-Service Dispensing of Motor Vehicle Fuel at Retail" and failed with 440,824 votes in favor and 597,970 against. {{cite web |year=2008 |title=Initiative, Referendum and Recall: 1980–1987 |url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Documents/elections/initiative.pdf |access-date=2008-06-24 |work=[[Oregon Blue Book]]}}</ref>  Oregon legislators passed a bill that was signed into law by the Governor in May 2017 to allow self-service for counties with a total population of 40,000 or less beginning in January 2018.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=30 December 2017 |title=Many central Oregon gas stations to pass on self-service |publisher=Associated Press |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/12/many_central_oregon_gas_statio.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231004542/http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/12/many_central_oregon_gas_statio.html |archive-date=31 December 2017}}</ref> [[Governor of Oregon|Governor]] [[Tina Kotek]] passed a law allowing for it in 2023, but stations are still required to provide full-serve for customers who want it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Andy |date=2023-08-06 |title=Oregon drivers are now allowed to pump their own fuel after the state lifted a ban dating back to 1951 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/06/us/oregon-drivers-pump-own-fuel-law/index.html |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

The constitutionality of the self-service bans has been disputed. The Oregon statute was brought into court in 1989 by [[ARCO]], and the New Jersey statute was challenged in court in 1950 by a small independent service station, Rein Motors. Both challenges failed. Former New Jersey governor [[Jon Corzine]] sought to lift the ban on self-service for New Jersey. He asserted that it would be able to lower gas prices, but some New Jerseyans argued that it could cause drawbacks, especially unemployment.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}

The town of [[Huntington, New York]] has prohibited self-service stations since the early 1970s firstly to prevent theft and later due to safety concerns.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-04|title=Long Island Town May Finally Give Gas Station Owners Option Of Having Self-Service Pumps|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/12/04/self-service-gas-stations-huntington-long-island/|access-date=2020-06-10|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-02|title=Huntington may lift ban on self-service gas pumps {{!}} Newsday|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/huntington-self-service-gas-station-1.38962611|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202144404/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/huntington-self-service-gas-station-1.38962611|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-12-02|access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref>

The towns of [[Arlington, Massachusetts]] and [[Weymouth, Massachusetts]] have also prohibited self-service stations since 1975 and 1977, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-05-25|title=Session 9 picks up, rejects self-service gas, begins zoning articles|url=https://www.yourarlington.com/arlington-archives/town-school/town-meeting/20373-tm22-9.html|access-date=2024-08-07|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-05-02|title=Massachusetts Town Votes to Block Self-Serve Gas Stations|url=https://www.convenience.org/Media/Daily/2013/ND0502132|access-date=2024-08-07|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-29|title=Ban on self-service pumps remains firm|url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/weymouth-news/2019/04/29/ban-on-self-service-pumps/5313886007/|access-date=2024-08-07|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-26|title=Weymouth holds tight to 41-year ban on self-service gas pumps|url=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2019/04/26/weymouth-holds-tight-to-41/5314803007/|access-date=2024-08-07|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-11-14|title=No pumping your own gas in Weymouth|url=https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2013/11/14/no-pumping-your-own-gas-in-weymouth/|access-date=2024-08-07|language=en-US}}</ref> 

Contrary to popular belief, lit cigarettes are not capable of igniting [[gasoline]]. However, several states outlaw smoking at gas stations as the fire from the ignition source used to light the cigarette can ignite gasoline vapors. Most gas stations and many municipalities will also explicitly ban any smoking activity within certain distances of gasoline pumps.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Marcus |first1=Howard A. |last2=Geiman |first2=Justin A. |date=2014-11-01 |title=The Propensity of Lit Cigarettes to Ignite Gasoline Vapors |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-013-0380-3 |journal=Fire Technology |language=en |volume=50 |issue=6 |pages=1391–1412 |doi=10.1007/s10694-013-0380-3 |s2cid=254511285 |issn=1572-8099}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2011 Code of Virginia :: Title 46.2 MOTOR VEHICLES. :: Chapter 8 Regulation of Traffic (46.2-800 thru 46.2-947) :: 46.2-819.4 Smoking in proximity to gas pumps; penalty. |url=https://law.justia.com/codes/virginia/2011/title46-2/chapter8/46-2-819-4 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Justia Law |language=en}}</ref>