(In this context, that smiley face gives me the creeps…)
Bergen county in NJ still has a no shopping on Sundays law. HOV lane use rules very - in NYC must be 3 in the vehicle - in CT is is 2.
Not sure how proud NJ is of not letting you pump your own gas - but it is strange that is is not allowed. Growing up, you couldn’t pump your own in NYC either (not sure about this law nowadays).
@Publisher In Ohio you can turn left on red only if turning from a one way street onto a one way street.
I don’t think of it as “not being allowed to” pump my own gas in NJ; I think of it as “I never, ever have to” and am very happy with that.
For those of us traveling through NJ, it is an understatement to say it’s annoying that we can’t pump our own gas.
I never travel through New Jersey. Do you have to tip those who pump your gas? Do they clean you windshields at the same time?
Until this past January, you also weren’t allowed to pump your own gas anywhere in Oregon. Now you can pump your own gas only in counties with fewer than 40,000 residents, but not anywhere else, like Portland, for example.
You don’t tip them, they don’t clean your windshield, and you pay a good 20 cents more a gallon for the pleasure of having somebody else do the pumping!
“I never travel through New Jersey. Do you have to tip those who pump your gas? Do they clean you windshields at the same time?”
We love when we drive through NJ and don’t need to pump our own gas. Who enjoys pumping gas? Not me! Bonus is that gas in NJ is cheaper than a lot of other places so it’s like bonus freebie.
They do clean the windshields, too. We do tip when we travel through on the NJ Turnpike, a buck or two, but it’s obvious from how appreciative they seem that it isn’t the norm to tip.
Stand your ground and concealed carry.
Whether you suspect a large percent of the other people are armed does/should play into decision making about how to interact.
I was in NJ last week, got gas twice while there and neither time did they clean my windshield. I would prefer to pump my own gas, as I always do anywhere else, as it’s faster and my credit card never leaves my hand.
Sometimes they clean windshields, sometimes not. I always tip, but I don’t think most people do.
In actual practice, states with “stand your ground” include those with high and low violent crime rates, as do states without “stand your ground”. Most states have “stand your ground”; those without are mostly in the Northeast, but also include AR, DE, HI, ME, MN, NE.
Open carry of firearms is also quite variable by state and locality.
I’ve been in WA for about two years now and have been pulled over four times already for speeding, twice on I-5 and twice on sleepy county roads, once with OOS plates and three times with instate. I find this a little odd, because “everyone does it” and I try not to go faster than the flow of traffic.
Luckily, I’ve escaped with four warnings, which I attribute to being humble, polite, and white.
Not from my back seat!
We are from CT. We travel to NJ more than a couple of times a year, and the gas they pump for me is always less expensive in NJ…than the gas I pump myself here in CT.
But back to the discussion…
It’s illegal to smoke in Hawaii if you’re under 21.
On car forums, some complain about the gasoline pump people spilling gasoline (that you pay for) or put the wrong fuel in (occasionally diesel versus gasoline errors, though nozzle sizing means that this is mostly an issue for diesel vehicles), so it is not necessarily always better in NJ or OR.
Real estate practices and laws differ between states as well. A relative bought a house in PA and there just seemed to be a lot less paperwork than NJ requires.
I don’t know - it’s cold with heavy rain here in NJ today. Very glad not to have to get out to pump my own gas. It is very rare in my area to have to wait more than a minute or two for an attendant to start pumping.
Another thing that varies wildly is how much work you can do without a building permit and what kind of work. A while ago I had a client who restuccoed his small apartment building. It turned out that if it had been a 1 or 2 family house no permit was required, but anything bigger than that needed one.
Do they still have Drive-Thru Daiquiris in Louisiana?