TRENTON — New Jersey motorists won't have to pump their own gas anytime soon. Gov. Chris Christie told a caller on Millennium Radio's "Ask the Governor" program today that he won't support legislation for self-service gasoline because most residents don't want it. Christie proposed allowing self-serve gas while campaigning for governor in 2009. But he said he dropped the...
File photo of an Exxon gas station in Randolph in December 2010.TRENTON — New Jersey motorists won't have to pump their own gas anytime soon.
Gov. Chris Christie told a caller on Millennium Radio's "Ask the Governor" program today that he won't support legislation for self-service gasoline because most residents don't want it.
Christie proposed allowing self-serve gas while campaigning for governor in 2009. But he said he dropped the proposal because of push-back from drivers.
His predecessor, Democrat Jon Corzine, abandoned a similar proposal three years earlier after estimating the savings at 6 cents per gallon.
Christie says New Jersey's gas prices are still among the lowest in the country. That's because the state has a lower gas tax than all but a few states.
New Jersey and Oregon are the only states that don't permit drivers to pump their own gas.