{"id":1022,"date":"2006-04-28T10:04:15","date_gmt":"2006-04-28T18:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/04\/enforce_the_pass-through_and_we_can_mainstream_that.html"},"modified":"2006-04-28T10:04:15","modified_gmt":"2006-04-28T18:04:15","slug":"enforce_the_pas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/04\/enforce_the_pas.html","title":{"rendered":"Enforce The Pass-Through And We Can Mainstream That"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/04\/28\/nyregion\/28pump.html?ex=1303876800&#038;en=3cf737ef1872d84b&#038;ei=5090&#038;partner=rssuserland&#038;emc=rss\">New Jersey might actually get rid of mandatory full-serve<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>There are certain truths about New Jersey that have always seemed to be immutable: It is the most densely populated state. It has the highest property taxes in the country. And it is one of the few places left where you cannot pump your own gasoline.<\/p>\n<p>But if Gov. Jon S. Corzine has his way, drivers may soon be in for a cultural about-face.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Corzine proposed Thursday that the state lift its self-serve ban as part of a package of transportation proposals on carpooling, mass transit and enforcement, intended to cushion residents from rising gasoline prices. And while he cautioned that his proposal was just a pilot program that would be limited to perhaps three months, he said that self-serve gasoline could save drivers about 5 or 6 cents a gallon, if properly handled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We think it&#8217;s a responsible thing to do,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If we can enforce the pass-through and we can mainstream that over a period of time, then it would be permanent and broadly applied throughout the state.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What exactly does it mean to &#8220;enforce the pass-through&#8221; and subsequently &#8220;mainstreaming&#8221; it? No matter &#8212; but check out this fool idiot:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The idea does require legislative approval, however, and early reaction was mixed. Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, a Democrat from Middlesex County who is chairman of the transportation committee, said in a statement, &#8220;Telling a motorist that self-serve will save them money at the pump is like telling someone that they could save money on a new home by building it themselves.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Um, there&#8217;s that little issue of paying all of the little men who <em>pump<\/em> the gas . . . Jackass . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey might actually get rid of mandatory full-serve: There are certain truths about New Jersey that have always seemed to be immutable: It is the most densely populated state. It has the highest property taxes in the country. And it is one of the few places left where you cannot pump your own gasoline. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culturalanthropological"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}