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When in Rome, do as the Romans do
pwhodges:
Some petrol stations in France (I don't recall coming across it elsewhere) are arranged so that you fill first, but the exit from the station is through the cashier's booth. This seems eminently sensible, but does mean they can't make extra on things you buy in the shop that the cashier is in - but then, the ones I'm thinking of are part of a supermarket, so you've probably already spent with them.
ankhtahr:
Well, as there is no real way of leaving without having the police infront of your door very soon, our system works just fine.
pwhodges:
True; our petrol stations usually have cameras recording your number plate.
Caspian Sea Monster:
--- Quote from: Loki on 16 Sep 2013, 00:21 ---Speculation: you walk up to the cashier, pay and he "unlocks" a specific pump up to the amount you paid? That's how I'd implement it.
--- End quote ---
That's precisely how it works - remotely from the register, obviously. The pump cuts off either when the tank is full (the back-pressure valve in the fill nozzle kicks it off) or when you hit the pay limit if you paid cash. Like Papersatan said, if you pay cash and then fill the tank without spending it all, you go back to the cashier to get your change. Everyone I know generally pays more attention to how many dollars worth of gas they put in rather than how many actual gallons (yes, I know, stupid US unit system.) That is, after looking around to see which station has the lowest current price.
I also find it mildly amusing that in Europe it's called (in English anyway) 'petrol' while in the US it's 'gas' while neither term is actually very accurate or descriptive. And no, small diesel cars are also ultra-mega-rare in the state. Mostly just for large trucks, and most stations that have diesel (not all of them do) only have it at one or two of the pumps. I don't know if that's normal on the other side of the pond(s).
Having my forearms on the edge of the table hurts after a while.
pwhodges:
A modern UK filling station will have both diesel and petrol at every stand; commonly two grades of each (ordinary, and with additives of unknown and unspecified usefulness). A couple I go to have a few LPG nozzles as well. And the UK was later embracing diesel than continental Europe (France in particular).
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