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by emodendroket 2075 days ago
There was an explosion of people driving off without paying like ten years or so ago, when prices were very high, and they changed to the pay-first system. It used to work the way you described.
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ficklepickle 2075 days ago
Similar in BC, Canada. A gas station attendant was killed trying to stop someone from gas-and-dashing. Grant's law[0] was made in his memory.

[0] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-to-imple...

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