Christie proposed allowing self-serve gas while campaigning for governor in 2009, said the report. But he said he dropped the proposal because of pushback from drivers.
His predecessor, Democrat Jon S. Corzine, abandoned a similar proposal [image-nocss] three years earlier after estimating the savings at six cents per gallon, the report added.
Christie said New Jersey's gasoline prices are still among the lowest in the country. That is because the state has a lower gasoline tax than all but a few states.
New Jersey and Oregon are the only states that do not permit drivers to pump their own gasoline.
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