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Re:Why Can't I Take an Orange Through Customs? by davidw on Thursday November 20, 2014 @05:29AM (#8635114)
Yep - the state I'm from in the US, Oregon, has a law that says you can't pump your own gasoline.
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Re:Why Can't I Take an Orange Through Customs? by gambiting on Thursday November 20, 2014 @05:46AM (#8635150)
Wasn't that law implemented to create more jobs, rather than for safety?
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Re:Why Can't I Take an Orange Through Customs? by wnevets on Thursday November 20, 2014 @08:53AM (#8635661)
IIRC correctly its actually has to do with insurance premiums rather than blanket "safety" reasons.
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Re:Why Can't I Take an Orange Through Customs? by jdhzzz on Thursday November 20, 2014 @06:27AM (#8635230)
Same for New Jersey. I was informed somewhere along the line that it was originally for safety and never got repealed. Now it seems to have morphed into a jobs "plan".
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