Originally Posted by
Fizzer
BTW if you pump and then pay inside in Canada you are not prepaying one cent. You pump first and then pay. No hold on your card, just trust that you actually will go in and pay. The issue and the only issue when south of the border ( and only in the US )is being forced to leave my CC card behind the counter, which happened every single time in the US if I wanted to "fill her up".
Not quite true. Since 2008, you have been required to prepay for gas in BC. The law, "Grant's Law" was passed after a young Maple Ridge, BC gas station attendant was killed trying to prevent a robbery about 6 years ago. He was dragged to his death while trying to stop a $12 'gas and dash'. Since then, all gas in BC must be prepaid, exactly the same way it is done in the US. Other provinces are looking at adopting these same laws for the safety of gas station workers and Ontario just proposed a private members bill in late 2012 mandating prepayment for gas after a gas station attendant was killed there under similar circumsatances.
In BC, it reads: "The new requirements will be effective February 1, 2008 and include:
Mandatory prepayment of fuel:
Under the amended regulations, customers must prepay for fuel sold in gas stations and other retail fuelling outlets throughout BC, 24 hours a day/seven days a week."