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92 cars isn't much if you are at the front of the line, if your in the back 92 cars is probably enough to let you run out of gas if you were on "E" when you got in the que. Especially if they only have one grade of gasoline and are only pumping on a few pumps.
My brother gassed up at a QuickTrip with 4 pumps per island and 6 islands, they were only serving gas from 1/2 of those pumps and that is after he sat there and watched the tanker truck fill the tank. It was 3 am and there was a car at every pump waiting.
Not pretty, seems like in a multi-state shortage, the feds would get involved? At least institute rationing to restore some semblance of order.
Looks like I'll be getting the bicycle in shape,they're shouldn't be too many cars to dodge on the streets by the end of the week. Wish I had a bike path, I like my job, but I don't want to die for it.
If US cars were fitted with the (still rare) European system where the engine is automatically cut when the car is stationary, and starts again as soon as the gas pedal is pressed, running out whilst queueing is not likely in a 92 car queue.