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Never really bothered me that they make it on both sides. And I agree with nylonggamer that it may help with traffic flow.
I think it hurts the flow. Since most stations have two pumps per lane, having the filler on the same side would at least ensure both cars in a lane are facing the same direction.
no, it balances the flow of traffic in gas stations
I usually fill up at Costco, where there are 8 or 10 lines of vehicles waiting to fill up. It always amazes me how many people in line pay no attention to which side the tank is on, and have to stretch the hose across the car to reach the tank because they pulled up on the wrong side. There goes you, "Balance the flow of traffic" idea out the window..!
Something no one has mentioned that used to drive me crazy. My company provided me with a Ford truck, which had dual tanks. Both filler doors were on the same side of the vehicle, which was very convenient.
My personal Chevy truck had dual tanks, with a filler on each side of the truck. It was a pain to have to fill one tank, turn the truck around to fill the other tank. The only time I would ever prefer anything about a Ford over a Chevy...
I've heard if you drive in the right lane, it should be on the right side of the car. If you run out of gas and need to fill up on the side of the road, you are filling up on the shoulder side, not on the side with cars passing by. But majority of American brand cars don't follow this, so who knows. Most American brand cars fill up on the driver's side.
My '13 Taurus is on the passenger side, which is still taking some getting used to. I still take a second to think about which pump I need to pull up to.
I usually fill up at Costco, where there are 8 or 10 lines of vehicles waiting to fill up. It always amazes me how many people in line pay no attention to which side the tank is on, and have to stretch the hose across the car to reach the tank because they pulled up on the wrong side. There goes you, "Balance the flow of traffic" idea out the window..!
Something no one has mentioned that used to drive me crazy. My company provided me with a Ford truck, which had dual tanks. Both filler doors were on the same side of the vehicle, which was very convenient.
My personal Chevy truck had dual tanks, with a filler on each side of the truck. It was a pain to have to fill one tank, turn the truck around to fill the other tank. The only time I would ever prefer anything about a Ford over a Chevy...
well nothing works well when you're dealing with a group of idiots but i havent seen this too often
European cars don't show it, but then you know it is on the right.
I do make good use this arrow since I get to rent a lot of cars and they could be either side (since most rentals are US/Japan/Korea made).
My Audi Q5 has an arrow pointed to the right, but my Honda Ridgeline has no arrow. So that's 2 instances against what you said. I don't think there's any hard and fast rule and obviously no one has driven every make and model to know this for a fact.
I usually fill up at Costco, where there are 8 or 10 lines of vehicles waiting to fill up. It always amazes me how many people in line pay no attention to which side the tank is on, and have to stretch the hose across the car to reach the tank because they pulled up on the wrong side. There goes you, "Balance the flow of traffic" idea out the window..!
Something no one has mentioned that used to drive me crazy. My company provided me with a Ford truck, which had dual tanks. Both filler doors were on the same side of the vehicle, which was very convenient.
My personal Chevy truck had dual tanks, with a filler on each side of the truck. It was a pain to have to fill one tank, turn the truck around to fill the other tank. The only time I would ever prefer anything about a Ford over a Chevy...
In NJ they pump the gas for you and naturally, sometimes the line for the left pump is 5 cars long whereas there's no line for the right pump. They will always wave you over regardless of where your gas tank is because that's what a long pump hose is for - to reach the other side of a car. Those people who go to the "wrong" line are just smarter than you because they went to the shorter line.
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