In most places I've been inthe US , every individual gas pump has a seal from a local government inspector certifying -- with a date -- the inspection of the individual pump
What I don't understand is why anybody believes that that seal actually means anything, just because it's "government". I mean, I wouldn't (and don't) trust the State of North Carolina any further than I can throw it. The State government is still just a system, made up of fallible, corruptible people, with all the same quirks and foibles of people who make up private enterprise. In the end, there's no real reason to trust State regulators.
What I don't understand is why anybody believes that that seal actually means anything, just because it's "government". I mean, I wouldn't (and don't) trust the State of North Carolina any further than I can throw it. The State government is still just a system, made up of fallible, corruptible people, with all the same quirks and foibles of people who make up private enterprise. In the end, there's no real reason to trust State regulators.