Florida Lawmakers Get Behind Gas Pump Assistance Bill

Proposal would require Florida stations to post contact information so people with disabilities could call for assistance.

March 25, 2014

TALLAHASSEE – A Tampa Bay legislator is looking to advance a bill that would provide assistance at gas station pumps to people with disabilities, First Coast News reports.

The bill would require gas stations to post decals with a phone number on each pump at self-service stations that people with disabilities could call for assistance.

The bill stems from a 2012 Hillsborough County ordinance. The house sponsor, Rep. Mark Danish, said he wants the whole state to benefit.

"Well, in Hillsborough County it works great, but in other places, it's not a way to do it because you have to go in there and just hope that someone's gonna come out and help you by honking the horn," Danish said.

The bill requires that decals must be blue, have the words "call for assistance" on them and a phone number for the station.

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