Gas stations going full-service during pandemic for safety
QIn these difficult times, it was heartening to read about the San Jose gas station offering full service so that drivers don’t have to get out of their cars. A little act of kindness and safety that I appreciate. … Why aren’t more stations doing this? My wife’s mother is 90 years old and has arthritis, but she won’t let us pump gas for her. We are told that gas station pumps are some of the dirtiest things we touch each day.
— Helen Kramer, Lee Kopp and others A They are. Kudos to the Midtown 76 gas station at San Carlos Street and Bird Avenue in San Jose, which is offering to pump gas between 3 and 8 p.m. weekdays at no extra charge. Drivers can stay safely in their cars, and workers will fill the tank. More stations should do this. Q My 101-year-old mother wants to sell her 20-year-old car to her helper. She passed the driving test and only stopped driving to the store a year ago. (She was a good driver!)
Her part-time caregiver wants to buy it, but how is that done with the DMV closed to walk-ins? Can it be done virtually? Will she have to make an appointment for two to three months from now?
I’m sure she will still be here as she was born during the Spanish flu epidemic and is going strong. But her helper would like the car.
— G.G. Uccello,
Hollister A Go to virtual.dmv. ca.gov to transfer a title and find out what other transactions can be done online. Q Your claim that gas prices will drop by 50 cents or more in April sounds like another bet to me.
On March 31, AAA listed the average price of regular gas in California as $3. If gas gets to $2.54 or lower on any day in April, I will donate $25 (or $50 if you prefer) to your selected charity. If it stays above $2.54, you donate the same amount to a charity of my choosing.
Are you game?
— Dale Allison,
Sunnyvale AI am. Q Millennials are causing problems on our bike trails during the COVID-19 scare. They were hiking with dogs at two trailheads that don’t allow dogs. Perhaps not a huge deal, except one had a fairly long leash, which can make passing difficult, especially if encountering a mountain biker.
And millennials are parking cars where no parking is allowed at the top of Montebello Road and hiking in big groups blocking the entire road with dogs and then later hiking on private land.
— Gary Linford
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I’m glad that they are getting out during the COVID-19 lockdown, but kids, pay heed.