10:45 AM CDT on Saturday, July 5, 2008 Associated Press AUSTIN — Thousands of inaccurate gas pumps each year give Texas motorists more or less fuel than the amount for which they pay. Gas Price Survival Tools: Your guide to cheaper gas, smarter driving and alternative methods A total of 5,778 pumps – more than 5 percent of the 109,369 pumps inspected last year in Texas – gave the wrong amount of gasoline or had other problems that put them out of service until they were repaired. Almost 28 percent of the problem pumps – 1,612 – shorted customers beyond a small variance allowed by the state, according to Texas Department of Agriculture inspection data analyzed by the San Antonio Express-News and the Houston Chronicle. The information was contained in a report for Saturday's newspapers. The percentage reflects only inspection...
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