Their gas was basically just water and it killed their cars (youtube.com)
They have an organization that goes around and tests regularly, but only for quantity disperses, but they are not allowed to check or use tools to check for quality of the gas.
A commenter, @dkservice424, ‘40 year auto mechanic here. I have had many cars come in over the years with straight water in the tank. I just remove the fuel line and just run the fuel pump until it runs out of fuel/water. Put in two gallons of new gas and run the pump again until straight gas is running out. Connect the fuel line again and start the car and let it run for about 20 minutes. Then completely fill the tank and it’s good to go. Never had another problem related to the water being in there. Shops replacing all fuel lines, fuel injector’s fuel regulator’s are just ripping people off and is totally unnecessary. Just taking advantage of people’s misfortune. I charge around $300 for the time involved. I have seen people with $2500.00 bills for repairs for water in the tank. A lot of shops/ dealers are scumbags.’
Commenter: ‘It should be REQUIRED to test gas for quality letting gas companies get away with this is insane.’
Another: ‘This is also why lobbying should be outlawed. representatives should be making things better for their constituents, not their donors and lobbyist.’
The video replays a very similar video from 2001, the same story about Ohio.
I would recommend the citizens not worry about the politicians who are now ‘trying to get a bill passed’ and just fund a local inspection service, with their results public, and leave the government out of it. With a ready secondary plan to add a second or third, separate and competing testing outfit, in case the first one is compromised by lobbyists.