NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - More than 73 million Americans will travel by car this Thanksgiving according to AAA. That means a lot of business for your local gas stations, but how do you know that the amount of gas you’re paying for is the amount that actually ends up in your tank?

That’s a job for the Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Weights and Measures Inspectors. There are dozens who work across the state inspecting gas pumps for safety and accuracy, to make sure the amount of gas they pump matches the number on the screen.

They inspect every gas pump in the state annually.

“We open up all the gas pumps,” said Weights and Measures Coordinator Robert Carrier. “We check all the internal components of the gas pumps. We check for leaks, security seals, make sure that there’s no fire

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