Tanker drivers strike rant

A few people have grasped it.

Danger money.... you are sitting in a (potential) reservoir of fire. Now imagine just how many cretins they meet on the road in a average day.
Then there's the offload training etc. It's not just connecting a pipe and let rip.
If it were your'd have diesel in the unleaded bowser... "Wait a minute"... lol <--- subbies.. don't ya love em.

When a tanker punctures you usually get a river of fire down the street.

Google rivers of fire.

Oh.. Final word..

If you can't beat em......
 
can anybody tell me the last time a petrol tanker exploded on british roads?


if its so dangerous I'm assuming its a common occurence


as I dont work directly for shell either much like the tanker drivers...but can I claim an above average pay rise because they made large profits?
 
Outcast said:
A few people have grasped it.

Danger money.... you are sitting in a (potential) reservoir of fire. Now imagine just how many cretins they meet on the road in a average day.
Then there's the offload training etc. It's not just connecting a pipe and let rip.
If it were your'd have diesel in the unleaded bowser... "Wait a minute"... lol <--- subbies.. don't ya love em.

When a tanker punctures you usually get a river of fire down the street.

Google rivers of fire.

Oh.. Final word..

If you can't beat em......
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Your sitting quite a bit in front in a separate cabin of a large very well built tank well above the hight of a normal road collision. If a car goes full pelt at the side of one its just going to smash into the bottom/wheels etc, car totaled trailer a little bent- tank untouched.

Unless they get full side swiped by another truck that tank ain't getting touched by other road users.

Only real risk is if they crash into something solid, as that will crush them in the cabin.
 
i got a bunch of paintings a picture of a river on fire in black and white and some lava flows....

oh no that was river of fire, rivers gives me some books and a few sculptures too.
 
It was just over a year ago that a near identical accident happened with a much worse outcome. Rivers of fire poured down both sides of the street. Parked cars didn't stand a chance.
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http://wjz.com/local/hanover.street.2.744551.html?detectflash=false

http://www.firedirect.net/_archive/archive06/news/_global/2005/2005_16_001.htm

Witnesses said a 10-foot wall of flame flowed through the neighborhood below a rotary where the tanker flipped, blowing up cars and destroying two triple-deckers, including Malone's.
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http://media.www.dailyillini.com/me....Releases.River.Of.Burning.Fuel-3135642.shtml

A few...
 
so none of those happened in the uk then?


when was the last time anybody heard of a petrol tanker on the streets in the uk had blown up?
 
Forget blowing up.. Rarely happens anywhere.

As to that not happening here.. thats not the point.. The potential, as shown.. Is there.

Good job we train our drivers so well isn't it. <--- that does include YOU.. Joe Motorist
 
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Richdog said:
Who's going to apply for a £39k a year job? Is that a serious question?
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Yes it was. Some people on here seem obsessed with the figures. Lorry drivers can earn quite high salaries, especially if they do plenty of overtime.

It also a 32K job basic, I believe.

I support the lorry drivers and if that means I stand on the opposite side of the fence to most people here then so be it. I also support care workers and I know what good jobs they do for so little pay.
 
Just watching the local news on the petrol prices - looks like the south west has been hit quite hard (Bath is completely dry) with mixture of panic buying and just lack of deliveries.

They said one garage is charging £1.99 or something but not found somewhere else to back it up yet.
 
I hope it's not that bad in Bristol, I'm pretty sure I'm going to need to fill the car up tomorrow. TBH I haven't paid any attention.
 
Why didn't the petrol stations try to reduce panic buying and increase the amount of time petrol was avalible for by increasing petrol to £5/litre? They would have raked in the profits.
 
FTM said:
when was the last time anybody heard of a petrol tanker on the streets in the uk had blown up?
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Probably never - I'd like to keep it that way.

Problem for the tanker drivers is that now they've started behaving like bullies, blockading the refineries, Shell and the tanker companies must not be seen to give in. If they'd just gone on strike I would have been on their side.
 
Duke said:
Just watching the local news on the petrol prices - looks like the south west has been hit quite hard (Bath is completely dry) with mixture of panic buying and just lack of deliveries.

They said one garage is charging £1.99 or something but not found somewhere else to back it up yet.
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Yup Bath's completely dry, and I haven't seen any diesel since saturday morning (and that was on the way to Castle Combe). :(

Anyone know what it's like in Exeter/Plymouth? As we're going down tomorrow and back up on Wednesday (Uni open days) and Dad reckons we've just about got enough if we use the cruise control and drive like a saint. :eek:
 
Energize said:
Why didn't the petrol stations try to reduce panic buying and increase the amount of time petrol was avalible for by increasing petrol to £5/litre? They would have raked in the profits.
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quite a few are on £2 a liter, and are being called scum and other pleasantries. ;)
 
scorza said:
Probably never - I'd like to keep it that way.

Problem for the tanker drivers is that now they've started behaving like bullies, blockading the refineries, Shell and the tanker companies must not be seen to give in. If they'd just gone on strike I would have been on their side.
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Will shell even care if none of their stations have fuel to sell, I doubt they make much profit on the forecourt.
 
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