Petrol tanker drivers to go on strike

I just filled up again, massive queue of people waiting for the right hand side nozzles, I went to the left hand facing nozzles and filled up without delay by cunningly stretching the hose to reach my petrol hole thing (q for all the women here, who knew you could do that?), really wish I had a massive troll face on my shirt :p

had there of been more of a queue I would have just pushed in right at the front

more than you can afford pal, BMW.............
 
Thing is.everyone Filling up now is a good thing as there are still tanker drivers to replenish the fuel stations.

If the strike was kept quiet until it actually happened then it would be a much worse situation.

Now we have lots of cars with full tanks and drivers who will minimise fuel use. This means less impact of a strike.
 
Don't know what's up with the BP near me. Appears closed for fuel but there were about 100 people roaming around wearing yellow hi-viz with what looked like cleaning gear.
 
Simon said:
Thing is.everyone Filling up now is a good thing as there are still tanker drivers to replenish the fuel stations.

If the strike was kept quiet until it actually happened then it would be a much worse situation.

Now we have lots of cars with full tanks and drivers who will minimise fuel use. This means less impact of a strike.
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Exactly what I thought. Also, after the initial surge in demand, even if people continue to "panic" by topping their car up every day or two this won't impact the supply over the coming week as the fuel used will be the same as normal with people filling up little and often rather than filling from near empty.

After the weekend I can't see there really being any issues other than busier petrol stations with people putting a fiver in at a time.
 
Richie said:
My point exactly. If someone cannot get around 450 miles out of 40 litres of fuel for a 1.25 litre car on the m-way then something is wrong with the car OR the manner in which it is driven.
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Nope, just a 20 year old engine design (probably older) in a Y reg car. Modern petrols have come on leaps and bounds.
 
Just took me over an hour to drive the 6 miles back from work, solely due to people queueing for fuel at the Sainsbury's on the way, the Total station down the road that's always without exception 1p/litre more than the Sainsbury's was all out.
The entire roundabout was blocked by people creeping forward inches at a time, eager not to lose their place in the queue, and I was crawling for a mile or so down the road approaching the roundabout before I even saw what the cause was.
Absolutely unbelievable.
Oh, and out of all the cars I could see, do you know how many turned their engines off whilst sitting still for minutes at a time with no hope of moving even an inch? One. Me.
So glad I have almost a full tank already, I'd sooner walk everywhere than queue like that. Utter madness.
 
What is happening in the world...

People really do go overboard....how long before the milk and bread sells out, people start digging in.

I actually need to fill up, was going to do it tomorrow pay day... might have to start walking places
 
Simon said:
Thing is.everyone Filling up now is a good thing as there are still tanker drivers to replenish the fuel stations.

If the strike was kept quiet until it actually happened then it would be a much worse situation.

Now we have lots of cars with full tanks and drivers who will minimise fuel use. This means less impact of a strike.
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This could still have been achieved if people had listened properly though, and just brimmed it whenever they next needed fuel, rather than all rushing at once, drying out stations, blocking roads etc. etc.
 
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