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September 29, 2021, 08:16:01 AM |
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As some of you may know, we have a petrol and diesel crisis in the UK. There doesn't seem to be a shortage at the refineries, but there is a shortage of tanker drivers, and this is messing up deliveries. As a result of BBC and government statements that drivers shouldn't panic, everybody is panicking. This has led to garages adding a few pence or more to the price of a litre of fuel, and long queues to buy fuel. Most garages have put a £30 limit on purchases. This policy seems to be adding to the length of queues, and in some cases it can take over two hours to get to a pump. Motorists are sitting in the queues with their engines running, and this can't be helping to improve the situation. This morning I went to a supermarket at 7am and I was able to get onto a pump with no queue, I just had to wait for the guy using the pump to finish his purchase. I started to fill up, and the pump cut out at £30, as this is the limit imposed by the supermarket. Last time I filled up, I put £101 of diesel into the tank, and this can keep me going for two weeks or more if I am not going on long journeys. I went straight to another supermarket to buy more, but the queue was too long for me, and I will try again tomorrow. If I had been able to fill up, I would probably havce stayed away for a week or two.
I used a pay at kiosk pump, but I noticed that there were queues for the pay at pump stations, and some drivers were taking their £30, and then rejoining the queue to get another £30 worth. This can't be helping the situation. One woman put £6 into her car, and again this can't be productive. My suggestion is that they introduce a minimu purchase of £30 (motorcycle could be exempt), and don't have a maximum. There is already a limit of one can in some garages, but this doesn't seem to be being enforced. There are also cases of people filling plastic water bottles with petrol - this is not only extremely dangerous, but illegal in the UK.
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