I. Farticus
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Almost 100% correctWhere domed
Petrol Panic Buying Observations
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baguio
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Panic has got nothing to do with it. Without electricity and stuff it's simply that the news hasn't got to the north yet!
nun_hunter
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Private companies aren't willing to have their profits affected for fear of upsetting shareholders. That's why pay isn't rising and the end consumer foots the bill for every little increase because "sorry costs have gone up so we are forced to pass them on". When what they mean is "cost have gone up and we can't cut staff or supplier wages any more as we are already at the minimum and our shareholders and CEO are greedy scum bags who want a second holiday home and even newer car and a 6th holiday this year and aren't willing to not see a rise in their dividends this year"
if there is an influx of HGV drivers from Europe you can be guaranteed one thing, they are not going to be good drivers, most European countries have driver shortages, and most will pay the same wage as here, and at least in Europe HGV drivers are respected, and have a lot more facilities than we do here, they have large parking areas on the Motorways where you don't have to pay to park, and where there is room to park for the night without fear of being robbed, or your sheets being slashed, also by working in Mainland Europe there is always the chance of getting home for the weekend.
Why should drivers travel over here, have to find accommodation (as it is illegal to sleep in the cab at weekends, unless in a place with toilets etc.) when they can get the same pay back home, also remember some of these drivers got their licence not on their driving skills, but by how much they had in their wallets, many Hauliers over here learned this at a huge cost, when they thought they were hiring cheap labour, they soon found out cheap labour comes at a high cost, many of the good European drivers that came over here are still here with their families.
Even Agency HGV drivers over here still get £10 ph, you can get that working in Aldi or Asda filling shelves, the sooner that Hauliers realise that HGV driving is a profession, and pay a decent wage, the sooner they will be able to recruit drivers to fill the shortfall, the Govt need to do their part too, making sure Drivers can park safely at night and have the facilities they need when they do.
Why should drivers travel over here, have to find accommodation (as it is illegal to sleep in the cab at weekends, unless in a place with toilets etc.) when they can get the same pay back home, also remember some of these drivers got their licence not on their driving skills, but by how much they had in their wallets, many Hauliers over here learned this at a huge cost, when they thought they were hiring cheap labour, they soon found out cheap labour comes at a high cost, many of the good European drivers that came over here are still here with their families.
Even Agency HGV drivers over here still get £10 ph, you can get that working in Aldi or Asda filling shelves, the sooner that Hauliers realise that HGV driving is a profession, and pay a decent wage, the sooner they will be able to recruit drivers to fill the shortfall, the Govt need to do their part too, making sure Drivers can park safely at night and have the facilities they need when they do.
gerarddwatts
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Soo....where have all the tankers drivers that were working last week.....(with the additional qualification that tanker driving requires...) gone this week....
Passed one of those BP's on the way home from foxing last night, £1:43 litre Diesel.
To drive non tanker HGVs for more money…..
That’ll my tank well over £100 then.
You know, one of those that refused service to a member of HM forces in uniform.
I think I saw 156.9 at Fleet services yesterday.
No wonder motorway services are getting priority for deliveries.
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No I don’t know, but that sounds ridiculous!
All 3 petrol stations in my town have either had no fuel or sold out both Friday, Saturday & Sunday. We have a fleet of 20 or so vans to get our guys to sites, this could be a big problem for businesses and therefore the economy if they don’t sort it soon.
shakey jake
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is no one else planning on just running on red and declaring it?
if you need to work and keep records, no way would a prosicution be in public interest
if you need to work and keep records, no way would a prosicution be in public interest
C**ts every one of the panic buyers!
As a key worker I needed to get some gogo juice, didnt fill up, just did what I normally do and some prize tosser...yes he was driving an audi of course...jumped the queue of a dozen cars behind to get to a pump. Fair play to the lady who was marshalling the drivers she came over and told him to rejoin the queue and if he tried to take fuel they'd turn his pump off and refuse to serve him!
she deserved a medal!!
It defies logic to use half a tank of fuel to find fuel
As a key worker I needed to get some gogo juice, didnt fill up, just did what I normally do and some prize tosser...yes he was driving an audi of course...jumped the queue of a dozen cars behind to get to a pump. Fair play to the lady who was marshalling the drivers she came over and told him to rejoin the queue and if he tried to take fuel they'd turn his pump off and refuse to serve him!
she deserved a medal!! It defies logic to use half a tank of fuel to find fuel
baguio
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What are we supposed to do though? I'm classed as a key worker too but what does that actually mean? Is it more important that I pay my mortgage before the bloke next door? We all need to get to work to pay the bills. If I had waited until Friday to fill up I would currently have an empty tank. Workers need fuel and if they get to a fuel pump they're going to fill up like they always do. The people that annoy me are the retired people who can easily walk to the shops and hardly use their car anyway but are filling up their car because they've heard that there's a shortage. Their tank with 100miles of fuel left in it will last them a month. Now that's just selfish IMO.
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