Petrol rationing
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woodbine
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The EG group which operates 400 forecourts has announced a £30 limit on customers excluding emergency service workers, as motorist start to panic buy fuel ,due to a small number of forecourts running out due to lack of delivery drivers.
It should be noted that there is no shortage of petrol or diesel.
The govt. is considering issuing visas to HGV drivers from outside the UK and or sending in the army to drive fuel tankers.
It should be noted that there is no shortage of petrol or diesel.
The govt. is considering issuing visas to HGV drivers from outside the UK and or sending in the army to drive fuel tankers.
2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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No panic buying here, in fact I went out for a drive yesterday just for fun.
The queues for the petrol stations that I went past were long. One was backing up almost onto a dual carriageway - a bit dangerous.
If people didn’t panic buy there wouldn’t be an issue! -
The £30 cap might be a good idea in principal, but when you put an artificial limit on something, you're perpetuating the notion of scarcity which tends to encourage panic-buying anyway.
I'm down to well under quarter of a tank (poor planning on my part!) but don't have the time, nor inclination to queue halfway around town, so the kids might not be going to school next week!
Maybe we'll get lucky and find 100,000 new HGV drivers by the start of October!Community Manager
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If you think about it all these people who have filled their tanks in the last couple of days won't need petrol for a week maybe two so demand will slow down soon.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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I went to see a friend this afternoon and although i do have just over half a tank of diesel i thought i'd call into Asda just to fill the tank up... my idea soon went out the window when i realised it was closed because they'd completely sold out of all fuel. I did drive past a few petrol stations with people queuing but i'm not going to be joining them anytime soon. Ridiculous!
I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help. -
came back home from visiting our son late last night - (well 1 am this morning) the garages that were open had hardly any one filling up
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@woodbine I don’t personally drive, but I have heard about how people have started panic buying, which takes me right back to the beginning with groceries. There is no need to panic buy, I’ve seen my mum today and she said there are queues outside the 3 petrol stations she passed on her way to mine. People should think about each other and pull together.
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The lest pull together ship sailed at the end of the first lockdown, never to sail again probably.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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Maybe they should get people off the dole put them through the test and get people employed boris cant back track and now say they can use temporary EU drivers he wanted out deal with it boris
My petrol station ran dry in 8 hrs absolute mayhem and ridiculous people swearing at us whilst we were trying to work and deal with cars trying to get on the petrol station
Tomorrow we have a delivery and it will happen again but because loads of petrol stations need delivery's it will cause more problems trying to get round them all so it will take a whilst now to get it sorted -
Next door neighbour tried Sainsbury's, tesco and an esso station this morning, non of them had and petrol, a situation caused by panic buying.
The government are now going to issue temp.visas to 5,000 drivers that will expire on Christmas eve, a drop in the ocean when they tell us we are short of 100,000 HGV divers.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡 -
Thats an assumption Mike and discriminating and those people most of them drive cars alot of people had jobs and list them due to brexit and corona virus people aren't qualified here because the government used drivers frim abroad now the prime minister is back tracking and wants to use EU drivers
The government need to spend money on training people so the UK has qualified workers ithe UK wanted out of the EU now they have to sort it out -
Username_removed said:Unfortunately @lisathomas50 literacy levels in the UK are so poor now that you’d do well to find many benefit claimants in a position to do the written element of any tests.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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@lisathomas50 I think though if all the unemploymed people had wanted this job, they would have been pro actively doing something about it now. Same as with fruit pickers/ meat processors etc. Certain jobs are not popular and frankly pretty rotten jobs, so you ca see why. Government definitely do not want to bring foreign drivers in, they have no choice, but listening on LBC this am, they really don’t want to come, so no need to worry. However we will see more and more shortages
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@MaisieBoohoo can't keep back tracking and asking EU drivers to help we are out the EU its only a temporary measure and those that will come and drive will charge a higher price the UK wanted out they have to get people qualified in the UK
The government need to pull their finger out and train people to drive tankers and hgv lorries and to do everything else the UK relied on the EU for -
I'm not getting into the discussion, just giving some links about literacy:https://literacytrust.org.uk/parents-and-families/adult-literacy/what-do-adult-literacy-levels-mean/
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MaisieBoohoo said:@lisathomas50 I think though if all the unemploymed people had wanted this job, they would have been pro actively doing something about it now. Same as with fruit pickers/ meat processors etc. Certain jobs are not popular and frankly pretty rotten jobs, so you ca see why. Government definitely do not want to bring foreign drivers in, they have no choice, but listening on LBC this am, they really don’t want to come, so no need to worry. However we will see more and more shortages2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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Those people on the dole ? Is that not a very old term for unemployed
Some are not unemployed through any fault of their own and would no doubt be grateful of a driving job
How are they supposed to come up with the cost of training to become a hgv or tanker driver -
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i think you think there are a wedge of EU drivers waiting to come back here to work, and frankly they can pick and choose work in EU wit a lot less hassle than coming here for 3 months.
as people have said, how are the out of work people who can work…health wise, going to fund the cost of training…
so maybe some will find a way, but I can’t see a ton of young people wanting to be away for nights on end, sleeping in cab beside the road and struggling to find toilets and showering.
I can safely say we will never fill 100,000 vacancies like this, the same for chicken pluckers, and flower or fruit pickers. No reason why these jobs have not been taken by UK citizens…..hence we need to go begging to EU for them too -
On the news earlier 125,000 drivers short in Poland and lots of other EU countries are sort by 75-100,000 so I cant see any great rush of drivers wanting to cross the channel for 3 months work.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-support-to-help-people-to-become-hgv-drivers-among-package-of-government-measures-to-ease-risk-of-shortages
Looks like government already started to put plans in place
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MaisieBoohoo said:…..hence we need to go begging to EU for them tooInformation I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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