The Government
has now brought in the Army
to help get the Petrol around the UK.

I thought things were getting better quickly as so many had filled up


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Omg, I'm so glad I don't drive. :shocked:
I usually go to work by walk.

Yes healthy option

i have been in the car today for 4.5 hours driving around Central Northern Scotland and i saw no queues and no panic and i passed 8 stations

Empty stations have their pumps taped up of course though ..


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it's not a uniform problem across the country, because fundamentally, the problem comes from panic buyers. All it takes is for a couple of cars to queue for petrol at a station to make everyone passing say ... oh i better get petrol too. They then join the queue and before you know it, every station in that locality will be swamped. Even if there is no shortage of petrol, there will be shortly after that happens, no matter how good the supply of petrol actually is

Its pretty calm where I am now - i was able to get some this morning, no queue and no inflated price like it was earlier in the week when roads were blocked, queues were huge and you could only get £30.

Every one has filled up for now but expect it to be bad again when people run out again everyone been trick there no problem or you would not be able to fill the tank up :laugh:

I don't think it will be as bad again now everyone has filled up. People were filling their cars just for them to sit on the drive. Everyone's usage will be different so as long as the media or government don't advise people not to panic buy again, it should be ok now.

:fc:

My local petrol station is only 5 mins from where I live but it’s been an absolute nightmare trying to get fuel. Went their on Tuesday to fill my van up and it took me 1 hour and 45 mins in the queue and it was about an hour in the queue filling it up today. It’s absolute madness I’ve even been driving past petrol stations that are closed because the fuel tanker lorry is in there and people are still queuing up on the roads waiting for the garage to open :laugh:.

I hope this doesn’t go on for much longer.

Drove past (well, my wife drove past, I cannot drive for at least another 6 months :umm2: ) about 4 or 5 petrol pumps while we were out doing the shopping etc. this afternoon ... no issues at any of them. No shortage, no queues, completely normal.

It's quite bizarre the ways this has affected some areas really badly but not affected other areas at all :think:

Armed Forces will be delivering petrol to the worst areas as of Monday .. apparently


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