UK gas stations run dry as trucker shortage sparks hoarding

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Thousands of British gas stations have run dry, as motorists scrambled to fill up amid a supply disruption due to a shortage of truck drivers.

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A view of a sign at a petrol station, in Bracknell England, Sunday Sept. 26, 2021. In a U-turn, Britain says it will issue thousands of emergency visas to foreign truck drivers to help fix supply-chain problems that have caused empty supermarket shelves, long lines at gas stations and shuttered petrol pumps.

The Petrol Retailers Association, which represents almost 5,500 independent outlets, said about two-thirds of its members were reporting that they had sold out their fuel, with the rest “partly dry and running out soon.” “There is plenty of fuel in this country, but it is in the wrong place for the motorists,” he told the BBC. “It is still in the terminals and the refineries.”

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lauferlaw Brexit anyone?

Why is the whole world short on truck drivers?

Thousands is not correct. A few, mostly in the South of England where the selfish self obsessed live.

Would it be possible to use troops that have proper driving licensing to drive the trucks to deliver essential items? 🤔

The government would rather use the military to subsidize petrol corporation profits than allow the free market to function properly. What else is new?

Hahahah. Use wind

'Chess at the table they trading- I'ma big stepper like Dominos- half of my cars I ain't driving now- pull that shit over I just ride the pilot- half of my keys look indicted now- half of this goat look intelligent- look like that room I was built with the genius- that's why I-'

Any Tesla driver on the street? Now, is their moment

Climate change fighting back

Electric station sorry

Will these gas stations become desk lamps in the near future? If that's not possible, you just have to take your own bucket and go buy petrol. Thank you

this is terrible news

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