Short term solution would be to get the military involved with deliveries.
Every single time there is an issue with things in this country, the go-to is "get the military" in like they have super powers to do shit that no one else can do
I went to the valley to use my discount voucher for the new white away shirt, drove out of the ground on to the Woolwich road and the BP not only had fuel but there was no-one queuing.
Bring it on, I’m getting a euro millions lottery ticket tonight 🙏
Missus has just called. She’s on 57 miles before empty. Said the queue for the Shell station at Blendon was back to beyond the 3 Blackbirds which is probably about 500m away. Absolute madness
Just drove past there and there weren't any queues at all. They're out of petrol though
So there are shortages of HGV drivers in France, Germany, Italy and Holland. The U.K. even having relaxed visa restrictions in order to satisfy our shortage will be competing with all these nations for those highly sought after Eastern European drivers. Where will I wonder be most attractive to them. The EU where they have exactly the same workers rights and protections as in their homes in Poland. The same health protections and benefits or go to the U.K. which has effectively just told them to do one. If it wasn’t so serious it would be hilarious. Personally I blame the foreign drivers for being foreign.
So there are shortages of HGV drivers in France, Germany, Italy and Holland. The U.K. even having relaxed visa restrictions in order to satisfy our shortage will be competing with all these nations for those highly sought after Eastern European drivers. Where will I wonder be most attractive to them. The EU where they have exactly the same workers rights and protections as in their homes in Poland. The same health protections and benefits or go to the U.K. which has effectively just told them to do one. If it wasn’t so serious it would be hilarious. Personally I blame the foreign drivers for being foreign.
lol If you want to spin it that way, feel free mate. I'm just pointing out that, even if this "petrol shortage" is down to a lack of drivers,the problem seems to be Worldwide, let alone Europewide. (although, apparently there isn't a petrol shortage at all, it's just people emptying pumps because they're panic buying the selfish c****).
As someone who holds a HGV1, (or C+E to use the correct term, look on the rear of your licence) and use to hold an ADR, qualification required to driver a tanker full of 1202 /1203 (UN Numbers), the time taken to train an driver is not just in 5 minutes, After HGV medical, £120 Car to HGV1 takes about 10days, (£1200) Then 5days DQC card training.(£500-600) Then apply and receive ADR training (for all classes tanks and packages with exams £2000+) training for type specific equipment i.e. loading and discharging. Route learning . THEN you can start delivering fuel to the forecourts all for about £40k 45k per annum on 4on 3off rolling shift pattern. All with driving on the roads with other numnuts that use our roads. The Army/RAF/Navy certainly have the number of drivers and the qualifications, but will still need a certain amount of training before delivering fuel, because if 30k of Petrol goes BANG it stays BANG and BANG in a very big way!!
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That's the queue for the club shop discount.
I went to the valley to use my discount voucher for the new white away shirt, drove out of the ground on to the Woolwich road and the BP not only had fuel but there was no-one queuing.
what a shit hole country we live in
Report in France from a couple of weeks back - https://www.lenouvelliste.ch/articles/economie/leurope-manque-de-camionneurs-1104722
Headline says - "Low wages, high training costs and retirements are reducing the number of truck drivers. The situation is particularly bad in Italy."
Report in France a couple of months back - https://trm24.fr/la-penurie-de-routiers-persiste-dans-le-monde/
Headline says - "The shortage of trucker contues worlwide"
I've seen special news reports on French TV over the last 18 months or so, saying that it's also bad in Holland and Germany.
Got my diesel this morning at Sainsbury's Charlton - no queues. Asda looked empty as well.
The Army/RAF/Navy certainly have the number of drivers and the qualifications, but will still need a certain amount of training before delivering fuel, because if 30k of Petrol goes BANG it stays BANG and BANG in a very big way!!