RE: More Drivers Running Out Of Fuel
Friday 23rd May 2008
The number of drivers running out of fuel has risen sharply recently as soaring fuel prices make it more and more difficult to fill up.
More Drivers Running Out Of Fuel
AA warns that people aren't filling up because of rising fuel prices
Drivers are now ‘running on empty’ as they struggle to deal with record fuel prices, said the AA.
The association said that the number of breakdowns due to empty fuel tanks has been 11 per cent above average over the last seven days.
Many drivers are simply shopping around for cheaper fuel or not filling up if the price is expensive.
‘The record price at the pumps means that too many motorists are running on empty," said Edmund King, the AA president.
‘Some may be shopping around for a better deal but run out of petrol before they find one. Other drivers perhaps assume that the £30 they put in the tank will get them as far as it did two months ago, but it doesn’t. Motorists could follow our eco-driving tips to get that bit further but should never run on fumes.’
The AA gave the warning prior to the Bank Holiday as masses of people will take to their cars and breakdowns can cause massive congestion.
The average bank holiday road trip planned via the AA's own online routeplanning service is a total of 304 miles and fuel costs over the holiday period are expected to reach £760 million, 17 per cent up on last year.
Discussion
The fuel warning light comes on,that usually means 20-35 miles worth of fuel left if driven in a sensible way.If you drive somewhere that does not have a petrol station near by,then fill up before you go there.These people cant be very smart! Blaming it on rising fuel prices is a poor excuse.
layabout said:
The fuel warning light comes on,that usually means 20-35 miles worth of fuel left if driven in a sensible way.If you drive somewhere that does not have a petrol station near by,then fill up before you go there.These people cant be very smart! Blaming it on rising fuel prices is a poor excuse.
Rubbish!Dim witted or not the price of fuel has risen that much in some places that £20 of fuel will no longer get you as far as it used too, some people simply cannot afford that let alone spending more to do the same journeys that they ALREADY struggle to do.
Isn't the government able to see that the more fuel prices go up the more effect it will have on the economy, local and national businesses.
Why aren't they doing anything to rectify this issue like reducing fuel duty or removing tax from hybrids and electrics.
In the bigger picture tho, it's really on the manufacturers to introduce decent hybrid technology. They're the one's that will loose out in the long run as people just won't buy new cars.
Why aren't they doing anything to rectify this issue like reducing fuel duty or removing tax from hybrids and electrics.
In the bigger picture tho, it's really on the manufacturers to introduce decent hybrid technology. They're the one's that will loose out in the long run as people just won't buy new cars.
Edited by Skinner.Daddy on Friday 23 May 10:53
Neomagic said:
layabout said:
The fuel warning light comes on,that usually means 20-35 miles worth of fuel left if driven in a sensible way.If you drive somewhere that does not have a petrol station near by,then fill up before you go there.These people cant be very smart! Blaming it on rising fuel prices is a poor excuse.
Rubbish!Dim witted or not the price of fuel has risen that much in some places that £20 of fuel will no longer get you as far as it used too, some people simply cannot afford that let alone spending more to do the same journeys that they ALREADY struggle to do.
h.So if the cost of food goes up do these same people eat less?Baffled Spoon said:
stewie732 said:
lets all buy electric / 70mpg cars....
I'd rather we let all the people who don't enjoy motoring to buy electric cars so that the rest of us that do enjoy driving can have more fuel at better prices.I think Im going to be using my motorcycle a lot more.... :-)
Baffled Spoon said:
stewie732 said:
lets all buy electric / 70mpg cars....
I'd rather we let all the people who don't enjoy motoring to buy electric cars so that the rest of us that do enjoy driving can have more fuel at better prices.
Skinner.Daddy said:
Isn't the government able to see that the more fuel prices go up the more effect it will have on the economy, local and national businesses.
Why aren't they doing anything to rectify this issue like reducing fuel duty or removing tax from hybrids and electrics.
In the bigger picture tho, it's really on the manufacturers to introduce decent hybrid technology. They're the one's that will loose out in the long run as people just won't buy new cars.
Of course they see, but it's an easy scape goat to blame for the general downturn in the economy that is also going on.Why aren't they doing anything to rectify this issue like reducing fuel duty or removing tax from hybrids and electrics.
In the bigger picture tho, it's really on the manufacturers to introduce decent hybrid technology. They're the one's that will loose out in the long run as people just won't buy new cars.
Edited by Skinner.Daddy on Friday 23 May 10:53
"Brown, your crap economic mis-management over the last decade has shafted the country"
"No, the high oil prices set it all in motion, scapegoat scapegoat, look at BP's and Shell's profits, scapegoat, scapegoat"
Now, a decent leader, imho, would reduce the taxation level on base duty, to normalise the total take fluctuation based on VAT increasing with the base cost of the fuel. When the price drops again, up the duty.
At least that way they could say for year X, take will be 80p, 17.5% VAT, with variable duty, rather than just taking as much as they can get.
Dave
peterperkins said:
Baffled Spoon said:
stewie732 said:
lets all buy electric / 70mpg cars....
I'd rather we let all the people who don't enjoy motoring to buy electric cars so that the rest of us that do enjoy driving can have more fuel at better prices.From a purely selfish point of view I'm not really concerned about the rising price of fuel to be honest.
My salary has gone up by about 20% in the last six months and I swapped my Focus ST for a Leon FR TDi at about the same time (prompted primarily due to an increase in miles and a house purchase).
I may be in the minority here but I don't think that driving is a 'right'. Why should the unemployed, long-term 'sick', and other skivers be able to pootle around at will, clogging up the roads for us working folk? Replace some of the cash benfits for subsidised public transport vouchers I say, perhaps free public transport only if you are using it to go and get a fking job. Who cares if they can't afford to take their 13 kids to Skegness for the day?
Similarly, if flabby parents have to walk their spoilt overweight mollycoddled kids to school instead of blocking my route to work with their piece-of-st Zafiras so be it. Over the last few weeks I have actually used considerably less fuel on my daily commute because there has been less traffic - a nice straight run into work.
For the rest of us, we can make the choice to either run a more economical car (& perhaps have a toy for weekend use), get a motorbike, or take advantage of the current bargainous thirsty cars to help offset the running costs.
Moan over, have a nice BH weekend.
My salary has gone up by about 20% in the last six months and I swapped my Focus ST for a Leon FR TDi at about the same time (prompted primarily due to an increase in miles and a house purchase).
I may be in the minority here but I don't think that driving is a 'right'. Why should the unemployed, long-term 'sick', and other skivers be able to pootle around at will, clogging up the roads for us working folk? Replace some of the cash benfits for subsidised public transport vouchers I say, perhaps free public transport only if you are using it to go and get a f
king job. Who cares if they can't afford to take their 13 kids to Skegness for the day?Similarly, if flabby parents have to walk their spoilt overweight mollycoddled kids to school instead of blocking my route to work with their piece-of-s
t Zafiras so be it. Over the last few weeks I have actually used considerably less fuel on my daily commute because there has been less traffic - a nice straight run into work.For the rest of us, we can make the choice to either run a more economical car (& perhaps have a toy for weekend use), get a motorbike, or take advantage of the current bargainous thirsty cars to help offset the running costs.
Moan over, have a nice BH weekend.
Its funny how the govenment think we should be grateful to them for sparing us an extra 2p all this time when fuel is rising by that much every week anyway.
They think they are helping people by giving back £120 a year? But they are borrowing £2bn to pay for it so we will end up paying for it anyway.
This country is a real mess.
They think they are helping people by giving back £120 a year? But they are borrowing £2bn to pay for it so we will end up paying for it anyway.
This country is a real mess.
adycav said:
From a purely selfish point of view I'm not really concerned about the rising price of fuel to be honest.
My salary has gone up by about 20% in the last six months and I swapped my Focus ST for a Leon FR TDi at about the same time (prompted primarily due to an increase in miles and a house purchase).
I may be in the minority here but I don't think that driving is a 'right'. Why should the unemployed, long-term 'sick', and other skivers be able to pootle around at will, clogging up the roads for us working folk? Replace some of the cash benfits for subsidised public transport vouchers I say, perhaps free public transport only if you are using it to go and get a fking job. Who cares if they can't afford to take their 13 kids to Skegness for the day?
Similarly, if flabby parents have to walk their spoilt overweight mollycoddled kids to school instead of blocking my route to work with their piece-of-st Zafiras so be it. Over the last few weeks I have actually used considerably less fuel on my daily commute because there has been less traffic - a nice straight run into work.
For the rest of us, we can make the choice to either run a more economical car (& perhaps have a toy for weekend use), get a motorbike, or take advantage of the current bargainous thirsty cars to help offset the running costs.
Moan over, have a nice BH weekend.
I dont know much about benefits,but didn't think it was enough to run a car.Why should people that have a real illness that stops them from working not have a car.Having a job does not make a person better than someone that does not have a job.My salary has gone up by about 20% in the last six months and I swapped my Focus ST for a Leon FR TDi at about the same time (prompted primarily due to an increase in miles and a house purchase).
I may be in the minority here but I don't think that driving is a 'right'. Why should the unemployed, long-term 'sick', and other skivers be able to pootle around at will, clogging up the roads for us working folk? Replace some of the cash benfits for subsidised public transport vouchers I say, perhaps free public transport only if you are using it to go and get a f
king job. Who cares if they can't afford to take their 13 kids to Skegness for the day?Similarly, if flabby parents have to walk their spoilt overweight mollycoddled kids to school instead of blocking my route to work with their piece-of-s
t Zafiras so be it. Over the last few weeks I have actually used considerably less fuel on my daily commute because there has been less traffic - a nice straight run into work.For the rest of us, we can make the choice to either run a more economical car (& perhaps have a toy for weekend use), get a motorbike, or take advantage of the current bargainous thirsty cars to help offset the running costs.
Moan over, have a nice BH weekend.
layabout said:
Neomagic said:
layabout said:
The fuel warning light comes on,that usually means 20-35 miles worth of fuel left if driven in a sensible way.If you drive somewhere that does not have a petrol station near by,then fill up before you go there.These people cant be very smart! Blaming it on rising fuel prices is a poor excuse.
Rubbish!Dim witted or not the price of fuel has risen that much in some places that £20 of fuel will no longer get you as far as it used too, some people simply cannot afford that let alone spending more to do the same journeys that they ALREADY struggle to do.
h.So if the cost of food goes up do these same people eat less?Restricting movement,
Grounds for a police Nazi state.
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