LA drivers deliberately runing out of fuel
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News said:
<b>Petrol emergency squad to the rescue</b>
www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18944620-13762,00.html
Some California drivers are resorting to desperate measures to beat the surge in gas prices at the pump - deliberately running dry on the state's freeways and simply waiting for rescue.
"Every time fuel goes up, we start noticing it. But right now we are noticing it a lot more," Andy Lujan, owner of California Coach Towing in Orange County, said on Tuesday. Lujan's 20 trucks roam the busy freeways of Orange and Los Angeles counties as part of a publicly funded patrol that gives a free gallon of gas to drivers who have run out of fuel.
It also offers other basic assistance to drivers whose vehicles have broken down.
"You say to some of them 'hey, you've run out of gas' and they say 'yeah, it's too expensive.' I think the percentage is going to increase," Lujan said.
Gas prices in California, where the car is king, are some of the highest in the nation at more than $US3 ($3.93) a gallon and rising.
Los Angeles said:
Poor little Lambs it must be terrible having to pay such extortionate amounts for fuel, maybe we can all club together to help them out?
I hope you appreciate your wonderful choice of plane, train, bus, or car to get from London to where ever in the UK or Europe ... and back again.
If you're worried about fuel costs then buy smaller engined vehicles.
Carrera2 said:
Los Angeles is thirty miles wide in all directions. Getting from one end to another of California is a two day drive. Going from state to state can mean a 3,000 mile drive at a minium.
Diddums.
Maybe they should drive cars with a capacity less than 8 litres then.
Or perhaps maybe they could have a decent public transport system.
I just got from Hawaii where I hired out a 4 litre Mustang for a laugh. Or so I thought. It was terrible. I've driven polo's with more grunt.
A crappy 8 valve, 4 litre petrol guzzler that made lots of, admittedly nice, noise and didn't go at all. Now why on earth don't they start embracing fuel efficient cars seeing as they're so addicted to burning oil?
I have no problem with a rubbish MPG as long as it's hand in hand with decent performance.
A crappy 8 valve, 4 litre petrol guzzler that made lots of, admittedly nice, noise and didn't go at all. Now why on earth don't they start embracing fuel efficient cars seeing as they're so addicted to burning oil?
I have no problem with a rubbish MPG as long as it's hand in hand with decent performance.
fido said:
I hope you appreciate your wonderful choice of plane, TRAIN, bus, or car to get from London to where ever in the UK or Europe ... and back again.
now it's your turn to be sarcastic...
Funny story at the bottom of that link,"women only carages" at least we dont have that here
www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18944609-13762,00.html
los angeles said:
That's about as idiotic a statement as I have read on PH. I am referring to farm workers, and manual labourers who drive 2 litre ten-year old pick-ups to cart their equipment around. And for poor workers who have no transport to get to far flung places like farm fields and construction sites, or the top of mountains to put out fires or clear brush, places not served by train or bus, they use old small coaches and the like.
I think the point is, US cars are typically larger (and more thirsty) on average than UK cars.
scorp said:
Los Angeles is thirty miles wide in all directions. Getting from one end to another of California is a two day drive. Going from state to state can mean a 3,000 mile drive at a minium.
Diddums.
Maybe they should drive cars with a capacity less than 8 litres then.
Or perhaps maybe they could have a decent public transport system.
They do.
MARTA in Atlanta is clean, runs on time, has no trouble on it and costs $1 to go from one end of the line to the other.
Los Angeles said:
Los Angeles is thirty miles wide in all directions.
Is this a personal description of the poster?
No really you must be exaggerating i know americans are getting big but really
mind you it would explain why the cars get such crap gas mileage. then yes i would complain as well, all that fuel spenditure, how can you afford the pies?
los angeles said:
I am referring to farm workers, and manual labourers who drive 2 litre ten-year old pick-ups to cart their equipment around. And for poor workers who have no transport to get to far flung places like farm fields and construction sites, or the top of mountains to put out fires or clear brush, places not served by train or bus, they use old small coaches and the like.
Yes, these people are clearly the majority of the population in California.
Admit it, Americans have an obsession with consuming oil.
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