The Telegraph published this video item, entitled “Fuel panic-buying is causing shortages, warns AA president” – below is their description.
Fuel shortages at some petrol stations have been driven by panic buying, rather than supply-chain issues, according to the president of the AA.
There have been chaotic scenes at forecourts after BP announced on Thursday evening that it was closing some pumps and rationing petrol and diesel because of a lack of lorry drivers. On Friday, EG Group also said it was imposing a £30 limit at its 400 petrol stations.
But Edmund Kind, president of the AA, told BBC Breakfast that drivers were exacerbating the shortages by filling up unnecessarily, insisting that “there is plenty of fuel at source”.
Read the full story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/09/25/stop-panic-buying-fuel-aa-chief-tells-motorists-amid-chaotic/
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