It will be like something out of ‘Mad Max’ soon
"a dystopian future where fuel is scarce and law and order has begun to break down … "
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I managed to get some from here yesterday. The queue ended up snaking in to the bus lane near the entry point to the BP garage. Further down, cars turning in from the the other side ended up queuing in the opposite incoming traffic lane.
The above would appear a disaster but actually meant traffic could flow. Cars heading towards FH could drive in the normal lane. Cars heading towards Catford could drive in the normal lane, though perdiodically delayed when cars turning into the garage did not leave a space.
Generally ok queue, with some periodic queue jumpers in some of those gaps but otherwise generally good humoured. Still a 40 odd minute wait mind you.
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Traffic backed up to Horniman on South Circ as the Esso/Tesco has fuel. 20 odd cars in the queue at 0930. Someone is managing the flow onto the forecourt; one in, one out.
… the same petrol station that’s suffered this – let’s hope they catch them 
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No wonder it’s one in one out!
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I don’t know why they don’t switch the pay at pump only option on, that way they can’t fill up and leave.
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I thought you had to pre-auth your card at the pump before you could get any petrol…
I think that is only in the evening or at certain times?
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Yeah, you’ll only need to pre-auth your card really late at night if told to do so or on the pay at pump terminals.
Usually in the daytime the people on the tills just visually check you’re safe to fill up and they’ll have a flag as to whether you’re a drive off risk/have outstanding payments due, thanks to ANPR systems.
Unless people are using fake number plates I’m not sure how they think they’ll get away with stealing fuel.
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But then people who can only pay cash can’t use the pumps.
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Does anyone know if Sainsburys has any fuel at the moment? Running very short and have an urgent need for the car!
I’ve been up there every evening since the weekend, and it’s been closed. I understand
The large Tesco in Beckenham is managing to get deliveries (of petrol) every day, however people are queuing overnight…
Some people actually think the current situation is something to laugh about, not me I’m fuming, it’s no laughing matter!
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Walk into the place and give them £x money to switch on the pump.
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I’m on the last of my fuel and with about 2% left before my tank is fully dry.
I went to Sydenham Sainsburys, BP Kirkdale, BP Stanstead Road, Esso in Horniman and Shell Crystal Palace out of desperation and ended up basically rolling home on fumes.
I really am at a loss as to what to do as I need my car for work and more importantly need fuel to visit a relative who is sick at home and I need to give help with his care each day.
I am now stuck travelling by bus for an hour or taxi until I can go down to the station with the last drops of petrol or walk and fill up and fuel can.
I genuinely cant believe we are in this position in 2021 and shows the state of our country.
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It’s black humour, that’s what we Brits do. I doubt that anyone really finds it that funny apart from a few cyclists spouting off on twitter. Even then it’s mostly laughing at the idiocy of those queuing up for a couple of litres.
Have I been directly affected by this? Not yet as I have a hybrid and still have half a tank of fuel after filling up in Derbyshire last week. Not smug, just stating a fact. If this carries on I’ll be taking an awful journey by tram and train/overground to HOP. My elder daughter and her partner can’t get fuel. My younger daughter’s fiance can’t get fuel and he’s borrowed his mum’s fuelled up car to get to work when he could be using his far more economical motorbike. My son went out in the early hours of Sunday morning when he was running on fumes to fill up his motorbike to get to work this week.
All this could have been avoided if the petrol stations had taken on a hired guard. Half a tank or more in reserve? No way, come back when you’re at a quarter. How many petrol cans do you plan to fill? More than one is a no-no. The great British public’s propensity for stockpiling has to be curtailed - AGAIN.
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What makes you think so many of the refillers are on half empty tanks?
Mine is half full so I’m ok for a while.
Couldn’t your future son in law siphon it out of his mum’s car? Perhaps a different fuel type.
A lot of modern cars have anti-siphon tanks these days.
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Just visited bell green. Queues back past mini roundabout. For access to the shops if you drive past the petrol station with it on your right there is no traffic/queue.
I’ve only got 50 miles left in my tank and am saving that in case of any emergency involving my 93 year old MiL who lives in Cheam. So I’ve taken to using the busses and so far have passed 4 sites in FH that used to be petrol stations: Perry Vale at the bottom of Normanton St, behind the BLM signs on Waldram Park, Whites Paints on Brockley Rise and the triangle opposite the Chandos all presumably put out of business by the cheap fuel at the supermarkets.