There is a shortage of HGV. Drivers, and there is no doubt about it not just in the UK, but all over Europe as well, so, if our Government is to get a kicking , then so must the other European governments, and I am not talking Party Politics .
HGV drivers cannot drive a tanker without additional qualifications- Tanker drivers have an (PDP) ADR qualification as well as a HGV licence, without which, they could not drive petrol tanker lorries.
The UK had ADR drivers last week.
NOTHING repeat NOTHING changed much in a week.
Maybe some holiday or some sickness but not, I doubt a dramatic change.
The ADR drivers that were driving last week are still driving this week delivering fuel-So nothing has changed.
The petrol panic we are now experiencing is all down to media hype, and of course the Labour Conference!
Further, It’s not because of brexit because all the EU drivers went back to Europe.
These EU HGV driver’s, left months ago, and yet the country was still getting fuel without problems up until this week!
So what’s changed? Nothing !!
Apart from the disgraceful media hype and scaremongering to make anti Brexit anti Government news, to coincide with the conference – no not paranoia, just simple facts!
They simply sensationalised the fact that a couple of petrol stations were getting a late delivery so had to close !
The Result of the media scaremongering, is Massive panic and chaos ,which is now causing a shortage of fuel at the filling stations, that is, until the ADR drivers, that we already had delivering fuel a few days ago, can deliver again.
The media should be ashamed!