Chapter 0: Last Thursday, a large truck driver named Johnny in the UK found that he was being followed while transporting his cargo.
and was followed by 20 cars...
trucks drove into two lanes. The cars behind did not overtake.
it turned left, and they also turned left...
truck master counted, followed by about 20 cars...
They followed them all the way until the truck stopped at the destination...
As soon as the truck stopped, the car behind immediately began to honk at him.
The truck driver thought it was his thing that he had dropped, so he went down to see it.
Who knows the other party's first sentence is:
"Master, which gas station are you going to? Tell us first."
The truck driver was confused: "I... I won't go to the gas station! "
Ticket driver: "Why?"
Ticket driver: "What I have installed on this car is cement, not oil!"
It turns out that these 20Ticket drivers used the cement truck driven by Johnny as an oil tanker, thinking that they could add fuel with it. Who knew that they followed him to the construction site...
To be honest, they are not blamed.
Recently, it is really difficult to cheer in some parts of the UK...
The oil shortage in London and southeastern Britain is becoming increasingly fierce.
The gas station queue is getting longer and longer.
People went to one gas station after another, and there were signs of "Sorry, there is no gas" everywhere.
Because there is no oil everywhere, everyone is very angry.
These days, the violence at gas stations has increased a lot.
fight here.
Another person called the gas station boss there.
Someone suddenly went to the line while refueling, and even scolded other car owners, "I'll get out of the car and fan you to death"...
In this time of extreme gas shortage, some gas stations also began to take the opportunity to raise prices. Before
, the price of super unleaded gasoline was generally £1.98 per liter, but in the past two days, the West London Gulf gas station has risen to £2.93 per liter, up 47%!
According to FairFuelUK data, the average price of gasoline in the entire UK has risen from 136.5p /liter to 141.9p/liter.
diesel rose from 139.2 pence per liter to 141.9 pence per liter.
And this week, the price is expected to continue to rise...
"In this chaos, the hard-working British people became victims and they were slaughtered."
A driver who had just finished filling oil at the Gulf gas station also admitted: "The oil price is indeed very expensive now, but in this oil shortage, we have no other choice."
In order to cope with the ongoing oil shortage in various places, the British government has dispatched troops.
200 soldiers, including 100 military drivers, have begun oil delivery training.
Yesterday, at a gas station in Swanley, Kent, staff were teaching soldiers how to unload the oil from the oil truck into the oil depot.
The army will send fuel to gas stations in various places starting Monday.
But Brian Madderson, chairman of the British Gasoline Retailers Association, believes that the help of the army is just a drop in the bucket and they can't give so much oil.
Because truck drivers work hard and their income is not high, most British people are unwilling to do it.
Before Brexit, many people from other poor countries would come to the UK to drive large trucks.
But after Brexit, it would not be so easy for these workers to come to the UK to work. Moreover, after Brexit, the British government also decided to limit the number of non-skilled workers entering the UK.
In addition, during the epidemic, the training and certificate examination of truck drivers have been suspended for more than a year, and some local truck drivers have retired.
There are now a shortage of truck drivers in the UK.
According to figures from the UK's National Office for Statistics, compared with last year, in March 2021, there were 16,000 fewer EU drivers driving large trucks in the UK.
The British Road Transport Association estimates that the shortage of truck drivers in the UK reaches 100,000, of which 20,000 are from foreign workers.
In order to solve the current dilemma, the British government announced on Friday that 300 foreign tanker drivers will immediately enter the UK to help with their special visas, and the visa will last until March.
There are 4,700 food transport drivers from foreign countries whose visas are about to expire. Their visas will be extended from October to February next year.
In addition, 5,500 poultry workers will be allowed to enter the UK to ensure adequate food on supermarket shelves before Christmas.
This time, the UK is really anxious.
The government sent about 1 million emails to all people with truck licenses in the UK, encouraging everyone to return to their truck positions...
The email reads:
"Your valuable skills and experience have never been needed as you are now.
The logistics industry has good jobs in large trucks, and the employment conditions of the entire industry have been improving. In addition to attractive wages, you can also choose between flexible time, fixed time, full-time and part-time."
Because the driver's license issued by Germany before 1999 includes the qualification to drive medium and small trucks that can not exceed 7.5 tons.
So, as soon as this email was sent, thousands of Germans living in the UK automatically received letters called to drive large trucks... and many people had never touched trucks...
On Friday, a 41-year-old German man living in London received two letters, one for him and one for his wife...
"We were all shocked. I believe that the salary and working environment of truck drivers have increased, but in the end I decided to continue working in the current investment banking.
My wife has never driven a bigger car than Volvo , so she can only refuse this exciting opportunity."
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Whether it is short-term extension of visas or asking for help from the army, it cannot completely solve the problem of driver shortage.
If the UK cannot attract more people to join the truck industry, what is lacking in the future may be more than oil...
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