UK Gas Stations Flatten Tires of "Drive-away" Gas Thieves
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS
Garages use 'stingers' to combat petrol theft
By Lucy Cockcroft
Last Updated: 12:58AM BST 22/05/2008
A sharp rise in the theft of fuel at the pumps has led some garage owners
to install "stinger" devices to puncture the tyres of drivers who leave the
forecourt without paying.
The increase in "drive-aways", as they are known in the industry, has been
linked to the 20 per cent increase in the cost of petrol in the past year.
The new Drivestop device has a sensor which detects when a driver is
pulling away without paying. The cashier triggers the system which starts
with a loudspeaker announcement warning the would-be thief that his tyres
will be shredded.
If the warning is ignored a set of metal spikes spring up and punctures the
rear wheels, deflating them in ten seconds.
The Drivestop, which costs £10,000, also leaves a tag with a unique
identification number embedded in the rubber, which enables police to link
the vehicle with the theft.
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Why don't the stupid brits just use pre-pay like we do in america?
metspitzer
I like the tire puncture method better. Give those savage crooks what
they deserve. Punishment.
Eeyore
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote:
> Why don't the stupid brits just use pre-pay like we do in america?
Because we don't. Europe as a whole doesn't.
Graham
larry_s...@yahoo.com
often purchased gas at a gas station which was designed to prevent
drive-offs. The station was set up for one way traffic. Tire poppers
prevented leaving via the entrance, and the payment collection booth
controlled a gate at the exit. But I came up with a scam that
sometimes resulted in free gas.
I would typically pump $4 of Ethyl (the old name for premium) and then
$4 or $5 of Regular. I would tell the attendant my pump number and
offer a $10 for my $8 or $9 (total) purchase. Sometimes the change I
was given was correct, other times it was $5 too high (I was only
being charged for the 2nd half of my purchase). I stuffed the change
into my shirt pocket without examining it - I was always given the
correct number of bills in change (1 for a $9 purchase, 2 for an $8
purchase), so I could always claim not to have noticed that one of the
bills I was given was a $5 instead of a $1.
JerryD(upstateNY)
Let's see........Prepay's cost is zero and the puncture method is about
$20,000.00 American.
Which would I want if I owned a gas station ?
--
JerryD(upstateNY)
jerry warner
runaway politicians?
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS wrote:
Eeyore
jerry warner wrote:
> can we instal stingers in the Whitehouse to deflate and stop
> runaway politicians?
Stinger MISSILES you mean.
Yes, they all deserve that.
All politicians are SHIT. Every damn single one of them. A bunch of worthless
idiots.
Roll on TRUE democracy instead of one dominated by behinds-the-scene pressure
groups.
Graham
Laurence Sheldon
Good to know that you are dishonest. I'll take appropriate action when
ever I see your name.
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of System Administrators:
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learn from their mistakes.
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Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS
@mid.individual.net:
> larry_s...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Back in the days of sub $1 gas, no pre-pay, and no mid-grade gas, I
>> often purchased gas at a gas station which was designed to prevent
>> drive-offs. The station was set up for one way traffic. Tire poppers
>> prevented leaving via the entrance, and the payment collection booth
>> controlled a gate at the exit. But I came up with a scam that
>> sometimes resulted in free gas.
>>
>> I would typically pump $4 of Ethyl (the old name for premium) and then
>> $4 or $5 of Regular. I would tell the attendant my pump number and
>> offer a $10 for my $8 or $9 (total) purchase. Sometimes the change I
>> was given was correct, other times it was $5 too high (I was only
>> being charged for the 2nd half of my purchase). I stuffed the change
>> into my shirt pocket without examining it - I was always given the
>> correct number of bills in change (1 for a $9 purchase, 2 for an $8
>> purchase), so I could always claim not to have noticed that one of the
>> bills I was given was a $5 instead of a $1.
>
> Good to know that you are dishonest. I'll take appropriate action when
> ever I see your name.
>
>
>
Oh yeah - he cheated those poor suffering oil companies. boo hoo
JerryD(upstateNY)
ANOTHER perosn who doesn't know what he is talking about.
The only person cheated is the poor guy who runs the gas station.
You cheated him out of $5.00 and he had to pump 500 gallons of gas to make
up for your thieft.
--
JerryD(upstateNY)
SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim
> pulling away without paying. The cashier triggers the system which starts
> with a loudspeaker announcement warning the would-be thief that his tyres
> will be shredded.
then the drivfer should say, quit ripping people off, and if you puncture my
tires, you will be shot and killed, YOUR CHOICE
Larrybud
>> action when ever I see your name.
>
> Oh yeah - he cheated those poor suffering oil companies. boo
> hoo
Dumbass Davey, the oil companies already got their money when the
station own filled up his underground tanks. The station owner was
ripped off... not that there's any difference in the justification
of stealing.
jane....@gmail.com
Theft is theft, whether it is $5 or $5million. If you are going to
sell your soul, your personal integrity, you should sell if for a few
million, not just $5.
BTW: You might have cost the min-wage clerk his or her job.
Jane.
Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick
news:9b3ef3fa-1798-4528...@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
Really.
A thief is a thief.
--
Popeye
"I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned, or see
you hanged, at Fort Smith, at Judge Parker's
convenience. Which'll it be?" - Cogburn
www.finalprotectivefire.com
Eeyore
SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim wrote:
Then they will rapidly be shot and killed most likely by a police armed response
team.
Graham
Matthew T. Russotto
Anyone who puts up tire poppers -- indicating a willingness to damage
their customer's property -- deserves to be robbed from.
--
There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
result in a fully-depreciated one.
Laurence Sheldon
> Anyone who puts up tire poppers -- indicating a willingness to damage
> their customer's property -- deserves to be robbed from.
That's not even wrong.
richard
wrote:
>On Fri, 23 May 2008 10:17:29 -0500, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are
>MURDERERS" <xeto...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/4ml2lz
>>
>>Garages use 'stingers' to combat petrol theft
>>By Lucy Cockcroft
>>Last Updated: 12:58AM BST 22/05/2008
>>
>>A sharp rise in the theft of fuel at the pumps has led some garage owners
>>to install "stinger" devices to puncture the tyres of drivers who leave the
>>forecourt without paying.
>>
>>The increase in "drive-aways", as they are known in the industry, has been
>>linked to the 20 per cent increase in the cost of petrol in the past year.
>>
>>The new Drivestop device has a sensor which detects when a driver is
>>pulling away without paying. The cashier triggers the system which starts
>>with a loudspeaker announcement warning the would-be thief that his tyres
>>will be shredded.
>>
>>If the warning is ignored a set of metal spikes spring up and punctures the
>>rear wheels, deflating them in ten seconds.
>>
>>The Drivestop, which costs £10,000, also leaves a tag with a unique
>>identification number embedded in the rubber, which enables police to link
>>the vehicle with the theft.
>>
>>(snip)
>>
Not a good idea. In the states, the station could be sued and lose the
argument.
Then, the attendant would have to know which one of 20 cars it was to
begin with. So you have 3 cars leaving at the same time and all 3 sets
of tires are damaged. End of a good thing for sure.
What do you mean I didn't pay? Here's the damn receipt you just gave
me! Now guess who's gonna pay for the tires and the tow truck. You
are, fuckhead.
jane....@gmail.com
wrote:
> In article <9b3ef3fa-1798-4528-b502-b3d4c7125...@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
> <jane.pla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On May 23, 8:41 pm, larry_scholn...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >> I would typically pump $4 of Ethyl (the old name for premium) and then
> >> $4 or $5 of Regular. I would tell the attendant my pump number and
> >> offer a $10 for my $8 or $9 (total) purchase. Sometimes the change I
> >> was given was correct, other times it was $5 too high (I was only
> >> being charged for the 2nd half of my purchase). I stuffed the change
> >> into my shirt pocket without examining it - I was always given the
> >> correct number of bills in change (1 for a $9 purchase, 2 for an $8
> >> purchase), so I could always claim not to have noticed that one of the
> >> bills I was given was a $5 instead of a $1.
>
> >Theft is theft, whether it is $5 or $5million. If you are going to
> >sell your soul, your personal integrity, you should sell if for a few
> >million, not just $5.
>
> Anyone who puts up tire poppers -- indicating a willingness to damage
> their customer's property -- deserves to be robbed from.
The direction this thread has taken is interesting. It started out
as a story of what a proprietor did to protect his personal business
against thieves.
Now it is a list of rationalizations people tell themselves to help
them cope with the fact that they have no moral character.
Jane.
Whitelightning
<jane....@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:762ea9b3-d1e7-455d...@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
> Now it is a list of rationalizations people tell themselves to help
> them cope with the fact that they have no moral character.
>
>
> Jane.
Welcome to the new millennium
Whitelightning
Studemania
I did most of the time as it made the stop quicker.
Of course, where I was known there was no problem if I did a fill.
Funny thing, in the nearest place, the wheels in the window kept
spinning in a slow-down after I shut off!
He never failed to pass me on the MOT, though, so maybe that was the
trade-off!
Matthew T. Russotto
Troll away.
>Now it is a list of rationalizations people tell themselves to help
>them cope with the fact that they have no moral character.
I don't steal gas. But to have someone threaten to slash my tires
(which is what a tire popper does) is an aggressive, unwarranted act
which makes me lose all sympathy for the person doing the
threatening. If you are going to treat your customers like thieves,
don't be surprised if some of them fail to disappoint.
Whitelightning
"Matthew T. Russotto" <russ...@grace.speakeasy.net> wrote in message
news:MdKdnQ1XKask0KLV...@speakeasy.net...
Drive in used them for years, and I dont remember anyone complaining
about them then.
Whitelightning
GK
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>>
>> Why don't the stupid brits just use pre-pay like we do in america?
>
back before the time that I had a license, where all the local teenage
hot-rodders used to pull up at night and fill up their tanks once the
overnight attendant fell asleep. Funniest thing was the gas station was
called ALERT.
G