Tanker Driver takes Misfuelling to another level.

[ringway]

Dozens of motorists were left stranded at the roadside after a tanker driver’s blunder meant they filled up their cars with the wrong fuel.

The driver accidentally put diesel into the petrol storage tank at a Sainsbury’s petrol station forecourt – causing around £14,000 damage.

A total of 44 cars were affected – and now owners face bills of hundreds of pounds to get their engines fixed.

Full article. HERE.

 

[trapperjohn]

Holy **** Batman.

And I though I had it rough when I misfuled.

 

[Dieselman]

The 35-year-old had filled her Peugeot 3008 with £40 of the wrong fuel. She said: “I drove away and the car felt strange but I thought it was just cold or something. It was only 7.40am. I made it to work, but when I came back at lunchtime to go and meet my friend, it wouldn’t start. I thought about phoning Peugeot and give them a hard time



Why is everyone's reaction to a problem, give someone a hard time?

This country is more like the Daily Wail every day...

 

[markjay]

The 35-year-old had filled her Peugeot 3008 with £40 of the wrong fuel. She said: “I drove away and the car felt strange but I thought it was just cold or something. It was only 7.40am. I made it to work, but when I came back at lunchtime to go and meet my friend, it wouldn’t start. I thought about phoning Peugeot and give them a hard time



Why is everyone's reaction to a problem, give someone a hard time?

This country is more like the Daily Wail every day...

I donnow Dieselman, but it's all your fault.

 

[bedwards1966]

Well I'm surprised she noticed any difference in her Peugeot, in my experience they always have those symptoms.

I suppose the tanker driver won't be popular with his boss, that's a big mistake to make.

 

[davidsw]

You would think the connections would be completely different to stop this !!

 

[martyz]

You would think the connections would be completely different to stop this !!

Unfortunately it's lack of training,and pressure put on the drivers,one of the reasons they were going to strike,thankfully this was not a life threatening incident. Lets hope the powers that be can rectify this situation before there is a major accident.

 

[stevieb15]

Unfortunately it's lack of training,and pressure put on the drivers,one of the reasons they were going to strike,thankfully this was not a life threatening incident. Lets hope the powers that be can rectify this situation before there is a major accident.

Personally I can't imagine an easier life than making half a dozen fuel drops a day, pressure, don't make me laugh
Pressure is kids, a mortgage you're struggling with, working in a company with reducing turnover, it's not doing an easy job competently.
Sack the incompetent idiot, not fit to drive sheep leave alone a petrol tanker.

 

[Nik_Endeavour]

So the tanker driver does not have a morgage and kids? Or work in a recession economy?

 

[neilrr]

So the tanker driver does not have a morgage and kids? Or work in a recession economy?

Duuno, probably.

He has a problem with reading apparently. Maybe it's stress related.

 

[martyz]

Personally I can't imagine an easier life than making half a dozen fuel drops a day, pressure, don't make me laugh
Pressure is kids, a mortgage you're struggling with, working in a company with reducing turnover, it's not doing an easy job competently.
Sack the incompetent idiot, not fit to drive sheep leave alone a petrol tanker.

Ok just jump in a petrol tanker and do some deliveries without the required amount of training and do an extremely dangerous job, probably not incompetent just not trained,as for Kids,Mortgage,and an employer on the way down,that's 2012GB.

 

[Dieselman]

Ok just jump in a petrol tanker and do some deliveries without the required amount of training and do an extremely dangerous job, probably not incompetent just not trained,

Why is it a dangerous job, per-se?

You can't be a tanker driver unless you have the level of training and certification required.

 

[martyz]

Why is it a dangerous job, per-se?

You can't be a tanker driver unless you have the level of training and certification required.

Because they are seriously cutting corners with regard to training.My brother in law is a class 1 Haz/Chem driver,and recently ventured into fuel deliveries,stayed with the company for a month and left with his life(his words) after a few miss haps that could of been catastrophic,training or the lack of it was to blame.Not sure about the certification side but know that after a week with another driver he was on his own.

 

[Palfrem]

To drive a tanker full of 22,000 litres UN 1203 requires very well trained person to make sure alles in ordnung.

All the fuel companies sub this out to any number of contractors who will give the lowest price.

Imagine the scenario of a petrol tanker hitting a tanker full of UN 1073 on Oxford Street and one of the tankers should have been pensioned off years ago according to BPs old standards but to cut costs it is still on the road.

These ADR guys are worth what they are paid. They carry a big responsibility for making sure the goods are loaded, driven to their destination and tipped safely.

In days gone by they all worked for Shell, BP, Esso et al who all had very stringent in-house procedures on training and the like.

The contractors can't possibly follow the old procedures at the price they have quoted to win the business. The drivers all get TUPEd from one firm to the next every 3 years or so and each year the standards get diluted to meet delivery SLAs and drops per hour etc.

One day it will all go wrong as a poorly trained driver makes a mistake....

 

[The_Bhoy]

You would think the connections would be completely different to stop this !!

I've often thought this myself about car fueling nozzles... I think they've started changing it now (and some guy went on Dragons Den with a retrofit idea) but it does seem strange that nobody thought of it years ago!

 

[Dieselman]

I've often thought this myself about car fueling nozzles... I think they've started changing it now (and some guy went on Dragons Den with a retrofit idea) but it does seem strange that nobody thought of it years ago!

I've often thought about why some people are stupid enough to pick the wrong nozzle.
I thought about this long and hard and eventually realised that it's because they are thick.

 

[ed_d82]

I think the diesel nozzle is wider, however, I still managed to force it into my old Astra. Doh.

Wouldn't say I'm thick though! I was just knackered.

 

[bruno2009]

To drive a tanker full of 22,000 litres UN 1203 requires very well trained person to make sure alles in ordnung.

All the fuel companies sub this out to any number of contractors who will give the lowest price.

Imagine the scenario of a petrol tanker hitting a tanker full of UN 1073 on Oxford Street and one of the tankers should have been pensioned off years ago according to BPs old standards but to cut costs it is still on the road.

These ADR guys are worth what they are paid. They carry a big responsibility for making sure the goods are loaded, driven to their destination and tipped safely.

In days gone by they all worked for Shell, BP, Esso et al who all had very stringent in-house procedures on training and the like.

The contractors can't possibly follow the old procedures at the price they have quoted to win the business. The drivers all get TUPEd from one firm to the next every 3 years or so and each year the standards get diluted to meet delivery SLAs and drops per hour etc.

One day it will all go wrong as a poorly trained driver makes a mistake....

I totally agree with what you have said, I was a fully trained HGV driver and trained by the Petroleum Training Federation for Fuel Tankers, trained to carry chemicals, explosives and hazardous packages, I was made redundant from my job and went to work for a local transport company and the company did not give a toss about and thing with regards to Health and Safety.
After a couple of months I told them to stuff the job and walked out.

 

[The_Bhoy]

I've often thought about why some people are stupid enough to pick the wrong nozzle.
I thought about this long and hard and eventually realised that it's because they are thick.

Exactly, so that's why the world needs to designed to protect them from themselves!

Seriously, though, if a minor alteration can prevent what must amount to millions of pounds worth of damage every year, you'd think the insurance companies would be pushing for it as well.

 

[finisterre]

at one point we had two passats, one of each type. We both took the easy one, the closest to the bottom of the drive. Refuelling took concentration. I can see how people with a mixture of cars just stick the wrong fuel in.