Fuel Tanker Drivers Vote to Strike

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AA Silencers

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Did you know as far as the petrol refiners go we have the cheapest fuel in Europe. The sell cheaper to the UK than any other country. Yet by the time it comes out of the pump it's one of the most expensive in Europe.
 
henryscat

henryscat

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shoes said:
Tax only accounts for 80.1p in the litre, or around 57% of the cost of fuel. 57% is quite a low rate of tax to be paying on a product..... oh wait.......

Absolute piss take in my opinion.
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Average price of a litre has risen 23p in 12 months. Increase in duty in that time: nil.

Going back to my previous question. How many drivers are actually making an effort to use less? People are still choosing to drive stupidly inefficient vehicles like 4x4s they don't need, still driving inefficiently and still making short trips they don't even need to make by car.

The age old question still stands - where the hell does all of this money go?
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It goes into general taxation.
 
henryscat

henryscat

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Jenksie said:
I'm also told by a work mate (who has been known to read the Daily Mail) that average pay for the Drivers is £46k.
Can anyone confirm or deny?
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Just to add a little to this... A friend of mine who spent a few years managing tanker drivers at one of the logistics companies says they were paid around £45k a year for a 40-ish hour week (lowest in the industry) and are the most highly trained drivers (around 5 days a year) in the industry. Apparently these drivers were not very sympathetic towards firemen who went on strike a few years back, around 2003...

I also understand that there used to be a waiting list of drivers wanting to go onto tanker work, beacuse it was regarded as a good number.
 
Goldstyle Limousines

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henryscat said:
Average price of a litre has risen 23p in 12 months. Increase in duty in that time: nil.

Going back to my previous question. How many drivers are actually making an effort to use less? People are still choosing to drive stupidly inefficient vehicles like 4x4s they don't need, still driving inefficiently and still making short trips they don't even need to make by car.



It goes into general taxation.
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Trouble is with the roads how they are getting you need a 4x4 and sorry I do drive one for my personal use but in my case at 6' 8" one of those smart cars is not a option
 
henryscat

henryscat

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Oh the irony.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17564277

Government have relaxed drivers hours regs temporarily for tanker drivers so they can drive for longer and take shorter breaks. So if the proposed strike is partly about safety, how come Unite and their drivers are happy to accept the relaxation.......?

The other bit of irony is the drivers are now it seems getting lots of nice overtime because of panic buying numpties.
 
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