Re: Mad Max Scenario - 2008.

"Michael C" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "HeadRush" <( . )( . )@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> If an alarm within the station operator's booth sounds, the operator
can
>> decline to activate the bowser and ask the driver about the previous 
>> theft;
>> ask the driver to pay before fuel is supplied; or phone the police.
>
> Interesting that they don't just call the police for all driveoffs. 
> They've got the number plate and presumably footage so why do they just 
> let it go till next time?
>>
>>

They call the cops for every drive-off,
remembering that a drive-off usually works with a friend who stands in
front 
of the number plate to block it
or they conveniently park another car between the attendant and the petrol

thief's car, or use dud plates


should be mandatory for all plates to be rivetted to the car making it 
harder to steal
They are on there for at least 12 months or more

Also there are the ones who pull in, fill up, then go to the check-out 
and....

"Oh, damn, my card has denied the funds to pay, it says I haven't got
enough 
money in my account,
I will have to come back tomorrow and pay"

Knowing full well they haven't got any ready cash to pay, they still fill
up

Same service station, different attendant and the same petrol thief tries
it 
again.
the thief is knows who will let them go
Usually, the attendant takes their details and lets them go
after having to enter all the details into a ledger, which takes time and 
other customers are slowly getting the ****s at being held up by the moron

If the police are called, then they say they didn't realise.
The cops take name and address and go back their coffee break.
The attendant however, is nearing his/her ****ft and eager to get home, but

has to wait till the cops finish,
which could be two hours or more and the attendant doesn't get a brass
razoo 
for that extra time they have spent


But, the only thing is what they have out Calder Park,
Cash or crerdit card and licence before the attendant turns the bowser on.
Or a pre-pay bowser, either with cash or card

Outer independantly owned service stations who rely on every purchase to 
survive, cannot afford to have these measures in place