The problem has gone away down here. I suspect it’s now only the very densely populated areas that are still a problem. Firstly because there are far more cars / people per petrol station, and secondly it’s easy enough to drive round lots of stations in the hunt for fuel. In rural areas visiting half a dozen petrol stations might mean travelling more than 50 miles, so few bothered and the panic didn’t take hold. I could visit 6 in a 5 or 10 mile round trip and so if worried then people could; in some areas you can probably visit half a dozen in a few miles, and so easy to panic buy.
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