U.S. gasoline theft on the rise along with prices
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. motorists, angered by soaring gasoline prices, are resorting increasingly to theft -- a trend that could worsen heading into summer driving season, a national association of fuel retailers said Thursday.
"It is getting bad. When the price of gasoline goes up, the number of drive-offs goes up," said Dan Gilligan, president of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America, which represents about 8,000 retailers.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domes...e=domesticNews
There is a Shell station near me that:
1) That has just about always had the lowest price gas in the area.
2) Is, from what I have been told, is the busiest Shell in area.
3) Has at least 2 dedicated tanker deliveries a day.
4) Has pay up front pumps.
And yet it has more cameras on the property than any two banks I have ever been in!
I was told that they added one or two after they realized that someone figured out a dead zone in coverage!
And I should add that this station still has very active bays and when they are busy, an employee is walking around directing traffic flow.
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