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Bournemouth fuel prices hit record high
8:39am Wednesday 17th March 2010 in
FUEL prices in Bournemouth have hit a record high of £1.20 a litre, outstripping rises in other parts of the country.
The AA has predicted 120p will be displayed at most forecourts across the UK within weeks.
But at Boscombe Service Station in Palmerston Road, the price has risen to 119.9p already for unleaded and 120.9p for diesel.
And a litre of unleaded costs 118.9p at Texaco, Somerfield in Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth.
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PRICES: Unleaded per litre
Boscombe Service Station, Palmerston Road, 119.9p
Texaco, Somerfield, Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, 118.9p
Esso, Bath Hill, Bournemouth, 116.9p
Esso, Castle Lane East, 116.9p
Murco, Southbourne Grove, 115.9p
Tesco, Riverside Avenue, 115.9p
Esso, Ashley Road, Parkston, 115.9p
Total, Bournemouth Road, Parkstone, 115.9p
Tesco, Branksome, 114.9p
Total, Somerford Road, Christchurch, 113.9p
Asda, Canford Heath, 112.9p
The high prices have sparked a national debate, with Labour MP Lindsay Hoyle describing them as “a complete disgrace.”
He said: “Motorists are being legally mugged at the forecourt by petrol companies.”
The AA said the increases are due to rises in the price of wholesale gasoline since January and have urged Chancellor Alistair Darling to delay the planned 3p increase in petrol duty set to come in on April 1.
AA president Edmund King said: “The UK is barely out of recession, yet petrol prices threaten to rise to record prices seen during the boom of 2008.”
He added: “If families, drivers on fixed incomes and those on low pay were unable to cope with record prices then, they are even less likely now.”
At the Total garage in Somerford Road, Christchurch, the price of a litre of unleaded petrol remained at 113.9p yesterday and the price was 112.9 at Asda in Canford Heath, thought to be the cheapest in the area.
But drivers in Bournemouth were unhappy with prices at most garages in the area.
Comments(68)
harrythered
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9:13am Wed 17 Mar 10
vodkaholic
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9:16am Wed 17 Mar 10
cantique
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9:24am Wed 17 Mar 10
The irate commuter
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9:47am Wed 17 Mar 10
You could not make it up !!!!
a.g.o.g.
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9:50am Wed 17 Mar 10
Ivy
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9:53am Wed 17 Mar 10
mikey2gorgeous wrote:Well said mikey I fully endorse what you've said. In real terms driving is far cheaper now than it's ever been and is over subsidised.
The other day I travelled over 30 miles for the cost of a bowl of cornflakes - on my bike! . It's estimated that when all the costs to the economy of car use are added up, each car is SUBSIDISED to the tune of £2-3,000 pa. Even with current fuel duty. . More to the point - how else is the government going to 'persuade' you to drive less? What's it going to take to get you out of your cars onto public & other transport? I bet the people complaining about fuel costs are the same ones who despise congestion but won't even consider using a bus.
traindriver3ss
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9:53am Wed 17 Mar 10
a.g.o.g.
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10:15am Wed 17 Mar 10
spoon
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10:37am Wed 17 Mar 10
harrythered wrote:Apparently its 59p per litre in duty up from 50p I read this week, then there is the vat......
So the labour MP thinks we are being mugged by the petrol companies - would she care to tell us how much tax is charged on fuel (and it is due to go up again in April) and how much it has increased since Labour was in power. Far more than the petrol companies make. Time for another fuel strike.
Still another 3p per litre duty to go on 1st April, with the pound expected to weaken to nearer $1.30 before long WE AINT SEEN NOTHING YET.
Tell Brown 2p off on May 6th
Bob49
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11:01am Wed 17 Mar 10
My god, we have an election coming up and this drivel is the level of debate currently being spouted.
Two years ago when petrol was £1.19p a gallon oil was $147 a barrel
with prices as good as that price again petrol is $80 a barrel. Perhaps hharrythered could explain how petrol prices have gone up elsewhere in Europe even with these low crude oil prices. Perhaps the UK government has imposed taxes outside of it's own borders. Or maybe the matter requires a bit more looking into other than simply regurgitating some old tosh spewed out by the Daily Mail.
"What Political Party keep putting the tax up on petrol ?? You could not make it up !!!! "
err, you could as you just did. It was the Tories who introduced the fuel duty escalator that gave us 5% rises ABOVE inflation. What Political Party removed that escalator ?
I have no allegiance here just wish a few of the usual suspects would actually bother to read up a little more before posting up their predictable rants.
Bmthbeach
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11:24am Wed 17 Mar 10
MonsterRavingCommonsenseParty
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11:25am Wed 17 Mar 10
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zoko
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11:46am Wed 17 Mar 10
pd7
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12:01pm Wed 17 Mar 10
But everyone will pay up until the next time .
Rather than moaning do something about it .
I did and I no longer buy my road fuel in UK .
ekimnoslen
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12:06pm Wed 17 Mar 10
BH10et
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12:35pm Wed 17 Mar 10
pd7
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12:54pm Wed 17 Mar 10
“Motorists are being legally mugged at the forecourt by petrol companies.”
Will a good IND person please stand up and be voted for at next election.
scoobles
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1:34pm Wed 17 Mar 10
I sold my car 3 years ago and am much richer and healthier for it. You all should try it!!
mikey2gorgeous
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1:41pm Wed 17 Mar 10
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Billions are spent every year increasing road capacity which in turn increases congestion generally. if more effort and money was spent on public transport we could have a first class system which would be frequent and convenient.
Mike Pickering
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1:46pm Wed 17 Mar 10
In addition to this they also sell a large quantity of their product on the open market for others to sell to the public.
This second quantity is haggled over and the demand for it determines the price, and therefore the price of the fuel at the pump.
Therefore, any sales made by Texaco, Esso, etc, on a forecourt, is of that first, primary source, which has not been though the price-setting markets, and should therefore be priced entirely independently of any speculative craziness that goes on there.
If I grow potatoes on my farm and sell them to you, I take into account the price of production, and a reasonable profit, I should not set the price depending on what someone else has sold someone else potatoes for.
These places charge what they do because everywhere else is getting away with it.
I thought the free market was supposed to have a regulatory effect on prices, and that racketeering like this was legislated against ?
I don't own a car, btw; I would rather walk in the rain with my heavy bags of shopping cutting red raw grooves into my aching hands than line the pockets of these trolls anymore that I already do.
traindriver3ss
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2:19pm Wed 17 Mar 10
a.g.o.g. wrote:I have no idea we don't use diesel on my train its electric!!! I think they are allowed to use red diesel as obviously its not road transport.
What do the Rail Operators pay for their diesel do you know train driver? (high-even pass word!)
Emma.1
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2:54pm Wed 17 Mar 10
ian belchamber sausage
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3:06pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Ef the ref
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3:18pm Wed 17 Mar 10
I'm not going to be told when I should use the bus or a bike!
The last time I went on a bus it smelt of vomit and urine, was filthy, late, didn't go where I wanted it to go nor at the right time. It wasn't available outside my house waiting for me and it didn't wait to bring me home! Also, I'm less likely to get mugged in my own car, it's never late and I don't have to share it with drug addicts, low life, chavs and other scum.
And as for bikes...yeh, right! When it's peeing down tomorrow, I'll be snug and warm in my car.
traindriver3ss
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3:21pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Emma.1 wrote:shame the Tories ripped up the train track you could have used us!
I always fill up in either bournemouth or Wimborne as it is cheaper than Blandford. Have to use my car too commute. Just have to try to use it less at other times. Public transport what a joke! I would have to catch two buses and either get in really early or late. What choice do you have?
High Treason
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3:22pm Wed 17 Mar 10
traindriver3ss wrote:Electric driven by a diesel engine me mthinks. But its cost is of no concern to you as you get free rail travel throughout Europe. Oh to be a train driver.
a.g.o.g. wrote: What do the Rail Operators pay for their diesel do you know train driver? (high-even pass word!)I have no idea we don't use diesel on my train its electric!!! I think they are allowed to use red diesel as obviously its not road transport.
grimreaper
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3:25pm Wed 17 Mar 10
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They spent billions of our money bailing out the banks from a crisis which they encouraged and allowed to happen and then they call it Public Debt.
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Time for some anarchy and revolution !
Mothballs
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3:26pm Wed 17 Mar 10
It therefore naturally follows that the petrol companies should similarly reward their own shareholders and further increase their profits, by raising prices at the pump prior to every tax increase.
traindriver3ss
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3:32pm Wed 17 Mar 10
High Treason wrote:No high treason Electric train form electricity on a conductor rail collected by collector shoes! No diesel involved!! And i don't get free travel throughout Europe. I get free travel on my own company only. So yes i can go to weymouth, bournemouth,poole, southampton, portsmouth, woking, basingstoke or london for free but no where else!!
traindriver3ss wrote:Electric driven by a diesel engine me mthinks. But its cost is of no concern to you as you get free rail travel throughout Europe. Oh to be a train driver.
a.g.o.g. wrote: What do the Rail Operators pay for their diesel do you know train driver? (high-even pass word!)I have no idea we don't use diesel on my train its electric!!! I think they are allowed to use red diesel as obviously its not road transport.
traindriver3ss
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3:39pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Dorset_Born_n_Bread !
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3:40pm Wed 17 Mar 10
canopy_man
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3:47pm Wed 17 Mar 10
souwest
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3:56pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Casualferret
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4:13pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Bmthbeach wrote:yeah me too it normally works about 6-8p per litre cheaper :)
Why are pump prices in Bournemouth so much more than in Poole? Have a look at the difference between Tesco in Castle Lane and Tesco in Branksome. There is no doubt that Bournemouth Drivers are being ripped off. I always fill up in Salisbury where I work even there the price is cheaper than in Bournemouth!
ian belchamber sausage
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4:14pm Wed 17 Mar 10
WIGGINSv
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5:13pm Wed 17 Mar 10
colin 50
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5:18pm Wed 17 Mar 10
scoobles wrote:what a stupid ignorant comment.most of us who live in the real world need a car for work,i also use my car for recreational use,you realy are a sad individual.i expect you use friends if you have any, to run you around at their expense no wonder you are richer.
I bet 90% of you are perfectly capable of walking, riding a bike or catching a bus (of which there are loads in bournemouth.) I sold my car 3 years ago and am much richer and healthier for it. You all should try it!!
Trish1
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6:07pm Wed 17 Mar 10
mikesview
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6:13pm Wed 17 Mar 10
lets move forward please
we aint giving up our cars
so lets make the roads right
Frank2010
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6:34pm Wed 17 Mar 10
colin 50 wrote:Totally agree Colin 50. What a stupid pathetic comment.
scoobles wrote:what a stupid ignorant comment.most of us who live in the real world need a car for work,i also use my car for recreational use,you realy are a sad individual.i expect you use friends if you have any, to run you around at their expense no wonder you are richer.
I bet 90% of you are perfectly capable of walking, riding a bike or catching a bus (of which there are loads in bournemouth.) I sold my car 3 years ago and am much richer and healthier for it. You all should try it!!
I live in Poole and have businesses in Sway and Fareham where I go to everyday. How on earth would you get public transport to these destination when I need to get there. I also play golf. Imagine taking a trolley and golf bags on 3 or 4 buses just to get to a course!!
If you want to walk everywhere or take expensive, dirty and unreliable public transport Scoobles then carry on, but remember people need there cars and we are all not little saddo eco warriors like you
O'Really
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6:48pm Wed 17 Mar 10
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Hey, you may not agree with scoobles views, but you spoil your own points with invalid insults and personal attacks. Its just rude.
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Stick to the point.
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Personally, I think we'll all have to get used to using cars - and anything else related to oil prices (ie most things) - a lot less, whether we like it or not.
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twobigdogs
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7:12pm Wed 17 Mar 10
mikey2gorgeous wrote:What a stupid comment!......fuel prices hit everyone.......even those without cars.....how do you think food/goods/medicines get to the shops?...........get real.......
The other day I travelled over 30 miles for the cost of a bowl of cornflakes - on my bike! . It's estimated that when all the costs to the economy of car use are added up, each car is SUBSIDISED to the tune of £2-3,000 pa. Even with current fuel duty. . More to the point - how else is the government going to 'persuade' you to drive less? What's it going to take to get you out of your cars onto public & other transport? I bet the people complaining about fuel costs are the same ones who despise congestion but won't even consider using a bus.
scoobles
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7:20pm Wed 17 Mar 10
colin 50 wrote:keep your hair on lazy bonesss. hit a nerve perhaps?
scoobles wrote: I bet 90% of you are perfectly capable of walking, riding a bike or catching a bus (of which there are loads in bournemouth.) I sold my car 3 years ago and am much richer and healthier for it. You all should try it!!what a stupid ignorant comment.most of us who live in the real world need a car for work,i also use my car for recreational use,you realy are a sad individual.i expect you use friends if you have any, to run you around at their expense no wonder you are richer.
scoobles
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7:22pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Trish1 wrote:are you disabled?
Agree with Colin50. Scoobles is obviously physically fit, except perhaps in the brain department, as he/she , unlike some of us lesser individuals are able to make a choice. For the first 40 years of my life I had no car and walked, cycled or bussed and, yes, I was fit, but not now. I need a car and I, too, will feel the effect of rising petrol costs.
pd7
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7:24pm Wed 17 Mar 10
scoobles
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7:35pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Frank2010 wrote:oh imagine! no you're quite right. how dare everyone else's clean air get in the way of your exciting game of golf. you carry on fatso.
colin 50 wrote:Totally agree Colin 50. What a stupid pathetic comment. I live in Poole and have businesses in Sway and Fareham where I go to everyday. How on earth would you get public transport to these destination when I need to get there. I also play golf. Imagine taking a trolley and golf bags on 3 or 4 buses just to get to a course!! If you want to walk everywhere or take expensive, dirty and unreliable public transport Scoobles then carry on, but remember people need there cars and we are all not little saddo eco warriors like youscoobles wrote: I bet 90% of you are perfectly capable of walking, riding a bike or catching a bus (of which there are loads in bournemouth.) I sold my car 3 years ago and am much richer and healthier for it. You all should try it!!what a stupid ignorant comment.most of us who live in the real world need a car for work,i also use my car for recreational use,you realy are a sad individual.i expect you use friends if you have any, to run you around at their expense no wonder you are richer.
Chresco
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7:37pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Well, although our voices appear to be never heard in the halls of government - who continually insist on raising fuel duty year on year - there is something we all can do to help ease the pain. No, it's not some miracle to reduce fuel duty, because our government will never reduce it, but instead, we can help ourselves by shopping smarter for other motoring costs that we have to bear.
I have used cashback sites to help me reduce my annual insurance premiums. This, together with making the purchase online, has helped me to reduce my most recent renewal from £320 to £240. This will help me offset the additional hikes in fuel prices. People really do not seem to be 'getting it' with cashback sites. There are a number of good ones out there, including Cashback Kings, Cashback Highway and Quidco, all of whom have a good variety of deals for motorists.
So, stop moaning about the cost of motoring, take action and do something about it. There are ways and means out there to help reduce your costs, so start using them to help save money. Maybe one day, we'll be able to get cash back on our fuel purchases too!
Trish1
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8:40pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Diuglas
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8:48pm Wed 17 Mar 10
If your not economically viable its a tough new world to get use to. Smile, pay up or go without.
scoobles
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8:53pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Trish1 wrote:Righto then you are clearly not in the 90% i was referring to. You really shouldn't take things so personally, it'll make your hair fall out.
Yes, I am disabled
BIGTONE
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11:53pm Wed 17 Mar 10
fedupwithjobsworths
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5:59am Thu 18 Mar 10
Pineview
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8:19am Thu 18 Mar 10
If the cost of petrol is so high and you are all so infuriated about it ,why do the majority drive their cars so uneconomically?
Last time the fuel was so high i decided to drive to work up the motorway doing a steady 65mph and was amzaed at the saving,. I now always drive like that and the savings are noticable.
Square Old Codger
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9:41am Thu 18 Mar 10
BournemouthMum
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3:36pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Ef the ref wrote:Well said.
Perhaps we use our cars because we LIKE using them!
I'm not going to be told when I should use the bus or a bike!
The last time I went on a bus it smelt of vomit and urine, was filthy, late, didn't go where I wanted it to go nor at the right time. It wasn't available outside my house waiting for me and it didn't wait to bring me home! Also, I'm less likely to get mugged in my own car, it's never late and I don't have to share it with drug addicts, low life, chavs and other scum.
And as for bikes...yeh, right! When it's peeing down tomorrow, I'll be snug and warm in my car.
It just isn't practical not to have a car these days. There aren't so many local shops now, so it's necessary to travel out of town in order to buy what you want.
Also,as everyone with chilren will know that you cannot expect children to walk to school these days -they just won't because they expect to be driven around here there and everywhere.
High Treason
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4:52pm Thu 18 Mar 10
traindriver3ss wrote:Of course you love the job. My mates a train driver, he spends more time at home or on standby in the rest room watching Tv than driving his chuffer train. He gets more pay than a school teacher and free travel on trains throughout the EU. But to be fair he did admit he is overpaid and underworked.
But your right its a great job i love it!!! ( apart from the 3.30 am starts that is, oh and being told when i will have my holiday)
traindriver3ss
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10:54am Fri 19 Mar 10
BournemouthMum wrote:What a silly comment, Kids wont walk to school who is the parent here?????? My kids walk 1.3 miles to school and 1.3 miles back NO CHOICE ( unless its raining then I do give in). There are still a lot ( although far less) families that don't have a car these kids walk to school or go by bus?
Ef the ref wrote:Well said.
Perhaps we use our cars because we LIKE using them!
I'm not going to be told when I should use the bus or a bike!
The last time I went on a bus it smelt of vomit and urine, was filthy, late, didn't go where I wanted it to go nor at the right time. It wasn't available outside my house waiting for me and it didn't wait to bring me home! Also, I'm less likely to get mugged in my own car, it's never late and I don't have to share it with drug addicts, low life, chavs and other scum.
And as for bikes...yeh, right! When it's peeing down tomorrow, I'll be snug and warm in my car.
It just isn't practical not to have a car these days. There aren't so many local shops now, so it's necessary to travel out of town in order to buy what you want.
Also,as everyone with chilren will know that you cannot expect children to walk to school these days -they just won't because they expect to be driven around here there and everywhere.
traindriver3ss
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11:00am Fri 19 Mar 10
High Treason wrote:yes i probably am paid more than a junior teacher is there a problem with that? we work a 4.4 day 37 hour week so not much less than a standard 40 hour week. Ten years ago we did a 42 hour week but have reduced it by giving up some of our own payrises! As to sitting spare in the messroom I'd love to know who your mate is as i am generally spare watching tv once ever 2-3 weeks! If he gets free EU travel he must either be an ex BR driver or pulling your leg cos i can assure you i don't!!!! I'd say we receive a fair salary for the work we do, when we have to do it, what we have to know and the standards we have to adhere to! Certainly not underpaid but not overpaid either
traindriver3ss wrote:Of course you love the job. My mates a train driver, he spends more time at home or on standby in the rest room watching Tv than driving his chuffer train. He gets more pay than a school teacher and free travel on trains throughout the EU. But to be fair he did admit he is overpaid and underworked.
But your right its a great job i love it!!! ( apart from the 3.30 am starts that is, oh and being told when i will have my holiday)
Mike Pickering
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3:18pm Fri 19 Mar 10
traindriver3ss
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1:43am Sat 20 Mar 10
Mike Pickering wrote:every gradient, position of every signal including in the fog ( obviously the signal is in the same place but what you see/hear is different on approach), speed restriction, Sub station, TP hut, signal box, various braking points for each station depending on weather/weight/train
I think it would be great to be a train-driver, 3s - Do you really have to learn every turn and grade of your routes ? What is/were the best to drive, 47s, 33s?
/brake type ( they take about a mile to stop from 100mph and you have to stop a foot or so either side of a mark on the platform), How to fix the bloody things ( the AA wont come out to the middle of nowhere) ( although less so with the new trains), A rule book about 300 times the size of the highway code all has to be known off by heart, Half the medications that the rest of you take even for stuff like colds banned, Regular downloads of the black box data recorders ( as on aircraft) to make sure your not doing anything wrong, Stringent medicals, random alcohol and drug screening, Various emergency procedures including dangerous goods. Having your start time moved by 2 hours either way at 36 hours notice,People throwing themselves at the train, Idiots at stations you don't stop at pretending they are about to jump! But still the best job in the world!! nothing beats flying through the countryside at 100mph with nothing in front of you!!!
a.g.o.g.
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1:59pm Sat 20 Mar 10
samsmith
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6:46pm Sun 21 Mar 10
Secondly over the weekend I went to visit family in Bristol. The dearest fuel costs there were about the 124p a litre mark, so again it is not quite right to say that we have a record high here compared to other parts of the country.
a.g.o.g.
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8:55am Mon 22 Mar 10
sass
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12:01am Tue 23 Mar 10
T.BH1
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1:14am Tue 23 Mar 10
BournemouthMum wrote:Urgh, your kids are going to grow up to be lazy spoilt brats.
Ef the ref wrote:Well said.
Perhaps we use our cars because we LIKE using them!
I'm not going to be told when I should use the bus or a bike!
The last time I went on a bus it smelt of vomit and urine, was filthy, late, didn't go where I wanted it to go nor at the right time. It wasn't available outside my house waiting for me and it didn't wait to bring me home! Also, I'm less likely to get mugged in my own car, it's never late and I don't have to share it with drug addicts, low life, chavs and other scum.
And as for bikes...yeh, right! When it's peeing down tomorrow, I'll be snug and warm in my car.
It just isn't practical not to have a car these days. There aren't so many local shops now, so it's necessary to travel out of town in order to buy what you want.
Also,as everyone with chilren will know that you cannot expect children to walk to school these days -they just won't because they expect to be driven around here there and everywhere.
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Local shops? Travel out of town to get what you want? Um...You're on the internet are you not? Royal Mail will deliver goods to your door for you. I know, it's a revelation!
Norman Mead
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11:27am Tue 23 Mar 10
sass wrote:Good point. People could save loads of fuel (and therefore money) by driving more smoothly and economically. Just what is it with people speeding towards traffic lights that are on red and then slamming on the brakes? Utter folly - and dangerous too, as you'll probably end up smashing into the back of someone.
And still people drive like their **** is on fire!
Mike Pickering
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2:32pm Tue 23 Mar 10
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mikey2gorgeous says...
9:01am Wed 17 Mar 10
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It's estimated that when all the costs to the economy of car use are added up, each car is SUBSIDISED to the tune of £2-3,000 pa. Even with current fuel duty.
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More to the point - how else is the government going to 'persuade' you to drive less? What's it going to take to get you out of your cars onto public & other transport? I bet the people complaining about fuel costs are the same ones who despise congestion but won't even consider using a bus.