petrol forecourts to adopt the use of stingers?

spaceman5

Markyt wrote: »

There is one at a garage in Bradford, they've had it for at least a year.

My alternative is much better though.

Connect the garage to the ANPR database. If the car reg is flagged as having no tax, insurance or is listed as stolen, then no fuel is dispensed. Triple whammy and it pays for itself.

that is a good idea, only problem being is that the real criminals are getting smarter these days, they either put false plates on, or covering the plates up with some sort of film, so the camera cannot pick it up, so i think this is why they have come up with this idea.

benjus

Some petrol stations in Spain are pay first. For example, I went in, gave the cashier more than enough cash to fill up, took the fuel then went back in to get the change. Not really very convenient, and highly error-prone. I guess that to pay by card you would have to decide in advance how much you wanted...

Card operated pumps are a good idea IMO. Just make sure they are chip & pin - some of the early models just required you to insert the card.

in2deep_2

Has anyone used the petrol station at asda in Milton Keynes, there is NO shop NO cashier No building of any sort, its just pumps....nothing else....pay first or don't get any fuel.

Keith

in2deep wrote: »

Has anyone used the petrol station at asda in Milton Keynes, there is NO shop NO cashier No building of any sort, its just pumps....nothing else....pay first or don't get any fuel.

Yeah, there are a few of those now. Asda used to have a cashier with a barrier when I was a kid.