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Without any form of automatic cruise control, I think it would be horrible. And even with, it could be unpleasant if the limiter and cruise don't detect speed the same way. I rarely go above any speed limit. I often use cruise control. I don't think this would make any real difference to my...

My post of the picture was a joke.

I was implying the use of precisely what I pictured. Not adding danglers to existing vehicles.

The pollution will be a problem. Taking the journey as vertical from ground to orbital altitude, what is the mpg of these satellite launches?

I always knew the fuel shortage was planned by the Germans. They have pointedly blamed brexit. And look at the profits they are making out of Jerry cans.... :)

If they were physically and contractually available (say they were legal in Ireland or France and could arrive in hours), I suspect the government would have no difficulty in granting a temporary exemption. Though I can imagine them doing so then finding there is hardly a fuel forecourt in the...

The answer to there being too few drivers is obvious - from the extremely aptly named YQ company: Only need half or a third the drivers. :-)

Should have put "to 20:25 ... next Wednesday".

Follow it live on Channel Five! Panic At The Pumps: :LIVE Turned on just to see what they could possibly be saying. Once you've seen one petrol queue... It is exactly the drivel you'd expect with only a few words worth hearing so far.

And you blame me for negativity! Replace tea bag by, umm, let's think about this for a minute, coffee bag? Or plunger of cafetière.

But switching from, say, HGVs to 3/7.5 tonners and or vans is not quite as simple as going by volume/weight and number of drivers.

Petrol. Diesel. Marvellous! Should be believe the story publihed below as a bit of PR? Or the stories in multiple media suggesting collapse is on the cards? Petrol giant Essar has denied reports that it is teetering on the brink of collapse, reiterating the progress it has made to strengthen...

The government's planned fluoridation of water seems to be kickstarting the economy on its own! And kicking "green" targets over the cliff. Reason? The number saying they will install reverse osmosis or distillation units in order to remove the fluoride before they consume the water. The cost...

The need to move them from current deployments to, for example, ambulances, fuel and medicines distributions, if it comes to it, is already making them falter. Time to say "Bring back National Service". It is a tradition to do so whenever things don't look as if they are working. :)

Because I am interested in medicines, I find this story somewhat disturbing: ‘Terrible’: 2.4k medicines at risk of withdrawal in Northern Ireland 16 Sep 2021 News In an interview with BBC Today yesterday (September 15), Mr Samuels revealed that 910 medicines have already been discontinued in...

Remember that distribution of pharmaceuticals (and some ingredients) requires temperature-controlled environments including, I think, temperature recorders. So not just any old 3/7.5 tonners.

Hardly any time ago, teenagers were not going to be vaccinated. The British education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has called for teenagers to be vaccinated with ‘the same urgency and vigour’ that got jabs into the arms of adults.

Sounds like they are doing just that - BBC and Guardian both say that is (probably) happening.

Maybe - but it is across the media. (The LBC link headed by a certain Rachel Johnson.) Pharmacies warn of drugs delay: Lack of van drivers sees 'reduced' deliveries with prescriptions 'not arriving' - amid fears situation will get worse at winter Pharmacists reportedly facing disruption...

I hope. Yes - final mile delivery is typically in Transit-class vehicles. But seems there is a shortage of drivers of them! But the companies also need to get medicines from elsewhere. For example, three of the five medicines I take are manufactured in the UK, the other two in Germany and (from...