Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Truckers Sleeping With Guns to Fight Fumers
It's like a LARP Road Warrior:
People are protecting their gas like gold once they get it. Gas cans are secured by chains and locks in truck beds. Some people sleep in their trucks with a gun in case someone tries to stick a siphon hose down the nozzle.
Speed Fuming: Car Fuel Lines Getting Cut
Siphoning gas is apparently not always quick enough:
Residents in the Glencoe Park area were told to watch their cars and be aware of suspicious activity.
Property managers said someone cut the fuel line of one vehicle parked along Ellsworth Avenue.
Some people told NBC 5 that they were not surprised prices of gasoline have prompted thefts.
"I don't blame them," Dallas resident Andrew Jamous said. "I would do the same thing if I knew how and could get away with it. I would go out at night and take everyone's gas, and save me a $100 a day."
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Sales of locking gas caps rise with prices
Sent in from a fellow anti-fumer:
Locking gas caps are suddenly becoming popular with people who already have seen tank levels dropping.
"Last week I sold six or seven of them, and we don't usually sell too many locking caps at all," said Andy Moffitt, an employee of CarQuest, 1500 S.W. Army Post Road. A man in his mid-40s came in asking for a locking gas cap early last week. Moffitt said the man told him he went out to his car and found a tube hanging from the gas tank opening.
"Apparently he went out while they were still siphoning from it," said Moffitt. The price of a locking gas cap ranges from $11.99 to $15.99.
USA Today reported that AutoZone, the nation's largest auto parts chain, sold more than 10,000 locking gas caps last week, up more than 60 percent over a typical week.
