The Dutch come from Germany with ‘moving bombs’

In Belgium, people have already sounded the alarm that an above-average number of Dutch people come to refuel and that they are also increasingly stocking up on large amounts of fuel. The same state of affairs is observed just across the border in Germany. A number of gas station owners in Germany are speaking out about this to the General Newspaper. Dutch gas station owner Jan Pieter de Wilde of Kuster Energy (with branches in both the Netherlands and Germany) sees excesses increasing. He emphasizes that filling jerry cans by the Dutch is not new, but that it is happening a lot now.

The high fuel prices are of course the reason. More than ever, the ‘more normal’ prices in our neighboring countries are attracting ‘fuel tourists’. A trip across the border becomes more lucrative if you don’t have to come back every once in a while, so some people do a lot in one fell swoop: “For years there have been people who don’t cross the border for just 40 liters. Now the prices are so high, more people take extra fuel with them,” says De Wilde. An employee of another German gas station, Star, says he regularly sees Dutch people leave with a trunk full of full jerry cans: “People stuff the whole car full. , but that’s really not possible. It is really dangerous, if you have an accident, you hang,” he says. De Wilde also urges people not to take any risks: “You are a moving bomb.”

An employee of the Star gas station, according to the AD indicates that when quantities get out of hand, people are asked to fill jerry cans and are ordered to stop doing so. Formally, it is allowed to fill and take jerry cans with you. However, you are not allowed to take more than 240 liters with you, divided over jerry cans with a maximum capacity of 60 liters. Quite a bit, so. The condition is that the jerry cans are in the car in such a way that they cannot leak or move. Above all, use common sense. Driving around with a car full of full jerry cans of fuel is clearly not one of them.