What is it about the British Public

TimesOnline Article
September 13, 2005
Petrol panic begins to spread as oil prices rise
By Ben Webster, Philip Webster and Gary Duncan

Why do we always panic and make a problem worse, it's like when we hear something will sellout, we all go and get some more, why?

I witnessed people in at a forecourt yesterday putting between 5 and 10 litres in their cars to keep them topped up, what's all that about, they probably used up 2 litres waiting in the long line of cars to get to the pumps... Please Britain get a grip and remain calm.