Spy has heard from numerous drivers about attempted fuel thefts. Main image: Andrew Bayda/stock.adobe.com
In the past fortnight, Spy has spoken to five truckies who have been victim to attempted diesel theft from their vehicles.
One told me he was dozing in the sleeper box of his truck at around 9pm, while parked at a rest area in country Victoria.
“I heard a noise coming from the exterior of my truck and saw this bloke who had a 4WD parked nearby trying to syphon diesel from a tank. He had even broken the lock,” he said.
When confronted, this truckie told me that the grub took off and it was so dark his number plate was not visible.
A Tasmanian driver said he was parked in his vehicle at St Peter’s Pass rest area beside the Midlands Highway in Tasmania.
Several youngsters in a 4WD were attempting to steal some fuel when he screamed at them and they took off.
While in Queensland, a driver parked up in the back section of a big roadhouse parking area had a similar experience.
Again the culprit escaped without apprehension.
And down in NSW, a veteran driver said he interrupted a would-be thief when he was parked at a pull off area.
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