Issue id or debit card

TotalEnergies petrol station Arnhem takes action after wave of runaway scooter riders

Scooterrijders bij het TotalEnergies-station bij Velperpoort in Arnhem moeten voortaan eerst een identiteitsbewijs of pinpas afgeven voordat ze mogen tanken. Foto: Shutterstock

At the TotalEnergies petrol station near Velperpoort in Arnhem, they have had to deal with scooter riders filling up and then driving off without paying. The filling station has therefore taken a measure: from now on, scooter riders have to hand over an ID or debit card before being allowed to fill up.

“There have been a bizarre number in recent weeks,” the manager of the petrol shop told Omroep Gelderland. “It is frustrating. I see someone standing and suddenly they are gone. Scooter riders can do that very quickly. They fill up in one or two minutes and then are gone immediately.”

For tank shop employees, it proves difficult to take action against this. This is partly because scooter riders wear helmets, so their faces are not visible. License plates are also difficult to note, as scooters only have a number plate at the back. While refuelling, it is often not visible. “If they then drive off quickly in front of the shop, I have no view of the number plate,” the manager said.

Exact numbers of the number of drive-throughs cannot be given by the manager, but he thinks scooter riders assume they can get away with it easily, partly because it is currently dark early.

The petrol station has contacted the police and has CCTV footage. However, the police indicate that this is a civil matter and there is little they can do in this regard. Therefore, the entrepreneur has put up notes in the shop announcing the new measure. Those who want to fill up their scooter must first hand over an ID or debit card. “We already notice that this helps, it is less in the past few days,” the manager told Omroep Gelderland.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Nina Koelewijn

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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