CCTV Reveals Trick Motorists Use to Flee With Huge Petrol Bills [VIDEO]

A collage of a petrol station attendant fueling a car and a vehicle captured by CCTV in Kenya
A collage of a petrol station attendant fueling a car and a vehicle captured by CCTV in Kenya
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Sikika Road Safety

Petrol attendants are increasingly on high alert due to an upsurge in cases of motorists fleeing petrol stations without paying fuel bills as high as Ksh10,000. 

The increase in the number of cases as the country ushered in 2023 elicited debate online on how motorists trick the attendants and what should be done to deter the culprits.

However, in a recent video shared online on Wednesday, January 11, CCTV footage revealed that some motorists remove the number plates to avoid recognition.

In the video, a black vehicle fuels, and as the petrol station attendant heads to the window for payment, the motorist flees leaving the attendant confused.

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The attendant's efforts to run after the car bore no fruit as the car was far gone.

This incident was recorded along Mombasa Road at around 10.20 pm and later reported to the police for action.

"It is sad because the fuel attendant will pay the money," one user lamented.

However, some Kenyans were not amused by the leniency of the petrol station attendants with one suggesting that all motorists should be forced to pay before their vehicle is fueled. 

Others opined that petrol stations should incorporate tyre chocks to prevent the car from fleeing without paying the bill.

"Put barriers on exits and ensure that all vehicles face the exit before fueling. This complaint should be outdated by now," one user demanded.

Most of them sympathised with the attendant who will be forced to foot the bill. Others argued," It is impunity on the station owner's part to deduct employee's salary yet the CCTV shows the motorist speeding off."

On a positive note, some of the vehicles that were reported to have sped off without paying the bill later paid settled their debt to the respective petrol stations.

A petrol station attendant fueling a vehicle
A petrol station attendant fueling a vehicle in April 2020.
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EPRA