% He problably tried to punch a hole into what he thought was the gas tank, but found out the hard-way it was the EV's high-voltage pack ... Protester blocked refineries, panic-buying, train driver strike = France's ice dependency %
http://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2016/05/25/french-man-electrocuted-to-death-while-trying-to-steal-petrol-from-electric-car French man electrocuted to death while trying to steal petrol from electric car [20160524] [image http://ia.tmgrup.com.tr/1502f7/645/344/0/11/800/438?u=http://i.tmgrup.com.tr/dailysabah/2016/05/25/1464202662169.jpg A photo taken on May 18, 2016 shows a gas station closed due to a non-supply from blocked refineries as part of the protest against the government's planned labour law reforms. (AFP Photo) ] As 4,026 petrol stations experience fuel shortage amid the stand-off between workers unions and the French government, people are desperately trying to find petrol for their vehicles. Tragically, this fuel shortage led to a man's painful death in eastern France on Tuesday. A man who ran out of petrol in the middle of the night in France's Basançon city, hopelessly and in panic sought fuel for his car. With no fuel left in France's blockaded petrol stations, the man resorted to stealing fuel from another car. The man unknowingly tried to pump out fuel from an electric car which electrocuted him to death. He was only noticed when nearby people got a burning smell. However, it was too late for him and despite medical treatment he could not be saved. The incident comes amid fuel shortage in France after the head of the oil industry federation announced on Wednesday that the country has been using strategic fuel reserves for two days. Many people have been panic-buying and filling their tanks as precaution as consumption has tripled in areas in the face of widespread blockades of oil depots by union activists. This marks the first time in 6 years that the country has mobilized strategic oil stocks which has led to an outbreak of protests. France has used three out of 115 days of fuel reserves to deal with the shortages so far. About 40 percent of gas stations in the Paris region have been hit by partial or total shortages, and 11 fuel depots have been unblocked by police since the protests. Union members at a major oil terminal in the English Channel port city of Le Havre plan to block imports on Thursday as part of broader one-day strikes against the labor bill. Meanwhile, train drivers also staged a one-day strike on Wednesday ... Employers warned the protests were starting to hurt the economy ... Police broke up a fuel depot blockade with water cannons ... Ministers insisted that Socialist President Francois Hollande's government would stand firm and ensure fuel supplies, with strategic reserves large enough to last more than three months. At stake is a labor market reform to make it easier for firms to hire and fire ... The contested labor reform included longer workdays, easier layoffs and weaker unions Protesters say the bill would badly damage employees' rights. The proposal technically maintains the 35-hour workweek, which was conceived to fight joblessness –now at a rate hovering at 10 percent- by spreading work across more people, but still allows companies to organize alternative working times ... [© 2016 TURKUVAZ COMMUNICATION AND PUBLICATION CORPORATION] http://lechodelaboucle.fr/2016/05/24/penurie-dessence-meurt-electrocute-tentant-de-siphonner-voiture-electrique/ [French>translate.google>English] Gas shortage: it dies electrocuted while trying to siphon off an electric car May 24, 2016 Besançon - "Although ill-gotten never profit" This is a wise proverb which would probably benefited this unfortunate Bisontin if he had survived the dramatic misadventure which he suffered that night in the neighborhood of Chaprais. The tank of his car being almost dry and the city's petrol stations that might not be supplied due to the current blockage of refineries, Bisontin forty years nightly decides to anticipate the siphoning tank of a car parked in a discrete curve of a street near the train station Viotte. Although evil has taken him the vehicle in question was an electric car and a powerful electric arc quickly overcame the criminal intentions of the individual. Awakened by a strong smell of burning, residents quickly warned firefighters who, despite their rapid response, have done anything for the unfortunate. [© 2016 Echo Boucle] [dated] http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/12/05/electric_car_charging_illegal_man_arrested_for_charging_electric_car_in.html Why Did This Man Get Arrested for Charging His Electric Car? DEC. 5 2013 ... two deputies handcuffed and arrested him at his home. The charge? Theft of electrical power ... total cost of the 20 minutes of electricity Kamooneh reportedly used is about 5 cents ... Chamblee Police Department dismissed the idea that it wasn’t worth arresting someone over a nickel, telling reporters that “It doesn't matter. He broke the law. He stole something that wasn't his. … A theft is a theft.” ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/French-man-electrocuted-while-trying-to-steal-petrol-from-an-EV-a-burning-smell-was-noticed-tp4682194.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
