WHILE none of us likes being worried about filling up the car, there may be a plus side to the petrol shortage.

I would hope that all those people who own gigantic vehicles - so-called Chelsea tractors - might pause to wonder why they need a car that does two miles per gallon and won’t fill up for less than £1,000.

Maybe they will see sense and swap their monster vehicles for smaller, more economic, sensible cars, leaving the big 4x4s for people who really need them like Pennine hill farmers.

Just a thought.

While none of us likes being worried about filling up the car, there may be a plus side.

I would hope that all those people who own gigantic vehicles - so-called Chelsea tractors - might pause to wonder why they need a car that does two miles per gallon and won’t fill up for less than £1,000.

Maybe they will see sense and swap their monster vehicles for smaller, more economic, sensible cars, leaving the big 4x4s for people who really need them like Pennine hill farmers.