The alarming frequency of fatal gas-and-dash crimes seems to be statement about how easy it is to steal gasoline but also about the perilous impulse of conscientious gas station attendants to try to physically stop the thief, even at the risk of their lives. Many say gasoline should be pre-paid and maybe so, but petroleum firms can surely do better at educating their employees not to try to stop such thefts. In past decades police and bank staff used to shoot it out with bandits. Now common sense reigns. No amount of money is worth it. City News reports here on a notorious local trial and a new fatal case of gas-and-dash near Edmonton.
