What on Earth is going on here?
Is it a urine smuggling operation?
Is it a modern day moonshine run?
No - it is gasoline-hoarding by morons.
And they said the Pinto fuel tank was dangerous.
Hoarding toilet rolls doesn't seem so bad now - at least toilet rolls would absorb a bit of impact.
This is as a result of the hacking of a supply line feeding a large chunk of the Eastern United States with petrol. Car+Driver offer suitable comment and advice.
Meanwhile, in the 1970s, people queued nicely during a fuel shortage:
