The appearance of volunteers at gas stations in Vladikavkaz caused dissatisfaction among drivers.

Today in Vladikavkaz, volunteers began coordinating queues at gas stations, reported the Ministry of Housing and Utilities of North Ossetia. Local drivers, commenting on this report on social media, noted that the appearance of volunteers might, on the contrary, provoke conflicts rather than improve the situation at gas stations.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on September 29, drivers in North Ossetia doubted the effectiveness of the initiative involving volunteers to record violations of traffic rules in queues at gas stations and called for addressing the issue of fuel availability.

On October 6, volunteers from the North Caucasian Mining and Metallurgical Institute began coordinating queues and traffic at the "Rosneft" gas stations on Zortova and Moskovskaya streets, as well as at the "Gazprom" gas station at the intersection of Leonova and Moskovskaya streets in Vladikavkaz, reported the Ministry of Housing and Utilities of North Ossetia, whose message was cited by the publication "Osnova News".

Today, the Instagram*-public northossetia, which has about 422 thousand followers, published a post about the appearance of volunteers at gas stations in Vladikavkaz. As of 12:35 MSK on October 6, this post received 102 likes and 23 comments.

Some participants in the discussion reacted irritably to the appearance of volunteers, with one suggesting the possibility of conflict. "And what if, just to repeat, by chance, some volunteer gets hit purely accidentally, will the Ministry of Housing and Utilities protect him?" asked user zasei.t.

"We are waiting for improvements in the situation, and here... volunteers," wrote alba_alba78.

"Just – why?" asked tsilya_izrailevna.

Other participants in the discussion considered the involvement of volunteers a useless measure and called instead to address the causes of queues and the high price of gasoline. "Volunteers won't lower the price," pointed out stalker8018.

"It would be better to lower the price of gasoline," stated khub_etsov_01.

"Let people fill up their tanks, they will refuel less often and there won't be these kilometer-long queues," indicated lina_gagloeva.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that drivers in North Ossetia have repeatedly complained about long waits in queues at gas stations. Previously, motorists reported that they had to spend two to three hours in queues of dozens of cars, including after work, and by the time they refueled, the gasoline might run out. Drivers also noted that due to the limited working hours of gas stations, queues become multi-hour, and attempts to cut into the flow and violations of traffic rules create additional tension.