Two people were recorded apparently filing a bucket, lined with a bin bag, with petrol as panicked motorists continued to flock to the forecourt.
The jaw-dropping footage has emerged showing two men filling a bucket lined with a black bin-liner with unleaded while at a petrol filling station.
In the clip believed to be at a Shell station a sign reading '£35 limit on all fuel purchases' can be seen at the pump as a man fills the bin with petrol.
As long lines continued outside filling stations across the country there were yet more ugly scenes of fighting between frustrated drivers.
A group of men were filmed brawling outside a petrol station in Epping, Essex, while in Ashford, Kent, an ambulance was pictured waiting in line for petrol.
Reports claimed it could be the middle of November before the 5,000 truckers being offered three-month work visas hit the roads.
The time taken to set up the scheme, to select firms to process applications and for hauliers to recruit drivers could stop them getting on our roads any sooner, it was claimed.
The temporary visas are due to expire on Christmas Eve - leading the boss of a major UK haulier to tell The Grocer trade magazine: "To call it a three-month scheme is disingenuous."
It is feared the driver shortage - estimated at 100,000 - could hit supplies of everything from food to toys in the run-up to Christmas.
A fleet of Government lorries has taken to the roads to help tackle the fuel crisis.
The 80 road tankers, stationed at Fenstanton, Cambs, and Bradford, West Yorks, are kept in a state of readiness to be deployed at 24 hours' notice.
Confirming the Reserve Tanker Fleet had been deployed, Business Secretary Kwarsi Kwarteng said: "The trucks are driven by civilians and will provide additional logistical capacity to the fuel industry."
Insisting the crisis was easing, he added: "We are now seeing signs that the situation at the pumps has begun to improve with more stations getting more fuel."
A Government spokesman said: "We've taken immediate action to increase the supply of HGV drivers, streamlining the testing process, enabling fuel companies to work together and introducing short term visas.
"This is a global problem and we have been working closely with industry for months to understand how we can boost recruitment."
The message was echoed by industry giants including Shell, BP and Esso.
In a joint statement, they said: "While there has always been plenty of fuel at our refineries and terminals, we are also now seeing signs that the situation at the pumps has begun to improve.
"We remain confident that the situation will stabilise further in the coming days and encourage everyone to fill up as they normally would to help forecourts return to normal."
