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Wed 12 Dec 2002Border fuel rush is turning cars into 'mobile bombs'Every weekend thousands of motorists from Northern Ireland cross the border to fill their tanks - and the plastic containers in their boots - with cheaper fuel. Brian Byrne and Trish Whelan report on the traffic and the danger it posesThe cars begin arriving around mid-morning every Saturday. Lots of them, all Northern Ireland registered, all coming across the Border. Their objective - cheap fuel.