After days of urging motorists to fill up if their tanks dropped below two-thirds full, the Department for Energy and Climate Change said there was no need to queue on petrol forecourts.
"There is no urgency to top up your tank, a strike will not happen over Easter," it said.
But with Unite stressing it retained the right to call industrial action if talks, expected to start next week, break down, No 10 stressed the threat was not yet over.
"It remains vital we take the necessary steps to keep the country safe in case there is a strike," a spokesman said.
The move followed more panic-buying at garages across the country today and the revelation that petrol sales increased by almost 172 per cent yesterday while sales of diesel were up by almost 77 per cent. More Truthful Account Here
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