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TRUCKERS' PROTEST CONVOY * USA - To state Capitol
Pennsylvania truckers against fuel price
Harrisburg,Pa,USA -The Associated Press/The International Herald Tribune -March 31, 2008: -- Scores of truckers took to the highways and streets around the Capitol on Monday and blasted their horns to protest rising fuel prices... As the protest convoy circled the block, about 100 people gathered on the Capitol steps to urge state lawmakers and Gov. Ed Rendell to eliminate Pennsylvania's highest-in-the-nation diesel fuel tax of 38.1 cents per gallon... Consumers also pay state taxes of 32.3 cents per gallon on gasoline, 11th highest in the nation... Truckers around the country have been talking about a protest or strike as high diesel prices and low freight rates have pushed an increasing number of truckers into bankruptcy... Fuel prices in Pennsylvania averaged $3.28 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline and $4.33 a gallon for diesel on Monday, compared with $2.70 for regular unleaded and $2.84 for diesel a year ago... But truckers are also frustrated with other costs of doing business, such as registration fees and fines for inspection violations, said Ken Dudley, 54, a truck driver from Duncannon... (Video from YouTube/From the Central Penn Business Journal, www.centralpennbusiness.com, by cpbj17101 -March 31, 2008: "Truckers protest in Harrisburg" - A convoy of hundreds of trucks circled the state Capitol, blaring horns in protest of high fuel costs. The convoy paraded along Third and Second streets in Harrisburg, monopolizing the traffic flow and making conversation nearly impossible. Truckers are calling on politicians in Harrisburg, other state capitols and Washington, D.C., to act on the high price of fuel)
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