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* Indie truckers' protest may prove futile against high diesel prices - Doing nothing...
Waco,TX,USA -The Waco Tribune Herald, by Mike Copeland -April 03, 2008: -- ... That’s how 53-year-old Lester Childress, a trucker from Kentucky, spent his day of protest Wednesday against high diesel prices... Childress’ inactivity came a day later than most independents like himself made their feelings known... Childress drove a load of peanut butter from Kentucky to San Antonio earlier in the week. He had made arrangements to pick up a load of freight for the return trip but informed his client he would be coming home empty — something he usually wouldn’t do... “Will that hurt me? Yeah, maybe today. But maybe it will help in the long run,” Childress said. “I just told them I wasn’t doing it. If everybody would stick together, this would work.”... Donnie Anderson, who drives for Genova Products of Indiana, said during a Waco stop that independent truckers are making a valid point... Independent truckers may hurt themselves more than anyone by not hauling their loads on schedule, he said... Still, he’s heard talk on his CB that a new protest will begin at midnight tonight... Childress said trucking is a deregulated, competitive industry, who doubts hauling rates will rise significantly... Clayton Boyce, spokesman for the American Trucking Association, said the protest could be counterproductive, he said, if truckers anger motorists as they did on the New Jersey Turnpike, where a convoy of big rigs traveled only 20 miles per hour... Senior Cpl. Charlie J. Morgan, with the area’s Texas highway patrol, said a trucker driving slowly on a Texas highway could be issued a citation for impeding traffic. The fine would be at least $200 plus court costs that would vary with location... (AP Photo, by Bob Bird - Trucks line a road as truckers rally against high fuel prices at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Friday, April 4, 2008. More than 60 rigs rumbled off Interstate 64/77 and pulled up to the seat of state government to demand relief)* Truckers protest fuel prices nationwide
USA - eTrucker, by Jill Dunn -4 April 2008: -- An April 1 shutdown did take place for some owner-operators, who in spots across the country parked their trucks or slowed highway traffic in protest of diesel prices... There had been talk on the CBs and Internet of a nationwide April 1 strike, but other dates later in the month were also mentioned. With diesel just under or over $4 per gallon nationwide, some owner-operators clearly decided to shut down, but it is unclear how many and for how long. No single organization seems to be in charge, and the specific goals, other than protest, are unclear... Near Florida’s Port of Tampa, more than 50 trucks parked in protest. About 25 truckers parked along Expressway 83 in Alamo, Texas. About 30 truckers gathered outside Jackson, Miss., for a convoy to Atlanta... Some truckers demonstrated by simply slowing down. On the New Jersey Turnpike, trucks clogged lanes at slow speeds, while another group of truckers rallied outside the Vince Lombardi Service Area in Ridgefield, near the George Washington Bridge. Trucks also slowed traffic on the Stevenson Expressway in Chicago... Also April 1, coincidentally, the U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming had representatives from the five largest oil companies at a hearing to probe the causes and solutions of U.S. oil dependence...
* W.Va. Truckers Rally at State Capitol
Charleston,W.Va.,USA -AP, by LAWRENCE MESSINA -4 April 2008 -- Horns blaring, dozens of West Virginia truckers fed up with high fuel costs converged on the state Capitol in protest Friday. They drove off three hours later, still frustrated but with assurances of support from the governor... Though the Legislature passed several tax cuts and phase-outs during its recent session, none of the 2,134 bills introduced appear to have targeted taxes on vehicle fuels... Truckers have taken to the roads throughout the country for similar protests all week. On Friday, about a dozen independent truckers staged a protest in Columbia, S.C.... Truckers also clogged streets around Pennsylvania's Capitol on Monday, forced slowdowns on the New Jersey Turnpike on Tuesday and shut down a state port authority terminal in Georgia on Thursday... (AP Photo, by Bob Bird - A independent trucker drives past a gas station sign as others rally against high fuel prices at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Friday)* Area truckers go on strike
Los Angeles,CA,USA -Trading Markets/The Sentinel Echo -April 04, 2008: -- A truckers' strike, which kicked off Tuesday, saw Laurel Countian Terry Napier staying put for once. The second-generation owner-operator kept his three Peterbilts parked in protest of sky-high gas prices... Napier said he is spending $3,500 per week in diesel fuel for each of his three trucks... The strike has been a grassroots effort... "Truck drivers have a bond," Napier said. "It spread through word of mouth from one truck driver to another."...
* Gas Prices Got You Down? Just Think of the Truckers…
Stamford,CT,USA -DanMalloy.com, by MICHAEL NORRIS -April 4, 2008: -- This week, a story from WTNH caught my attention; it was about the truckers who were planning to protest the high price of diesel fuel. The article also mentions a AAA study which showed diesel prices in Connecticut averaged $4.24 a gallon, up from $2.91 a gallon a year ago. Truckers were planning on parking their trucks or driving very slow on the highways; the latter if we’re all lucky... Something’s not right when people who drive thousands of miles per year to make sure we all have everything we need are being driven into the ground financially. We owe it to the truckers to look for answers or we could soon be looking at empty shelves at the grocery store...
* Protests spread as fuel crisis pushes owner-operators to brink
Grain Valley,MO,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 4, 2008: -- Across the country this week, some owner-operators decided to shut down for one day, some decided to shut down for three days, and others decided to shut down indefinitely until economic conditions in the trucking industry improve... Fuel prices near or above the $4 mark in many states and shrinking bottom lines have forced many owner-operators to re-examine whether or not it’s economically feasible for them to keep rolling right now...
* Weekend May Tell Truckers' Strike Impact
Dublin,GA,USA -The Dublin Courier Herald, by Stephanie Miller & Jonathan Jackson -4 April 2008: -- According to those who depend on the business of over-the-road truck drivers, a difference can already be seen in the dollars taken in from since a nationwide voluntary hauling strike of independent truckers began Thursday... And, some local truckers have what they believe to be a bargaining tool to convince those who hire them to haul to raise their rates... Mindy Long of the National Association of Truck stop Operators (NATSO) said Friday that the rise in fuel prices is challenging for truck stop owners and operators...
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