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TRUCKERS' PROTEST * USA - Rally Against High Costs for Fuel
Drivers, Feeling the Pinch as Diesel Tops $4 a Gallon, Demand Congressional Action - The White House said there was nothing the government could do to help lower gasoline prices this spring and summer
Washington,DC,USA -The Washington Port, by Paul Schwartzman -April 29, 2008: -- A caravan of horn-honking truck drivers rolled their rigs through Washington yesterday, protesting rising gasoline costs and demanding that Congress impose caps on prices at the pump... The truckers, who formed a long column, circled the Mall about noon and blared their horns. Some spectators waved while others covered their ears... "The high price for oil is hurting our economy," said Mark Kirsch, a trucker from Myerstown, Pa., who helped organize the rally. "It's hurting middle-class people."... A spokesman for Truckers and Citizens United, which sponsored the demonstration, said 200 to 250 trucks showed up, about half of what the group had predicted...
The District Department of Transportation, which said 100 to 125 trucks participated, reported no traffic problems... Bill Carroll, 33, a trucker who drove from Pennsylvania for the demonstration, said his savings have plummeted because he was spending $1,700 a week on fuel... John Bowers, 59, a trucker from Harrisburg, Pa., said his earnings have dropped 25 to 30 percent. "How can you feel good?" he said. "You're working the same number of hours for less money."...
Fifteen truckers met with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)... William Lockridge of the Washington Metropolitan Area Truckers Association compared the potential magnitude of rising fuel costs to the mortgage crisis... At the rally's end, Leroy Yohn, 50, a trucker from Hershey, Pa., stood outside, his hair and clothing soaked, holding an American flag. He said he would make the drive back to Washington as many times as it takes to get relief... He said. "We have to make these people understand."... The group plans to demonstrate in New York on Thursday... - SEE VIDEO -(Photo 1, by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post: A convoy of truckers make their way to the U.S. Capitol in Washington to protest rising fuel costs) -(Photo 2, by Greg Barber) - (Photo 3, by Jacquelyn Martin/AP: Truckers drive by the U.S. Capitol while blaring their horns in protest of high fuel costs in Washington D.C. Monday)* Truckers Take Fuel Protest to DC
Washington,DC,USA -TruckingInfo -29 April 2008: -- ... A number of the truckers came from Pennsylvania, leaving about 6 a.m. Monday to make the trip. According to WGAL, organizers pointed out that each trucker would spend $500 to $550 in fuel alone to make the trip, not to mention about $1,200 to $3,000 in lost time and wages... Ironically, another protest scheduled for today, in Pierre, S.D., drew only about a dozen trucks instead of the hundreds that were expected - because high fuel costs kept them from making the trip. According to the Associated Press, many truck drivers decided not to attend because they could not afford to buy fuel for the trip. The truckers gathered at a city park and then drove in a convoy past the state Capitol...
Labels: fuel cost troubles
posted by Unknown @ 11:49 PM
1 Comments:
Wow,
Nice, powerful and neat trucks indeed.
Read in news recently about similar trucks manufacturing by an American MNC multi billion $ company into mfg in China.
With fuel price hike becoming a regular feature in these years, wonder if we get hybrid technology run heavy duty trucks.
Rgds,
Pankaj (Pete) http://petervarma.blogspot.com
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