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Fuel Protest * UK - Haulage firms threaten wildcat action over tax
A section of the A40 in west London was turned into a car park by hauliers - London go-slow may be repeated on motorways
London,UK -The Guardian, by Dan Milmo, Jo Adetunji & Lucy Taylor -July 3, 2008 : -- The government faces the prospect of wildcat action by lorry drivers if fuel taxes remain at current levels, hauliers warned... Hundreds of truck owners travelled to the capital to demand the postponement of a planned 2p increase in fuel duty in October. A section of the A40 in west London was turned into a car park by hauliers for the second time this year while police motorcyclists led groups of lorries through central London... The Road Haulage Association said wildcat protests, including go-slows on Britain's busiest motorways, were possible if the government did not reduce or freeze the tax burden on motorists... Every 1p increase in the price of fuel adds £600 a year to the cost of driving a heavy goods vehicle, according to the RHA, and a 5p increase in the cost of diesel in recent weeks has already added £3,000 to a trucker's annual fuel bill...
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