It is NOT a strike http://www.drivers4drivers.com/flyer.asp . And it sounds pretty dumb to me . You'd be better off parking than clogging the highways . Every interstate has a minimum speed and anybody trying this nonsense will be ticketed .

 

They couldn’t ticket all of us. Im sure they would try but around here in the morning yeah right. The limit is 70 and if your not doing 80 your gonna get killed. People do 80+ past the cops and nothing happens there’s to many of them.

 

wouldnt it have been better to start it on the 5th, seeing as the 1st, everyone is going to be skeptical of it (april fools day??)

 

protests like this have been done before, and all it serves to do is tick people off who are stuck behind it. how is making thousands of people late for work, late for school, late picking up their kids, etc., going to raise awareness of the plight of the owner/ops, or the hardships of high fuel prices? in the past all it served to do was, infuriate motorists, cause many near accidents, and instill hate and hostility in people, against the group doing it.

 

my uncle says a strike is a coming. he's been driving for 25 years. I hope it does happen. if only the big firms would do the same. 2 days of no deliveries and this country would be crippled. I've parked my truck and started driving my little car hauling 2x4's,cow feed and other farm related stuff in it.

 

I keep waiting for a strike. Yes one will help and yes it does help if people get upset, brings attention. I for one am sick of subsidising the cars. Tired of over $1000 to fill my truck.

last time truckers protested was a couple of years ago, 10,000 trucks around the White House, government said they could do nothing to help prices but they went down 20 to 40 cents in 48 hours. Of course it is illegal to drive a truck there now.

 

Great timing. I'm moving from Ohio to Texas on April the 3rd and 4th. I hope I-65 isn't too bad.

 

Brian, I'd bet the farm you'll be able to get fuel, especially around here.

 

Exactly. Not a good idea, in my mind.

The idea behind a labor action is to withhold the labor, not to cause direct grief upon the body public.

 

They wouldn't get ticketed because 45 is the Minimum allowable speed limit.

My question is if they drove that slow and delayed making a delivery, would the people these guys are delivering to re-hire them because they took so long?

So, I understand the protest and I think it would catch more attention to drive slowly than to park the trucks, but I think it would cost them contracts in the future and therefor their own jobs...

Double-edged sword!!!!

 

I think actions like this show desperation and ignorance, and punish the people who aren't to blame.

It can only go badly for the participants.

I want to know exactly what these people are asking to be done? If they had a specific demand, that would be one thing. (like say, repeal the Fed fuel tax). But it appears they are just whining in general.

This is ill-advised and immature, imo.

No one likes the high fuel prices.

But what exactly are we supposed to do?

Until I see every truck on the road traveling 55mph, I know they aren't serious about fuel pricing. I have yet to see it. My last trip saw me getting passed by big trucks all the time and I was going 60mph.

jmo

 

Good for the truckers...Americas unsung delivery hero's. We over regulate them with every possible DOT law there is and the high price of fuel is taking a serious toll on their earnings.. Yet through all of this they keep on truckin' keeping our shelves stocked and our tanks full...Thanks Guys!

I for one will give them a thumbs up if I see this take place.....

 

They don't absorb this cost.

I've got a $2 package of eggs that says the cost is being passed on.

 

Package, is that the same as a Dozen?

Gallon of milk around here is just over $4.00 now. I can remember $2.35 a few years ago.

 

Eggs here are almost $4 a doz.....milk is over $5 Gal....Some of you think that if the independents stopped the larger companies will take over, I say BS, Go to Salinas or Nogales an see how many JB Hunt/Werner trucks are there, or go to a chicken plant in Ar. They know if they want fresh lettuce in Chicago JB's flat beds an dry boxes aint the way to ship. Another thing the large companies can't haul all the freight, with the driver shortage as it is they have a hard enough time haulin the freight they have. I say shut er down, so what if they repo my truck, I hope they repo 1000's, then we can buy them back for pennies on the dollar.