KPRC-2 reports on what must be one of the dumbest “protests” of 2005:
Nearly 100 18-wheelers formed a convoy on a Houston freeway to protest rising diesel prices, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.
Diesel is averaging $3.21 a gallon.
The truckers circled the 610 Loop in the fast lane at speeds of 20 to 30 mph Friday shortly before noon.
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The drivers said even though it was expensive to use diesel for their rolling protest, it was a sacrifice to make a point and bring attention to the problem.
That was very helpful of the truck drivers. Until today, our car-happy citizenry was wholly unaware that fuel prices are high! But now we know, thanks to the “sacrifice” of Houston’s brave truck drivers!
If Sergeant Klausner hadn’t retired today, one suspects HPD’s truck enforcement division would have been out pulling those trucks out of the way to inspect them, and annoying them as much as they likely annoyed quite a few motorists.
