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Fuel protests: Arrests for slow driving as convoys cause motorway delays (UK)
BBC News ^ | 7/4/2022 | Doug Faulkner

Posted on 07/04/2022 9:03:56 AM PDT by Nextrush

More than a dozen protesters have been arrested for driving too slowly during demonstrations on motorways in England, Scotland and Wales over fuel prices.

The go-slow action is mainly targeting three-lane motorways with convoys of vehicles crawling along two lanes-leavng the "fast" outside lane free.

Twelve people were arrested after a protest on the M4, which led to the Prince of Wales bridge, between England and Wales, being closed.

Another man was arrested near the A38.

Protesters, organised under the social media banner Fuel Price Stand Against Tax, have driven in a series of convoys at 30 mph (48.3 km/h) to cause gridlock on major roads and motorways across Great Britain...

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: fuelprices; fuelprotests; priceprotests

1 posted on 07/04/2022 9:03:56 AM PDT by Nextrush
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To: Nextrush

Governments are manipulating the price of fossil fuels higher. They intend to price it so high that you’ll look at other options...like EV’s!


2 posted on 07/04/2022 9:27:10 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Keep telling yourself that. They don’t want you driving, at all. Fuel moves food and other necessities around. They don’t want you to have those, either.


3 posted on 07/04/2022 9:31:11 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Nextrush

Who is pulling over for unarmed bobbies?


4 posted on 07/04/2022 9:42:21 AM PDT by G Larry (Anybody notice that Satan is hard at work?)
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