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M5 Truck Demostration, Fuel Prices - UK

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:23 am
by written_ficton
No bitching about quality of the photo's. If you want to be a smart arse about these photos, open a word document and write to yourself.

Travelling down the M5 out of Blackpool [which is a hell of a place!] there was a demostration from Truck Drivers about the cost of fuel

When we were there [converted, we were paying] per litre

Petrol $2.20
Diesel $2.50

Shell tanker drivers went on a strike for 7days, meaning nearly 200 fuel stations ran out of fuel and left dozen's on fuel ration

Here is the demostration pictures, snapped through the car while travelling down south to Torquay

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The backlog in traffic

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close up shot of a Volvo traffic car

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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:38 pm
by yorky
There's an ANPR traffic car!

Errm that trucks covering its air intake?

LED light bar Land Rover mmmmmm.

Four antenna's on the roof of the Volvo, I'm guessing for LoJack?

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:41 pm
by written_ficton
yorky wrote:There's an ANPR traffic car!

Errm that trucks covering its air intake?

LED light bar Land Rover mmmmmm.

Four antenna's on the roof of the Volvo, I'm guessing for LoJack?
I was unlucky not to see a subura ANPR car as they are sweeeet

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:52 pm
by yorky
I'm more partial to the Evo's myself :)

Re: M5 Truck Demostration, Fuel Prices - UK

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:19 pm
by jasonjag
[quote="written_ficton"]No bitching about quality of the photo's.


hey "Written_fiction", no one is going to complain about the quallity of the pics, we are grateful to see them from your trip, thanks from all of us,,,jj

Sydney NEWS: 100 trucks protest fuel prices on highway
July 23, 2008 07:04am

MORE than 100 heavy trucks formed a go-slow convoy from the New South Wales southern highlands to Sydney today in a protest against high fuel prices.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 49,00.html

It is a world wide problem...