Anybody know any of the truckers that are protesting in Florida...?

[kentuck]

....by blocking the Interstate? These high gas prices are making it damn near impossible for them to make a living. We are all in the same boat. It is making it hard on millions of low wage and low to middle income earners. We need to let them know that we support them. We have got to make some changes.

[FloridaPat]

1. Haven't heard a word. WIth all the construction on I-4, it would be

hard to tell if it was a protest, an accident, or construction.

[madeline_con]

2. This si from Thursday....

Truckers protest heavy load
Truckers demanded mandatory fuel surcharges in a protest convoy along South Florida's freeways
Posted on Thu, Aug. 11, 2005
BY JANE BUSSEY AND LARRY LEBOWITZ

Hundreds of towering truck cabs streamed down South Florida's freeways on Wednesday in a protest convoy to demand mandatory fuel surcharges, snarling traffic and irritating travelers across the Miami metropolitan region in the process.

Trucker Marvin Palacios had grievances as broad as the wide-brimmed cowboy hat that topped his 6-foot-2-inch frame.

''Oil is becoming more expensive every day and the owners of the trucking companies don't want to pass fuel surcharge to the drivers,'' said Palacios. ``I have a family. The cost of living is going up and we aren't earning any more.''

The caravan, organized by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the International Longshoremen's Association, was staged to encourage Congress to pass a mandatory fuel surcharge law that would automatically pay truckers more as diesel prices rise.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12352600.htm

[Lost-in-FL]

3. Have not heard a word...

everything seem quite...