It has started. The truckers throughout the United States are striking to protest the rising cost of fuel which is directly affecting thier income.
Starting today and lasting for three days most truck drivers will be parking thier rigs and protesting the cost of fuel.
Hovering near $4.00 a gallon in my area and I am sure other areas of the country, truckers are having a hard time just staying in business. A fact you might not know is that each of those shiny chrome tanks on the side of a big rig can hold 100 or more gallons of fuel and the average big rig hauling a loaded trailer averages 14 or less miles to the gallon. With the average driver making $.21 or so per mile, it's not hard to do the math.
I have a step-father-in-law that drives a truck for a living. He is participating in the strike somewhere around New Jersey is where I think he is parked. I support him in this.
If, we, as driver's of cars would have just come together and joined the truckers and not bought any fuel for three days I am sure the suppliers woul dhave felt a pinch. Sure, it's been tried before for the car drivers to do it for a day but that won't work. But if you combined all of the big rig drivers and the car drivers....I think that would make an impact.
Oh, you can rest assured that the truckers strike is going to make an impact. I do hope you are ready for it, it is going to cost us money.
What is that impact? Anything that is delivered by those truckers is going to increase in price...remember the good ole' supply and demand theory?
If stores couldn't get it for three days, they begin running out....therefore what they have is worth more if someone wants it....
I do wish the truckers much sucess with this effort as it could effect us all...
