TOMORROW: Angry truckies to clog city streets

[dc1integra]

Transport Minister Annette King is defending new road charges saying they are minimal but truckies are furious at the changes and plan to clog city centres across the country tomorrow.

The nationwide protest which organisers have promised will see 1000 trucks in the centre of Auckland will disrupt commuters heading to work on Friday.
The trucks will be driven into the centre of cities between 7.30am and 9am in what trucking representatives say is the first national protest taken by the industry.

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anyone want to bring out the civic's???

[Trivium]

I think an increase in RUC is stupid. Helengrad already gets a decent tax slice off the (ever increasing) price of diesal as it is. Truckies will only increase their prices to offset this, which in turn means higher prices for consumers

Nice one Helen

[dc1integra]

lol i just think it is funny how they are going to fuck up the traffic all over the country ... and thinkn bout fast and furious 4 brought me to the conclusion we all need sacked civics with cross bows or something to that effect

[David R]

As I said in the Truckers Corner thread...

While I think its great they're trying to reduce the traffic on out already-overcrowded road by using rail to transport freight, I think its absolute bullshit that at a time when people are struggling with fuel prices [and the cost of living in general] they put the RUC up by 7-10% and add a 2c/L ACC levy to petrol. There's no way the trucking companies can/will absorb that sort of increase so it will be passed on to the consumer. Higher food prices, higher pertrol prices (from the tax AND the increased delivery costs), more poverty, thanks a fucking lot Helen. I just hope National has the balls to stand up and say that its unacceptable and they'll cut it as soon as they're elected. Somehow I don't see it happening though...

[Soichiro]

YES!! May be the start of some major protest action, go the heavies.

About time this lazy-assed country got motivated and stuck it to these pricks. Feel free to disagree, but I'm backing the truckies

[F1ERCE]

Sweet. Looks like another ride into work tomorrow morning on the bike then. Maybe I can get a coffee and watch the mayhem in the morning.

[DURTYEF3]

Old man's not to happy lol. But i'll back the truckies.. OOOOOO i wanna see queen street filled with B - Trains lol

[VTAKYO]

Family friends doing a trip around Europe at the moment said about Greece having this happen. But much more prolonged. The country ran dry of petrol as nobody was delivering it!

Greek fuel truckers continue strike, supplies dry up | Industries | Financial Services & Real Estate | Reuters

[BWDOWN]

Originally Posted by F1ERCE

Sweet. Looks like another ride into work tomorrow morning on the bike then. Maybe I can get a coffee and watch the mayhem in the morning.

bahaha you on a bike man I'd pay to see that

[MyH22A]

Just seen it on the front page of the press i guess it had ta happen sooner or later. People are pretty pissed off, seem's abit over the top though IMO why not just go on strike or whatever instead of just making it havoc for evryone, but then i dont drive a truck so fair enuff, suppose it'll make people take note of there protest abit better thata way too, at least there was a warning about it i think over in europe no one knew it was gonna happen.

[dc1integra]

Originally Posted by DURTYEF3

OOOOOO i wanna see queen street filled with B - Trains lol

me too lol... may have to go for a walk before work... anyone know of any web cams on queen street?

[F1ERCE]

Originally Posted by BWDOWN

bahaha you on a bike man I'd pay to see that

haha.

OK.



^ Hong Kong


^ Tokyo


^ uh, Vector carpark?

Now where's my 50 bucks man you know you owe me.

[DURTYEF3]

ahahah :^ mean bikes

Some Traffic cams that may show all the truckies. Doubt it

Greville Rd:MetService.com - Weather

[David R]

WTF do you actually do tricks on those fixed-gear things? Kinda looks like flat-land BMX but on an awkward-looking road bike!

[mithere]

My Dad told me this morning that the government takes over a dollar from each litre of petrol. That's fucking ridiculous - over 50% *Blinks*
I support what the truckies are trying to do... why don't we have a boy racer congregration in the CBD to protest the ever-rising petrol prices?
Haha talk about fish in a barrel

[STEVO7]

I think its great the industrie is taking action, the company I work for (Adams Group) are sending our trucks in to the mix The price of fuel went up $45,000 more last month alone on top of what we normally pay for fuel, then for the RUC's to go up without warning is disgusting

[Baz]

Originally Posted by VTAKYO

Family friends doing a trip around Europe at the moment said about Greece having this happen. But much more prolonged. The country ran dry of petrol as nobody was delivering it!

Greek fuel truckers continue strike, supplies dry up | Industries | Financial Services & Real Estate | Reuters

Grandparents told me about that yesterday, the economy is going crazy. Petrol in Greece is around $3.20NZD a litre. It amazed some of my cousins when i told them dad has a 4.4litre BMW. Over there 1.6l is huge. Majority of cars are around 1.3l.

[grandell]

nice avatar there STEVO7

+1 for truckies sticking it to the man!

[VTAKYO]

Originally Posted by Baz

Grandparents told me about that yesterday, the economy is going crazy. Petrol in Greece is around $3.20NZD a litre. It amazed some of my cousins when i told them dad has a 4.4litre BMW. Over there 1.6l is huge. Majority of cars are around 1.3l.

Yea, petrol has even become a black market item... people selling it off at extortionate rates to those who desperately need it! Apparently tourists get it ok though, since they bring good money to the economy.

[F1ERCE]

Originally Posted by David R

WTF do you actually do tricks on those fixed-gear things? Kinda looks like flat-land BMX but on an awkward-looking road bike!

Kind of... here's a vid from some friends in SF. YouTube - Macaframa SF Track Bike Promo

Anyways, enough OT.

[STEVO7]

Originally Posted by grandell

nice avatar there STEVO7

+1 for truckies sticking it to the man!

Ha ha it will be there till the wife see's it ,god dam pussy whipped

[David R]

Originally Posted by F1ERCE

Kind of... here's a vid from some friends in SF. YouTube - Macaframa SF Track Bike Promo

Ha cool! I don't understand how people can feel safe doing stuff like that with out a helmet. I've seen so many nasty accidents, both videos (here's a couple; 1 2) and in person, that it just feels scary.

But yeah, back on topic.
Is anyone leaving for work early? My other half leaves from Mt Wellington for Ponsonby at about 7am, will be interesting to see how much longer it takes...

[BUMP]

I love it how annette king says "saying they are minimal" Its going to cost my dads work an extra 2million and thats just at one site.

[Stubs]

Maybe some good old fashion havoc will finally get helen to pull her fucking head in >

I'm behind these guys 100% of the way, would drive up in my car to help but I'd be afraid of my car getting crushed

[NZRacerX]

The increase in RUC actually doesn't surprise me. I'm not saying I agree with the increase happening, but given current events it just doesn't surprise me at all.

As far as I've been told, historically the Government used to own the rail network, and Road User Charges were introduced to protect their investment when diesel trucks became a viable and cost-effective alternative to shipping stuff by rail. So roll forward to the present day... the Government buys back our rail network, and Surprise!!