Legal fuel protests to commence.........

anewman

top_banana wrote: »

Negotiation should be the way forward !

Surely *action* or tax cuts, or a concession from the government is the way forward?!

LuciferTDark

TransAction 2007, Petrol Companies new best friends, Bunch of irresponsible morons.

anewman

Sounds to me suspiciously like they're going to blockade refineries.

LuciferTDark

anewman wrote: »

Sounds to me suspiciously like they're going to blockade refineries.

That's what I'm afraid of too, people will panic & buy up every drop of fuel that's there leading to shortages & improved bank balances for the petrol firms & the government, the only people who are likely to win in this.

anewman

What's worse is petrolprices.com has now sent out an e-mail which may induce panic buying.

Last week I was informed that a group called Transaction 2007 had plans this weekend to release a statement announcing some kind of protest action relating to the price of fuel in the UK. I have just read a statement published on their web site in which they have confirmed that they are going to organise legal protest action, and that it could begin as early as this Wednesday.

I have got more on the PetrolPrices.com blog about this:

http://www.petrolprices.com/blog/petrol-price-protests-planned-for-this-wednesday-86.html

We will of course be following the story as it unfolds next week to keep you informed. If you want to express your opinion about the plans you can do so on our blog, as always, by leaving your comments and voting in our polls.

Regards,
Brendan

Conor_3

anewman wrote: »

Something to do with making it so they can withdraw licenses of any protesters so you lose the license and your livelihood.

Nope, that was already in place. In order to apply for and retain a HGV licence, you must be deemed to be of "good repute" and this is something that's been around for decades. You can have your licence withdrawn by the Traffic Commissioner at any time for not being of good repute. You will be required to attend a TC tribuneral to defend yourself in such a case. Because it is not a court of law, the same restrictions in regards to proof etc don't apply.

Conor_3

goldspanners wrote: »

thats a bit emotional,are you saying personally I dont give a damn about truckers?

Pretty much. What makes it worse is people aren't conscious that they do treat them like muck and then there's the ever present NIMBY and "We want the goods but not the lorries."

Should you ever become one, you'll soon figure out what I mean.

anewman

Conor wrote: »

You can have your licence withdrawn by the Traffic Commissioner at any time for not being of good repute. You will be required to attend a TC tribuneral to defend yourself in such a case. Because it is not a court of law, the same restrictions in regards to proof etc don't apply.

Great so when those lorries pull out without indicating or before indicating, without due care and attention for traffic in the lane they're moving into, they are obviously of "ill repute" and all you have to do is contact the Traffic Commissioner with their reg number to get them off the road. Plus as you say you don't need proof. :beer:

goldspanners

Conor wrote: »

Pretty much. What makes it worse is people aren't conscious that they do treat them like muck and then there's the ever present NIMBY and "We want the goods but not the lorries."

Should you ever become one, you'll soon figure out what I mean.

you dont know me,or do you? so how can you make such a personal statement?

Conor_3

Experience. Unless you're involved with them, it's pretty much guaranteed the NIMBYism and "We want the goods but not the lorries" attitude prevails. This is even more likely if you're out driving and happen to get held up by one, especially if it's doing the maximum legal 40MPH on a single carriage A road in a national speed limit.