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Fuel protesters around the country have urged motorists to join a national demonstration against a rise in the price of petrol.

Chancellor Gordon Brown is expected to announce an increase of 1.28p per litre tomorrow. Every motorist in the UK is being asked to stop their vehicles for one minute at 8.30am tomorrow in the midst of the rush hour.


Not my idea, this is from the Telegraph today.
What do you think?

TVR Gary

I will be stopping mine .....although i will be at wirk at the time so not alot of help im afraid.

Best idea i saw a while back was a nationwide boycot of one of the biggies, shell esso bp etc .... no-body buys their petrol for a couple of weeks so they have to do something, they reduce their prices, so the rest have to follow suit........never know might work???

ChrisB

Would never work given the vast majority of the price of petrol is tax... (SIAL in a way )

Neil Smalley

I think most people will be stopped at 8:30 anyway. At least those on the M6,M1 and M25.

JoeyDeacon

I will be around Junction 11 of the M25 at 8:30AM tomorrow so I don't think I will even notice this if it happens.

Duck_Pond

Would be a good idea... except most peoples' watches won't be in synch, so there'll be people stopping unexpectedly, and will probably cause accidents.

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

It's a rubbish Idea! If that's the best people can come up with then no wonder the government laugh at us.

SiDHEaD

It's not really the fuel/forecourt company's fault. They can't just lower their prices. The amount of profit they make is stupidly small compared to the huge % tax this ****-head government put on.

We need the trucker's to **** it up again - or for some car-driving sane people to get in government.

Andy

Burt

Hope nobody is daft enough to join in. Caused alsorts of grief last time this happened!

BOB.T

I can't see it working, if we we left our cars at home for a full day though.......

astraboy

i'll be on the train at 8.30. i could pull the communication cord though....
astraboy.

Dave P

A better idea would surly be for EVERYONE to get to work using their feet, bicycle and public transport.

Everyone would be late for work, the public transport system would be in chaos for the day and the country would loose billions in revenue.

Although we bemoan the French it's just the kind of thing they would do, but over here we just say... never mind old chap quite happy to pay whatever the government tell me whatto.. and so we get whacked!

Dave

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

The last time we had the protests - it was quality

I know it caused all sorts of inconvienance, but it truly shows what people power can do...grind the country to a halt

I was not alone...filled up scoob to the brim, only to get a call from the dealers asking if I could drop my scoob in as they had no cars to work on(no-one could get there - no petrol ) and I wanted the work done ASAP - I ended with a courtesy car with no petrol

out with the bike - and get fit

If it will gets point across that fuel tax is still too high -Bring on the anarchy

I mean FFS the cost of running scoob has forced to me use a banger everyday! and I'll be selling scoob soon in favour of a diesel

[Edited by ALi-B - 9/30/2003 1:25:20 PM]

Alpine99

Ali B.. people power really worked though didn't it.. I can't remember the government coming out and dropping tax on fuel.. Instead Tony gave us all a lecture on being responsible and essentially said f-hook you lot I'm in charge... G1T

Poor Guy

awwwwwwww. someone knicked my idea spawned when reading about the makin of the italian job.


I thought of getting a load of friends in a load of bangers. filling the bangers (novas etc) with 1 ltr of petrol and driving round london till they conked out, leave them in the middle of the road, with a sign in the window saying "cant afford any more go go juice, back when i have overdraft"

hehe, city at a standstill

Brendan Hughes

Dave P - is your glass half full or half empty? Because that's exactly what anti-car people want you to do. In fact, the correct day was Monday 22 September 2003 - European Car Free Day.

Opposite sides advocating the same action in order to get opposite results - weird.

pslewis

Just pay your extra taxes and smile

Look at the lowest interest rate in 50 years, look at the low unemployment!!

Look at the new hospitals and new schools with REALLY educated kids in them!!

Come on - stop moaning and dig deep - you've never had it so good!!

Pete

fin

I am sick to death of hearing these idiots saying cos of them we are getting new hopitals and schools.


Well listen!!!

The company i work for have built most the new Hospitals in the country in the last few years and we take on large school jobs Eg. 30 Secondary schools at once and you know what, they are all PFI

Privite finance initiatives funded by the rich, builders and banks and rented back to the goverment cos they got no money!!

And its now being replaced by PPP and thats the same thing.

[Edited by fin - 9/30/2003 5:54:09 PM]

M J B

I work about 5 miles from my house and the cost of petrol to cost of a bus trip there and back is stupid. No way anyone is ever going to leave there car at home, till they reduce price of public transport.

I say block the fuel depots again and all fill up with juice, worst comes to worst ill get my bike out lol

EDITED nobody is ever going to stop at 8.30 its just a news story

[Edited by M J B - 9/30/2003 5:55:06 PM]

fatherpierre

I don't think petrol's that expensive, myself.

It's pubs that rip people of.

I was paying £3.20 for a fookin pint last night.

pugoetru

but you dont need to drink

your car is a necessity

pugoetru

PSlewis

ok intrest rates are low but unemployment i think not any unemployed person who is in training,college,night school etc are not then classed as unemployed!
working tax credit not unemployed!


better schools not here all schools here are overfull my kids have to walk to a school further away as there is no room in the school i can touch from my window

f1

just been to Tesco for food shopping !!! OH MY GOD, everyone has decided they need petrol !! Do we really think we will notice 1p a litre ??? Just go to Sainsbury get your shopping, reward points and voucher ( if they still do it mind) and get cheaper petrol to boot !!! Or when you get petrol forget the Mars bars etc, 'et voila, healthier you and you don't notice the difference in cost of fuel. I TOTALLY agree we pay to much, but we need the petrol, and stopping suddenly at 0830 is NOT the way to do it. Not fair on under paid civil servants who then have to clear up the mess of a so called protest, when the prices are gonna go up no matter what we say !!!!!


(now waiting to get roasted for this post, but hey it's just MY views !!)
I've no idea what the solution is but tomorrows idea ain't it !!!

DEEDEE

My HGV will be stopping at 08.30 should be on the A1 North bound, by the time its slowed down and got going again there will be a tail back.

pugoetru

just keep going till you get to grangemouth

Gordo

LOL @ PSLewis:

"Look at the lowest interest rate in 50 years, look at the low unemployment!!"

haha - fek all to do with the Labour nonces - this'd be down to a global economic shift rather than any specific actions taken on our little island, me thinks........

Dazza01

i was in the land of nod (work nights) at that time so did it happen ?....

f1

as far as I heard on my local radio, most people didn't even know !! ( says alot for my area though !!)