Will will happen now since the truckers are on strike?

Question

I personally think its bad for everyone.

Answer 1

Have you been out on the roads lately?  I'm sitting in a truck stop waiting on my delivery appointment tomorrow morning- plenty of trucks still rollin' out here.  

If any truck drivers are actually going on strike, it's such a small percentage of them that it will have very little, if any effect.  

It's getting a little bit of media coverage and getting people to talk.  Basically it seems to be just spreading the word that independent owner/operators are ticked off about high diesel prices.  

And to me, that seems like common sense....car drivers can read fuel prices as well as we can....and our $4.10 a gallon compared to your $3.15 a gallon....well, wouldn't YOU be ticked off if your car ran on diesel and had a 200 gallon tank?  

Hopefully it WON'T go any further than a one-day "demonstration" among a handful of drivers.  If it happened to get WAY out of hand & the majority of truckers DID strike, it'd just give the government one more final excuse to nationalize the transportation industry and/or open up our highways to Mexican truck drivers who'll work under worse conditions for less money.

Answer 2

I thought it started on April1st not today or was

that April 4 or was that april 7 or was that april 15 or was

that April 24 ? (nobody knows!)

and I haven't see any news about sure its not a hoax?

Answer 3

Not much.  There's really not all that many truckers on strike, and those who are won't stay out for long.  They have truck payments to make, and families to feed.

Answer 4

If the strike is large enough:

Product shortages..i.e. food, clothing, medical supplies, even fuel

One possible benefit, fuel prices can drop.  Petroleum companies have taken advantage of everyone, but especially commercial transportation.  If there is less fuel demand (trucks not running) the refineries will have a backlog of processed fuel.

Here is something most people don't know and probably don't care about.  Refineries are not meant to hold fuel stock.  Their entire existence is built on supply and demand.  IF they are forced to hold stock, they quickly fill their limited reserve vessels.  Then the price has to drop in order to free storage space.

We should all quit driving for 1 week, it would never work, we aren't coordinated enough as a people, but it would cause petroleum companies to take notice of how limited their grasp can become.

Answer 5

More union workers will end up without a job.

Answer 6

Unfortunately, I agree with Forest.  I don't believe the strike will be anything to worry about.  There are too many drivers that have to haul because of the everyday expenses that we all have.  

I also agree with man_in_black.  I think people should park their own vehicles for a few weeks or more.  But I also agree that not everyone will do it!  Actually, alot of people can't do it.  I believe that people are commuting further and further to work (meaning on average people drive more than 10 miles to work).  And the way economy is, people need their jobs more than ever!

Answer 7

Some scab will haul their feight and no one will even know...except the trucker who went on strike then lost his job....