PLMerite wrote:
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“I suspect there are enough truck drivers with similar views to the protesters though.”
That’s not the issue. It’s a safety/money thing. Neither companies nor independent drivers want their cargos looted or their rigs damaged.
If you ever want to stop consumables from entering an area, target the trucks. Word will get around and movement will stop.”
Yep, “an army marches on its stomach”.
Cut the supply lines, and the ‘army’ is defeated.
I’m a grocery trucker. No way I would head into one of those cities with all of this going on. I’d quit before going along with pressure to do it, and I could have five other jobs to choose from the next day. Competent CDL class A drivers are in short supply and high demand these days.