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  • Fuel protests: Arrests for slow driving as convoys cause motorway delays (UK)

    07/04/2022 9:03:56 AM PDT · by Nextrush · 3 replies
    BBC News ^ | 7/4/2022 | Doug Faulkner
    More than a dozen protesters have been arrested for driving too slowly during demonstrations on motorways in England, Scotland and Wales over fuel prices. The go-slow action is mainly targeting three-lane motorways with convoys of vehicles crawling along two lanes-leavng the "fast" outside lane free. Twelve people were arrested after a protest on the M4, which led to the Prince of Wales bridge, between England and Wales, being closed. Another man was arrested near the A38. Protesters, organised under the social media banner Fuel Price Stand Against Tax, have driven in a series of convoys at 30 mph (48.3 km/h)...