Motorists could face 'serious disruption today,' police have warned, as protesters are expected to target motorways in a demonstration over high fuel prices
Motorists could face"serious disruption throughout the day," police have warned, as protesters target motorways in a demonstration over high fuel prices.
This included vehicles going slowly both ways across the Prince of Wales Bridge between Wales and England, and a slow-moving procession on the M5 near Exeter heading northbound. The protesters are targeting mostly three-lane motorways and result in slow-downs on two lanes, leaving the fast lane free, according to FairFuelUK founder Howard Cox.The protesters are understood to have been organised via social media under the banner Fuel Price Stand Against Tax.Both her and her partner, from Cwmbran in South Wales, used to work in Bristol.
"I then lost a job two weeks ago because the company couldn't afford to put fuel in that many lorries so, last in first out."Richard Dite, 44, from Maesteg, South Wales, said it cost him more than £300 in fuel to work every week.
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