# Fuel price protests in The UK result in huge traffic jams **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-price-protests-in-the-uk-result-in-huge-traffic-jams/185043 "2022-07-04T16:23:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-price-protests-in-the-uk-result-in-huge-traffic-jams/185043/1 "2022-07-04T16:23:50Z")
> **[Fuel protests: Arrests for slow driving as convoys cause motorway delays](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62034278)** > > More than a dozen are arrested as protesters urge a fuel duty cut by driving slowly across the country. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-price-protests-in-the-uk-result-in-huge-traffic-jams/185043/2 "2022-07-04T20:02:05Z")
The uk has many issues but I’m convinced a lot of their issues could be corrected by simply driving on the correct side of the road. No country is an island. Gstq. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-price-protests-in-the-uk-result-in-huge-traffic-jams/185043/3 "2022-07-04T21:28:16Z")
I think I’m with this guy: “I’m not sure what they’re achieving - other than inconveniencing people," he said. “…. The protesters have actually inconvenienced everyone else who is inconvenienced by high fuel prices.” ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-price-protests-in-the-uk-result-in-huge-traffic-jams/185043/4 "2022-07-04T21:40:49Z")
It is a good thing to allow the common folk to vent their frustrations. Some people think harmless venting is criminal. A study of king George on the 4th is not off topic. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-price-protests-in-the-uk-result-in-huge-traffic-jams/185043/5 "2022-07-05T00:19:34Z")
Two years ago it was Canadian truckers and now UK truckers. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-price-protests-in-the-uk-result-in-huge-traffic-jams/185043/6 "2022-07-05T00:51:24Z")
And Brussels, farmers in France and Greece… ---
**Author:** ![TheWonderful90s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thewonderful90s/32/29584_2.png) [@TheWonderful90s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheWonderful90s)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-price-protests-in-the-uk-result-in-huge-traffic-jams/185043/7 "2022-07-05T03:07:29Z")
Their taxes are so high that their fuel only doubled from the low point during the pandemic. In the USA it is up nearly 4 times, even though our current prices is less than theirs. The person who commented that people still drive at 80 MPH has a good point. Doing that increases fuel consumption a lot.