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Truckers Stop On Expressway, Protest Gas Prices

POSTED: Monday, April 11, 2005
UPDATED: 7:45 am EDT April 11, 2005

Dozens of truck drivers held an overnight protest of rising gas prices Monday in the middle of the Beeline Expressway, according to WKMG-TV in Orlando.

  • Dozens of truck drivers held an overnight protest of rising gas prices Monday on the Beeline Expressway, according to Local 6 News.

    The truckers pulled their big rigs on the side of the road in Orange County, Fla., just after midnight on the Beeline, near International Drive and began their protest.


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    WKMG-TV videotaped the group holding signs on the side of the road early Monday.

    They said the high price of gas is practically putting them out of business, according to the report.

    "Right now we spend $800 to $1,000 a week," truck driver Jerry Aponte said.

    "We've had to stop our lives and change everything and start thinking what we can do now because the fuel price determines what type of life we are going to have," truck driver Vernita Bardo said.

    When tractor-trailer drivers feel the pinch of high gas prices, it is often passed down to the consumer, WKMG-TV reported.

    Officials with AAA said gas prices are now at record highs, averaging $2.33 a gallon in Daytona Beach, Fla., and $2.26 a gallon in Orlando.

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