Fuel prices: Bikers protest with motorway go-slow (UK)

Up to 500 motorcyclists mounted a slow convoy into Manchester city centre at rush hour this morning to protest at the rising cost of fuel.

The bikers, who were joined by taxi drivers and about 30 lorry drivers, left Birch services on the M62 at 8am and rode slowly down the motorway.


“In terms of congestion, it’s always busy round this part of the world, and at times it can be busier than the M25,” said the Highways Agency spokesman Neil Sterio. “Traffic has been slowed down, but it hasn’t been too different from normal.”

This morning’s action was the latest in a string of demonstrations around the country to draw attention to the effects on people’s lives of soaring fuel prices. Lorry drivers converged on London and Cardiff last week, and fishers protested outside the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Tuesday.

Guardian