Biker fuel protest

[MargaretR]

Shill hasn't been on today yet - I'm waiting for an update on whether there were enough bikes to constitute noise nuisance.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

Shill hasn't been on today yet - I'm waiting for an update on whether there were enough bikes to constitute noise nuisance.

she's probably grabbing some kip now theve gone.

[shillelagh]

Can actually say i was awake at 7.15 now i could have gone for a stroll but thought why bother and i can quite say quite happily that i heard a couple go thro but that was it. Mind you i did roll over and go back to sleep - no cracks about needing beauty sleep please spugs happy with what i look like!!!! In fact what did wake me up was the gardener doing next doors - so now hes cutting mine!!!!

[MargaretR]

So his estimate of 100 was way off the mark
Common sense prevailed

[emamum]

Heres what the biker site said about the protest..only 2 on there signed up for it tho lol

A MASSIVE 'go-slow' protest against high fuel prices is set to bring roads across Greater Manchester to a standstill.

More than a thousand bikers are expected to join forces to cause havoc on motorways and major routes into the city centre to demonstrate their anger at the soaring cost of petrol.

Motorbike club members from across Britain are expected to link up with local riders for the rush-hour gathering on Thursday.

Commuters are being warned to expect delays on the M60 and the M62, as well as on major roads into Manchester and Salford.

Independent bikers from Rochdale began organising the protest less than 48 hours ago and word spread like wildfire on networking websites and via e-mails.

They say the heavy fuel tax makes it difficult for bikers to take part in regular charity rides.

More than 200 riders were set to gather in Rochdale last night to plan their protest route.

Greater Manchester Police, meanwhile, said it was unaware a protest was due to take place.



The riders are expected to gather at Birch services on the M62 near Middleton before starting their protest at 8am.

They expect to be joined by a fleet of lorries and taxis, whose drivers are also concerned about the fuel tax.

The cavalcade will head down the motorway to Salford Quays, but some of the riders will head down major roads into Manchester.

[shillelagh]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/7437144.stm

There you go thats the link for it. Might just be on northwest tonight.

[gixerman]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

The bus is already on the road - if he caught the bus instead of firing up his bike ..... he would be greener than if he didnt use his bike ... that is why its called public transport - for people to use.

The emmisions of my bike and a lot less polluting than some of the rubbish on here

[cashman]

Originally Posted by gixerman

The emmisions of my bike and a lot less polluting than some of the rubbish on here

i agree with that, but you have contributed to some of that rubbish.

[onlyme]

Originally Posted by fz911

what u expect us to do, float to work on the same drugs your smoking?????
we could always ditch the bikes and buy cars instead, which take up more space and cause more congestion, and also use more fuel
most normal bikes get about 40mpg, nowhere near the 100mpg of scooters etc
anyway, enough of the scorned biker rattling on
heres a post ive just made on another site

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:29 am Post subject:
it pizzes me off,
really it does
not so much the price, but the fact that they are doing this for 2p a litre
and in doing this demonstration they are creating a standstill which will only damage the working class
the working class dont need this, they wanna move the demonstration to downing street, chain their bikes to the gates
and leave them there till the price comes down by 30p a litre
its a complate waste of their time and the poor people who are trying to travel to work on that route
if them motorways and roads are blocked, some people may lose their jobs
what if an ambulance has to get thru on a life/death call
the trucks should just stay out the way for that reason
precious minutes could make a hell of a difference to an ambo on blue lights
if ur gonna do a demonstration, do it right, 1000 bikes is impressive but its all for so little, they would have to do this once a month for 2 years to get anywhere, and thats if its successful in bringing the price down 2p a litre, which it probably wont be
we should get all the bike clubs in the country, and all the sites, and work together on a proper demonstration


something has to give somewhere, and as usual its left to the bikers to do the dirty work, coz the truckers have proved all they can do is cause a nuisance,

carl

Hmmmm I'm mightily confused.

Your post above contradicts hugely with what actually happened. You slate the truckers (erm they were actually with you); you talk about the danger of disrupting the ambulance service, yet no warning of the protest was made to the authorities for alternative routes to be planned; you talk about disrupting the poor people that are trying to get to work, and then your protest starts at rush hour and leads into the city?

Are you for real?

[cashman]

Originally Posted by onlyme

Hmmmm I'm mightily confused.

Your post above contradicts hugely with what actually happened. You slate the truckers (erm they were actually with you); you talk about the danger of disrupting the ambulance service, yet no warning of the protest was made to the authorities for alternative routes to be planned; you talk about disrupting the poor people that are trying to get to work, and then your protest starts at rush hour and leads into the city?

Are you for real?

didn't seem a bad turnout viewing the link, hope this guy aint representative of the majority of em.

[Less]

Originally Posted by gixerman

The emmisions of my bike and a lot less polluting than some of the rubbish on here

Originally Posted by Less

Ooooh No! Every mile done by them is adding to global warming, it's not as if they make any worthwhile contribution to the world!


At this point Less loses his bottle and runs for cover, knowing that there is bound to be at least one biker without a sense of humour!

Allow me to apologise, I posted this with humour in mind and not knowing who you are, or what you are like, I perhaps should have waited for you to elaborate a little so that I could understand where you were coming from.....


Then, I wouldn't have lost my bottle & instead, would have just extracted the urine!


I do understand the truckers protesting, I applaude the bikers for backing them up, any lost cause will be suffered better if you don't have to suffer it alone, (do you really think this will make a difference?).

Of course it won't, Gordon has lost so much ground on trivial matters that now that it comes to an important matter he will dig his heels in and no doubt we will end up like in the 70's with everyone on strike or with a 3 day working week.