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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (41596)	4/30/2004 3:20:13 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793549

The high Oil prices are starting to cause a reaction. At least everybody has learned that price control doesn't work. Truckers protest jams freeways By Associated Press Friday, April 30, 2004 - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Truckers parked their rigs on a busy freeway Friday, snarling rush-hour traffic for miles in a wildcat protest over high diesel prices. At about 7:30 a.m., about five tractor-trailers stopped in the northbound lanes of the Golden State Freeway in Commerce, 17 miles southeast of downtown, according to the California Highway Patrol. "They just sort of slowed traffic down, parked their trucks, and got out," CHP Officer Ricardo Quintero said. "They just took off in a car." Authorities drove some rigs away and two trucks hauled others out of traffic. Less than an hour later, the lanes were clear, Quintero said. Several truckers were arrested, he added. "First and foremost, it's a terrible inconvenience to all the motorists," CHP Officer Jon Samson told KTLA-TV. The American Automobile Association said California diesel prices were as high as $2.41 a gallon, compared with less than $2 a gallon in other states.