106 Miles to Chicago

Freeway Craziness

I realize that this is an obvious observation but if you want to cause incredible havoc here in Southern California, you attack the freeways during rush hour. Well, that's just what some truckers did this morning. A handful of tractor trailers stopped on the 5 and the 110, the drivers took the keys and just left. They were protesting the rising costs of diesel fuel.

I'm all for protests and civil disobedience but you generally want to have at least some way of gaining popular support. Unfortunately, messing with someone's morning commute is really not a way to do that. Of course, a few more trucks and it could have been gridlock.