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D___M
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Oct 09, 2013

The DC Beltway shu down this weekend = Real or hoax?

Just a reminder to those traveling on 95 this weekend and have to go through DC.

There is a rumor that long haul truckers intend to shut down the Inner Loop of the Beltway in protest to the silliness going on downtown. Some say real, some say hoax.

Real or Hoax

Either way, I think things will be screwed up at least a little more then normal. I Haven't seen any big gatherings of trucks, like I did when the bikers came in a couple of weeks ago. But who know?

Govern yourselves accordingly.

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  • Have not heard of any major organized effort on this yet. I can understand the reasoning behind such a move, but it does need to be well organized and executed to be effective. Having been there for a number of years, and driving the beltway every day, If the trucks can find room to get on the beltway, more power to them.. Probably would be an improvement over normal traffic most days. Besides they all know that now would be a poor time to do anything, with everything else going on, they would not attract much attention.

    Remember, if you bought it, it was delivered by truck. Don't mess the truckers if you expect to keep eating.
  • atreis wrote:
    The traffic is so bad there people might not actually notice unless the trucks are right in front of them. :)

    And then maybe not...LOL. This morning we had a pedestrian fatality on 295 that shut it down and a tractor trailer over turn on 495 that buried a car in garbage. That was shut down also. Pretty much bottled up the north-south route for the east coast for a couple of hours.

    Its not unusual to sit stopped on 495 on any day. This will just be another day at the Beltway Beach.
  • The traffic is so bad there people might not actually notice unless the trucks are right in front of them. :)