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A group of truck drivers from Australia are planning a major protest against the country's strict coronavirus lockdown measures. According to the Daily Mail,m the truckers have vowed to shut down the highways across Australia next week and urged people to stock up on food and other groceries.
"It's on. The truckies are doing it," a truck driver said in a video on social media. "The truckies are going to shut down the country. What that means is you need to go shopping now, get what you can for the next week or two, load your fridge, freezers."
After that video went viral, dozens of other truck drivers responded and offered their support to protest the restrictions.
"I am a truckie, and I am a very proud truckie. But Australia, if the truck tires stop rolling, Australia stops rolling," vocal lockdown opponent Romeo Georges said in a video on Facebook. "Everything in your house, from your TVs, fridges, to the food you eat arrives to you from truck drivers"
"The only way we are going to take back our country is by the way truck drivers have come together to stop moving," he added.
News of the planned protest spread across the globe, with several truck drivers in the United States voicing their support and vowing to join the protest on August 31. A truck driver who goes by the handle thedisrespectedtrucker3 on TikTok urged drivers to stay home to protest vaccine mandates that many companies have instituted.
“On August 31st, on Tuesday, we’re asking that everybody not go to work,” he said in a video on TikTok. “If they’re out on the road, shut your truck down. There are guys that plan on putting their trucks across the road. There’s guys who plan on parking on the side of the road, parking at home, and at truck stops.”