March 4th. Freedom Convoy to circle around KCMO.

[leftyladyfrommo]

Most people here will just ignore them but they will completely clog up the freeways. It's a bunch of trucks.

[MineralMan]

1. Do spike strips work on semis?

[ananda]

9. LOL. Good question!

!!!

[zuul]

15. Good time to find out.

[MineralMan]

18. Yes. The tires on semi trucks and trailers are very, very expensive.

So is the cost of having someone come and bring those tires to the truck and mount them.

Most of the trucks involved in these "protests" are driver-owned. Most driver/owners could not afford several punctured tires. I recommend that the authorities use spike strips.

[FoxNewsSucks]

22. That's what those rightwing billionaires are bankrolling.

No way is this "grassroots". It's funded just like the teabaggers were funded. I wouldn't be surprised at all to find one of more of the Koch entities is contributing.

[dalton99a]

2. Their plan:

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. Well! Isn't that special.

Looks like they are staying south of me.

[dalton99a]

5. Losers evidently need donations, donations, donations

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. I did read something about going slowly so the can

accept donations.

[dalton99a]

8. Yep. They will do slow rolls

so people can throw money and flowers at them

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. Is there a Golden Calf strapped to the top of the lead

truck?

[maxrandb]

31. No. It's an orange bag of shit in a cheap suit, with a shaved Golden Retrievers ass as its head

[Buns_of_Fire]

14. In lieu of throwing flowers or money, will throwing eggs do?

Guys gotta eat. I'm only thinking about their nutritional requirements.

[zuul]

16. Great idea!

[Cracklin Charlie]

20. They'll pass within about 5 minutes of me.

According to this schedule, they won’t affect Kansas City’s rush hour traffic too much, but those folks trying to home in St. Louis are gonna be pretty ticked off! And I-70 is loaded with real truck drivers…wonder how they’ll like this activity clogging up their work space?

Seems like they’re expecting to slow roll for lots of donations. I hope they’re not disappointed in the “take”.

[Bettie]

32. So, they are just driving around looking for

people to give them money.

Panhandling from vehicles. SMH...what a bunch of losers.

[Takket]

33. slow roll to get donations?????????

This is all a fucking grift!!!!!!!!!! I want the IRS to audit the fuck out of anyone that does this to see if they report the "supplimental income" on their taxes!!!!!!!!!!!

[malaise]

4. How is that legal n/t

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. When the President visits he messes all the freeways up. Too.

They are moving so maybe that makes it legal. Our Mayor will be on this.

[FoxNewsSucks]

23. Minimum speed limit on the interstate is 40

as long as they stay above that.

I don't think they'll be getting the warm welcome they're stupidly expecting, not from all the workers and drivers who need to get their own shit done.

[gab13by13]

10. IMO this is a losing proposition.

I worked in Canada a lot and the people there are a lot more laid back than here in the US. Clogging up the highways is not going to go over well here. let them cut their own throats.

[leftyladyfrommo]

17. Kansas Citians have an incredible ability to ignore.

It is kind if funny.

Someone acting weird in Walmart? People just silently move away and go on about their shopping.

Big confederate flag on the back of a truck. People look up and then just get out of the line of fire and ignore the whole thing. It's no fun if you get no reaction.

Freeway being blocked up. People will just go for coffee and donuts to wait it out.

[Gore1FL]

12. My experience with I-70 through Missouri makes me wonder if anyone will notice...

I-70 sarcasm aside, I don't think the truckers are going to have the support they think they do; they certainly won't gain any with these antics.

[FoxNewsSucks]

24. That's right

I travel I-70 a lot. In MO, there is so much truck traffic, and so many of them have speed-limiters installed by their companies. It's a pain in the ass all the time, getting stuck behind one truck with a 64 mph governor passing one with a 63 mph governor. Then there are the trucks which don't have enough hp to maintain a steady speed up the hills.

I already consider I-70 to be "clogged". It won't take many of the assholes to turn it into a literal parking lot.

[BlueIdaho]

13. Perfect

A slow moving mass target for people to vent their frustrations on for the lack of inventory in their local stores.

Let them have it!

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. That might happen somewhere but it won't happen

here.

Of course I thought we would get 3 inches of snow. We got almost 7.

[2naSalit]

21. It would be a great time for a blizzard!

[FoxNewsSucks]

25. Plenty of time for me to get my middle fingers warmed up.

I gotta be out in western KS the 1st & 2nd, I hope they don't start early. But if they do, I guess I'll just have to bypass I-70 by taking old 40 to Junction City, then 24 from Manhattan to KC.

I actually don't see how they can keep that schedule. It's 6 1/2 to 7 hours driving time from Salina to St Louis at normal speeds. There will be a bottleneck in Topeka to get on the turnpike. Since they're out-of-staters, they won't have the electronic pass and will have to stop at the booth for tickets and again to pay right before KC. Those lines are already long because the turnpike stopped hiring people to man the booths to "encourage" use of the electronic things.

Then, once they get into Missouri, I-70 is pretty clogged and slow anyway with normal traffic and truckers actually doing their job.

[leftyladyfrommo]

26. They will just look like regular trucks because it's so

slow thru there anyway.

I wonder if the trucks have big signs so they don't just look like regular truck traffic.?

I will be watching. It's something different.

[leftyladyfrommo]

28. They will just let them go on out of town.

A few people will show up to see what's going on.

People here, blue people in a red state Don get very excited unless it's the Royals or Chiefs .

That's the way we all get along. No one wants trouble so we just let stuff blow on out.

[lame54]

27. What if other trucks block their route before they get there

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

29. Fascist Convoy, not Freedom Convoy. nt

[dwayneb]

30. Dead on - this has nada to do with "freedom"

Other than the freedom to be ignorant, and the freedom to be seditious traitors.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

34. Having a CDL license is a privilege not a right.

As soon as they use their highly regulated big rig as a weapon to tie up traffic and restrain innocent bystanders they need to have the license suspended.