re: Truckers allegedly plan to stop their shipments in NYC after Judge’s ruling against Trump

My dad was a trucker most of his adult life. Retired at 76 years old. Millions of miles driven. He hated driving the northeast in general and NYC especially. Most people have no idea what it’s like to maneuver a massive 80-foot tractor-trailer weighing 35,000 pounds and hauling another 15,000 pounds or more (federal rules limit tractor-trailer weight to 80,000 total). Now imagine doing that in Manhattan in the middle of a workday. Once he got seniority at his company he refused to take loads to NYC.

I learned early in life that truckers feed and clothe the country by bringing those goods to market and if they stop rolling for long, life gets very uncomfortable for people and even more so now because most people are completely dependent on the supply chain to survive. They couldn’t grow a row of corn or slaughter a pig or hunt and shoot wild game if their life depended on it. Haven’t stocked any non-perishable foods or frozen food for an emergency.

I hope they shut that city down and Judge Engoron can’t get his food and meds.