Trucker Convoy Falls Apart In Regular DC Beltway Traffic

The Washington Post reports:

An armada of drivers calling themselves the “People’s Convoy” is circling the Beltway at a deliberately slow speed Sunday as an act of protest against pandemic restrictions.

Organizers said their goal was to be a “huge pain.” But though the convoy of hundreds of trucks, cars and SUVs started out moving in a formation that stretched roughly 30 miles, it became diluted after merging with normal Beltway traffic.

“We’re not even sure we can call it a convoy any more because it’s so dispersed among routine traffic at this point,” said Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller.

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Meanwhile, in America, a different slow-moving convoy seeks to cut off a nation’s capitol. And at a time when “pandemic restrictions” are fading fast.

‘People’s Convoy’ loops D.C. Beltway to protest pandemic restrictions https://t.co/jMiTvwzvJj

— Neil King (@NKingofDC) March 6, 2022

An organized flotilla of vehicles attempting to gum up the D.C.-area Beltway on Sunday in protest of pandemic restrictions instead found itself floundering against the regular flow of traffic https://t.co/XJiNJ9EJ6R

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 6, 2022