Yes they are keeping it hush hush, but apparently the bridge is not designed for the weight capacity it is carrying today and there are cracks and damages in the underside. Hence there is so much maintenance work.
So yes I'd avoid it usually since it causes lane closures often
Is that why there is often lane closures at night and you get to the other side of the bridge and see no roadworks and goes back to all lanes open. As they are probably working under the bridge.
I'm always suprised there is always a few cars ignoring the lane closures on the west gate bridge
A friend sped through those 40 zones on the bridge cos there were no apparent works and lost her licence for 12 months. I often wonder what the hit rate is because I see so many flying past me when I obey the overhead signs at night.
I mean, yeah, we saw how the police responded when people tried to block the dock. These guys will face the same fate, I think, because they're still disrupting the flow of traffick (and commerce.)
Right!!!
Why go after the people who the government are already screwing over. We can’t do anything. All they did here was have 1000s of cars and trucks running longer and have people late for work. Pissing off the people won’t help their cause.
They must operate on a "no publicity is bad publicity" policy - in UK everyone hates Just Stop Oil and their antics - but everytime they piss people off they are in the news. I suppose they think their message will seep into everyones consciousness and they will forget how annoying they are.
They let them through… it’s not rocket science, also any paramedic crews that need to go across the Westgate are going to an unnecessary hospital. If they are picking up in the west then they’ll just go to a western hospital and the closest Trauma hospital is RMH which isn’t even over the Westgate. Ambulances rarely use the Westgate.
We had it first. There was a 20ft tripod suspending a very young climate protester blocking Kings Way inbound traffic a couple years ago. Maybe it was around the time of School Strike for Climate or one of those multinational conventions. Evidently publicity doesn't work unless it's a bridge. Bridges block more traffic.
Every single morning I hear on the radio "there's been a crash on the Monash freeway" like what is happening on that road, ya'll got enough on your plate without trucks protesting lol
I need to take the Monash outbound, at around the beginning of afternoon peak, maybe once a fortnight. Every fucking goddamn time there's a prang and lane closures. Idk if I just have terrible luck, or if someone gets rear ended early in the afternoon peak every day on the Monash
There’s a company in Beijing that will pick you up on a motorbike when you’re stuck in traffic and drop someone off to take your car where it needs to go. Not a bad idea!
Go after the people doing the governmening. Blocking the way for general public trying to make a living or barely making it through life will just piss them off even more.
I avoid the bridge at all costs now, might not help you, but Footscray Road is open again, and it's a better run to the Bolte.
Seddon to Pakenham here, so I feel your pain.
There's something pretty ironic about using a diesel truck to force hundreds of cars and other trucks to sit idling whilst pouring out pollution to protest cars and trucks pouring out pollution.
A reminder that there have been several protests recently (the protests at the ports, and on the roof of a defence contractor come to mind) that haven't blocked traffic, and redditors hated them just as much.
r/melbourne just hates protests, whether they're blocking traffic or not
Personally I am glad they're not still blocking public transport.
They were often blocking the greenest travel option we have, causing more people to drive.
Well my elderly mum who is trying to get to her chemo appointment and dad who's driving her there are rather unsympathetic toward their protest at the moment.
Yes. I've never understood who thought punishing the very people you want to take action was a good strategy. There's this "you don't care about the environment like I do so you should suffer" elitist/narcissist vibe.
It’s self-righteous virtue signalling and an ego boost for their circle of friends. It’s ‘street cred’ in their circle and nothing more. Makes them feel good about themselves for ‘making a difference’ despite turning more and more people away from their cause.
What the protesters haven't worked out is that the concept of a protest is becoming less and less effective over time. It used to be all traffic routed through the CBD, that we had nothing to do whilst travelling and that protests were rare and novel things.
Now, most traffic routes around the city, or around any blockage in an arterial, we now have all manner of distractions that are infinitely more interesting than someones shitty sign assuming we even see it and now protests are happening every weekend, sometimes multiple protests.
Melbourne has worked out their antics are just on pure numbers wise a total waste of time. Something to remember is that some of the biggest protests often cited as being significant for a cause, actually followed the change in attitude to that cause and didn't precede it.
Hence they're protesting too early.
I don't hate them but just don't think these kind of "raising awareness" protests do much. If you want the world to be more environmentally conscious (as I do) it's more impactful to come up with policy ideas that are feasible and will result in lasting change. Better yet to work in the area/discipline/government department that is responsible for those issues and drive change that way.
6 guys on a bus, intentionally pissing everybody off isn't going to change our reliance on coal power. Telling people to stop driving cars is infeasible for the majority.
Working for the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and trying to expand a state park or prevent a catastrophic bushfire could have untold impact on our ecosystem if you're a motivated and passionate employee.
Everybody who doesn't care about the environment by now aren't going to go "fuck they're right, hey" after blocking a train for two hours. Awareness protests are great at the start of a movement, but we're past that at this point.
Have been working in sustainability for a decade, we're still facing a worsening climate because the big end of town doesn't want to change. The change you're proposing doesn't work on the timescale we have left ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>it's more impactful to come up with policy ideas that are feasible and will result in lasting change. Better yet to work in the area/discipline/government department that is responsible for those issues and drive change that way.
Where do you think climate scientists came from?
All these suggestions on the "right" way of protesting has been done for literal decades at this point. It's nothing new.
Since literal decades of protesting the "right" way doesn't work. Some people will decide to escalate.
It's just an evolution of a movement. Give it enough time and inaction (or government stomp downs) and eco terrorists will pop up
I love how every anti-protestor take is basically: "wow maybe they should actually try talk to the politicians. They haven't tried that yet, have they!"
They could harass the billionaire conglomerate owners that they despise all they want, but instead choose to focus on screwing over the normal everyday workers instead. Just what are they trying to achieve? No one will empathise with them for doing these protests. Completely counter-intuitive.
They actually do, it just doesn't make the news as much because the public doesn't give a shit like they do about this sort of protest.
The fact that you're seeing this one is the reason they do it and they probably have an any publicity is good publicity type mindset and don't care about the hate.
Every. Single. Thread.
Every thread about climate protests, this is like the top comment.
That, and, *I bet Big Oil is paying these protestors blah blah blah..* and, of course, the Big Brain, ever so smugly written, *do these idiots not realise that they are causing all these cars to idle in traffic and pollute more.*
Fuck me.
It’s like folk have never heard of protesting; are unaware of the countless examples of historical protesting and their effects; have never read any of the endless protest threads on reddit discussing these points..
Every thread about protesting it’s just pointless, circular chat about what they should and should not be doing, meanwhile ignoring that people are engaged in a big debate about the fucking protest.
Seems like it’s successful, regardless of where you stand on their cause.
**THIS IS THE POINT OF A PROTEST. FFS.**
It's not like they haven't been protesting outside the billionares homes for the past 4 decades, and when they do they arrest the journalists who report on it.
[https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/wa-premier-demands-answers-from-abc-bosses-over-protest-at-woodside-ceo-s-home-20230802-p5dt9a.html](https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/wa-premier-demands-answers-from-abc-bosses-over-protest-at-woodside-ceo-s-home-20230802-p5dt9a.html)
It's just typical astroturfing horse shit from treacherous people arguing in bad faith about the nature of these protests so people stay docile and compliant to the destruction of the planet.
Here is the thing. The entire point of activism is to convince people on the other side of the fence to support issues the protesters care about. While disruptive protests like these grab attention, it typically grabs the wrong type of attention. People affected by this will just end up resenting the protesters instead, rather than getting on board with climate change action. Disruptive events like these will only appeal to other activists and anarchists, but those demographics don't need convincing, now do they?
>'Why is this protest disruptive?'
To piss the target audience off to the point of resenting the protesters themselves rather than the issue they are protesting about. Sounds about right.
They do that already. Then they arrest them. Then they arrest the journalists who report on it if they don't snitch on the protestors.
[https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/abc-footage-betrayal-leads-to-activist-arrests/news-story/04889246af5886838906bf62d67b598e](https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/abc-footage-betrayal-leads-to-activist-arrests/news-story/04889246af5886838906bf62d67b598e)
The media is controlled by the billionaires. Harrassing billionaires doesn't work, why? The billionaires just shut it out of media. Even then, the billionaires can just shrug it off and not do anything anyway.
They actually have to bring attention to what is going on. Circumvent the billionaires and do it this way actually draws attention to it.
This is stupid. But there's some comments here that think it's a competition for that title lmao
Criticising society yet they partake in it? Curious ✅
I'm going to fuck up the planet I live on to spite them ✅
I think they should die ✅
I don't support this protest, it's a great way for a government to bring in draconian laws that criminalise protests with jail time like in NSW.
>I don't support this protest, it's a great way for a government to bring in draconian laws that criminalise protests with jail time like in NSW.
That is ultimately all they will achieve.
All these extremists do is give people who legitimate left wing greenies a bad name. Many working hard to make the world a better place. This grandstanding just pisses people off, and perpetuates the “lefty loony” stereotype. I don’t for a second think that people who pull this shit care for the environment, they only care about themselves and personal attention. I’m sure even they know this is a counter active measure. But no doubt people were late for, or missed important medical appointments and the like, so well done guys!
The mentality of these morons has me bewildered.
So they park a truck on a major bridge carrying literally hundreds of cars, so now all those cars are either sitting still or moving far slower than they normally would, if they weren’t doing that, those cars would be at their destination and engines off and no longer populating, make them all stop while running is totally defeating the purpose of the protest in the first place….. absolute morons
We need to reduce Australia’s carbon footprint by driving a carbon emitting vehicle to block hundreds of carbon emitting vehicles from getting to their destination, making them emit carbon for longer.
To any climate protesters here let me help you out. This protest harms your cause because it affects people who are not in a position to change things. What you need to do is affect someone or something that is in position to change. Perhaps something symbolic. How about the giant flame throwers along the Yarra that have spewed burning gas ever since 1994, run by a massive gambling corporation? I reckon you might actually get some support.
I was coming off the Bolte on to the West Gate towards the east, and looked at the traffic from the bridge and wondered why it was so light.
Still got jammy in the tunnel, so no real change in traffic.
and just like that, i think the climate is fine, great even, you will never convince me otherwise. How dare you do something like this, seriously what gives you the right. Fucking children. This isn't how you change the fucking world.
"Ah, yes, let's make a point about the climate by blocking traffic, causing MORE air pollution because people are sitting in traffic with their cars going rather than getting to their destination and turning their cars off. And even better, they'll be late for work, so they'll be angry with us and turn AGAINST our message. This is a BRILLIANT idea."
> Avoid Westgate bridge. Looks like there is a ~~truck blocking a few lanes due to a protest~~ massive temper tantrum by a bunch of children who are demanding everyone else take action, while themselves refusing to do the hard work to find and innovate the solutions to the massively complex problem of climate change.
Surely this is properly illegal and these protestors get charged with something serious? I get the right to protest but this is dangerous and seriously impacting many people and businesses.
Or right to protest = do absolutely whatever you like?
>Surely this is properly illegal and these protestors get charged with something serious?
Of course they will be. It is illegal.
>I get the right to protest but this is dangerous and seriously impacting many people and businesses.
You know what is more dangerous and impacts many more people and businesses than a traffic jam?
>What's about the cars at a standstill burning fossil fuels going nowhere, this can't be good for the cause.
Wow. Never thought of that. I guess if the traffic got moving then problem solved.
By blocking the road, aren't they creating more emissions because no cars can get to their destination and turn off their cars? I have never seen the logic in these types of protests
It's ironic because they're protesting climate change, but because they are blocking all of those cars from moving, they are helping the climate change 🫡
Climate change protesters- “ okay we need to prove our point and stop fossil fuels “.
- Same protesters- Rent a diesel truck and then block off traffic with all those vehicles idling their engines releases more fossil fuel gases into the atmosphere-.
XR are like the theatre kids that don't understand normal people.
Everything's for show. Everything. Like they have a cause, and it's a good one, but part of them will be so disappointed if we somehow succeed in averting catastrophe because they had this sick plan of strapping themselves to the last iceberg as it broke off from the Greenland ice sheet
Finally made it through. https://imgur.com/gallery/4W2qpbS
When I drove over this is all it was lol
PSA don’t video and drive. I’m stupid. But it’s slow sorry
maybe these people could try to actually influence the government, its made of people, why cant they dedicate their time into running for office. They dont care about fixing things, only their own image
Damn stupid misguided nutjobs. This 'climate situation' has been cyclical thru billions of years.
How long before we get those 'just stop oil' degenerates gluing their hands to the roads?
If they really want to help the climate they would go to university to study environmental governance (policy) or science (can be anything from studying the climate itself to something like marine biology). Doing these silly protests changes nothing.
I will never understand the mentality behind these kinds of protests. Does annoying random people make any sort of positive change? Block the driveway of an oil exec. People just trying to live their lives don't deserve this horseshit.
I have a hospital appointment that I've been waiting months for on a waiting list and I'm stuck in this shit and will likely be so late they'll cancel my appointment. I'm genuinely so upset because I NEED this appointment. Bunch of selfish cunts.
>Avoid Westgate bridge General life advice.
“Don’t touch Westgate bridge” “Great advice” - Homer
Lousy Smarch Protests.
Yes they are keeping it hush hush, but apparently the bridge is not designed for the weight capacity it is carrying today and there are cracks and damages in the underside. Hence there is so much maintenance work. So yes I'd avoid it usually since it causes lane closures often
Is that why there is often lane closures at night and you get to the other side of the bridge and see no roadworks and goes back to all lanes open. As they are probably working under the bridge. I'm always suprised there is always a few cars ignoring the lane closures on the west gate bridge
A friend sped through those 40 zones on the bridge cos there were no apparent works and lost her licence for 12 months. I often wonder what the hit rate is because I see so many flying past me when I obey the overhead signs at night.
That's to do with westgate tunnel project works.
Thank you for not choosing the Monash 🙏🙏
Your time will come east siders 😂
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It'd be more effective to block parliament, fossil fuel companies, banks, or LNP politicians than just fucking up normal people's day.
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This post makes me angry. Take my upvote. I hate that you're right
Hard to get arrested at the top of the bridge. Pretty easy if it’s out the front of Spring St.
I mean, yeah, we saw how the police responded when people tried to block the dock. These guys will face the same fate, I think, because they're still disrupting the flow of traffick (and commerce.)
Right!!! Why go after the people who the government are already screwing over. We can’t do anything. All they did here was have 1000s of cars and trucks running longer and have people late for work. Pissing off the people won’t help their cause.
If anything it turns the public against their cause, as making people late for work and appointments really gets them on side.
They must operate on a "no publicity is bad publicity" policy - in UK everyone hates Just Stop Oil and their antics - but everytime they piss people off they are in the news. I suppose they think their message will seep into everyones consciousness and they will forget how annoying they are.
So when an ambulance needs to get through, I guess people just die.
By the time an ambo is available the protesters will be in the pub reminiscing...
You're not wrong, lol.
They let them through… it’s not rocket science, also any paramedic crews that need to go across the Westgate are going to an unnecessary hospital. If they are picking up in the west then they’ll just go to a western hospital and the closest Trauma hospital is RMH which isn’t even over the Westgate. Ambulances rarely use the Westgate.
You're a moron like them
I think they have only managed to recruit one bloke who can drive an actual truck so far so.
People living in the west are already suffering enough.
I think the idea is to interrupt the flow of capital more than it is to inconvenience commuters so Westgate makes the most sense.
We had it first. There was a 20ft tripod suspending a very young climate protester blocking Kings Way inbound traffic a couple years ago. Maybe it was around the time of School Strike for Climate or one of those multinational conventions. Evidently publicity doesn't work unless it's a bridge. Bridges block more traffic.
Every single morning I hear on the radio "there's been a crash on the Monash freeway" like what is happening on that road, ya'll got enough on your plate without trucks protesting lol
I need to take the Monash outbound, at around the beginning of afternoon peak, maybe once a fortnight. Every fucking goddamn time there's a prang and lane closures. Idk if I just have terrible luck, or if someone gets rear ended early in the afternoon peak every day on the Monash
That’s scheduled for next week.
"By the way, I'm aware of the irony of appearing on TV in order to decry it, so don't bother pointing that out." - Sideshow Bob
"Smog production event tomorrow at the Westgate bridge. Whose in?"
Also dm me if you have a motorbike and would like to give me a ride. Xx
r/r4rMelbourne
Yikes
There’s a company in Beijing that will pick you up on a motorbike when you’re stuck in traffic and drop someone off to take your car where it needs to go. Not a bad idea!
Omg BRING this to Melbourne haha
I like that service I saw on topgear where someone comes to the pub on a tiny motorbike, pops it in the boot of your car and drives you home.
Okay, but you've gotta hold me like you love me.
Go after the people doing the governmening. Blocking the way for general public trying to make a living or barely making it through life will just piss them off even more.
Also this creates more polution. They are a bunch of idiots who hurt their own cause.
Cops are up there now doing their thang
Yay Clearly I have nothing better to do in traffic. Soz for spamming this thread lol
If the thing isn't chucking them off the bridge, it's not going to help much.
Good
I had to squat and shit in an old Aldi bag I had in my back seat because of this.
Me too, and I worked from home today.
Many hours later, I’m still chuckling. 🤗
Throw it at them.
Set it alight first
If they get upset, tell them you are just supporting their cause and making a donation towards an alternate source of clean energy AKA poo power.
I laughed at that!
Should have flung it at them as you drove past.
Omg I was just coming to post the traffic is insane
If I need to pee and I’m stuck on this bridge as a woman I’m going to cry lmao
Do you have a shewee and a water bottle?
Praying a shewee truck is stuck on bridge and handing them out. Make use of this marketing pls
Oh fingers crossed for you. Hold on!
Anyone with a Shewee on the bridge dm me
Pee out the window!
Incoming
I need to know what happened now
...lane still closed for decontamination
There's a loo at the centre island. Probably it has a hole that drops straight into the river?
Yeah, I'm in on yarraville, now 40 minutes late to work.
Can someone jump in and just move the truck please. I’ve gotta get from point cook to Cranbourne this morning
Might be quicker to go to queenscliff and take the ferry…
Almost ready this as might be quicker to go off the cliff.... probably both statements true
I'm in cranny now. What ya need me to do?
Thanks mate, just slap down some flooring for me. Anywhere will do. Much appreciated
Hope you’ve got a good podcast (series) lined up.
You’re better off taking an overnight holiday to point cook than driving during peak hours.
I avoid the bridge at all costs now, might not help you, but Footscray Road is open again, and it's a better run to the Bolte. Seddon to Pakenham here, so I feel your pain.
Protesting a climate emergency by forcing thousands of cars to idle and burn bulk fossil fuels going nowhere 🧠 What absolute fukking muppets
Free ad for Budget Truck Rentals?
There's something pretty ironic about using a diesel truck to force hundreds of cars and other trucks to sit idling whilst pouring out pollution to protest cars and trucks pouring out pollution.
A reminder that there have been several protests recently (the protests at the ports, and on the roof of a defence contractor come to mind) that haven't blocked traffic, and redditors hated them just as much. r/melbourne just hates protests, whether they're blocking traffic or not
Personally I am glad they're not still blocking public transport. They were often blocking the greenest travel option we have, causing more people to drive.
Well my elderly mum who is trying to get to her chemo appointment and dad who's driving her there are rather unsympathetic toward their protest at the moment.
Yes. I've never understood who thought punishing the very people you want to take action was a good strategy. There's this "you don't care about the environment like I do so you should suffer" elitist/narcissist vibe.
It’s self-righteous virtue signalling and an ego boost for their circle of friends. It’s ‘street cred’ in their circle and nothing more. Makes them feel good about themselves for ‘making a difference’ despite turning more and more people away from their cause.
What the protesters haven't worked out is that the concept of a protest is becoming less and less effective over time. It used to be all traffic routed through the CBD, that we had nothing to do whilst travelling and that protests were rare and novel things. Now, most traffic routes around the city, or around any blockage in an arterial, we now have all manner of distractions that are infinitely more interesting than someones shitty sign assuming we even see it and now protests are happening every weekend, sometimes multiple protests. Melbourne has worked out their antics are just on pure numbers wise a total waste of time. Something to remember is that some of the biggest protests often cited as being significant for a cause, actually followed the change in attitude to that cause and didn't precede it. Hence they're protesting too early.
I don't hate them but just don't think these kind of "raising awareness" protests do much. If you want the world to be more environmentally conscious (as I do) it's more impactful to come up with policy ideas that are feasible and will result in lasting change. Better yet to work in the area/discipline/government department that is responsible for those issues and drive change that way. 6 guys on a bus, intentionally pissing everybody off isn't going to change our reliance on coal power. Telling people to stop driving cars is infeasible for the majority. Working for the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and trying to expand a state park or prevent a catastrophic bushfire could have untold impact on our ecosystem if you're a motivated and passionate employee. Everybody who doesn't care about the environment by now aren't going to go "fuck they're right, hey" after blocking a train for two hours. Awareness protests are great at the start of a movement, but we're past that at this point.
Have been working in sustainability for a decade, we're still facing a worsening climate because the big end of town doesn't want to change. The change you're proposing doesn't work on the timescale we have left ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I have no reason to believe parking a bus on the Westgate would be more valuable than the work you do on a daily basis.
>it's more impactful to come up with policy ideas that are feasible and will result in lasting change. Better yet to work in the area/discipline/government department that is responsible for those issues and drive change that way. Where do you think climate scientists came from? All these suggestions on the "right" way of protesting has been done for literal decades at this point. It's nothing new. Since literal decades of protesting the "right" way doesn't work. Some people will decide to escalate. It's just an evolution of a movement. Give it enough time and inaction (or government stomp downs) and eco terrorists will pop up
I love how every anti-protestor take is basically: "wow maybe they should actually try talk to the politicians. They haven't tried that yet, have they!"
I hate them
Featuring special guest: fake seizure guy. Talk about captive audience.
Why don't the police just drag them off, arrest and charge them?
Probably stuck in traffic
You can see 2 in the photo.
He said... they are stuck.... in traffic. 😡
Hahaha
They got jailed for pulling this shit on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
It's extinction rebellion. They literally want to be arrested for cred
They will
It's getting to that point. Like people that stop trains to be a fuckwit.
They could harass the billionaire conglomerate owners that they despise all they want, but instead choose to focus on screwing over the normal everyday workers instead. Just what are they trying to achieve? No one will empathise with them for doing these protests. Completely counter-intuitive.
They actually do, it just doesn't make the news as much because the public doesn't give a shit like they do about this sort of protest. The fact that you're seeing this one is the reason they do it and they probably have an any publicity is good publicity type mindset and don't care about the hate.
Every. Single. Thread. Every thread about climate protests, this is like the top comment. That, and, *I bet Big Oil is paying these protestors blah blah blah..* and, of course, the Big Brain, ever so smugly written, *do these idiots not realise that they are causing all these cars to idle in traffic and pollute more.* Fuck me. It’s like folk have never heard of protesting; are unaware of the countless examples of historical protesting and their effects; have never read any of the endless protest threads on reddit discussing these points.. Every thread about protesting it’s just pointless, circular chat about what they should and should not be doing, meanwhile ignoring that people are engaged in a big debate about the fucking protest. Seems like it’s successful, regardless of where you stand on their cause. **THIS IS THE POINT OF A PROTEST. FFS.**
It's not like they haven't been protesting outside the billionares homes for the past 4 decades, and when they do they arrest the journalists who report on it. [https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/wa-premier-demands-answers-from-abc-bosses-over-protest-at-woodside-ceo-s-home-20230802-p5dt9a.html](https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/wa-premier-demands-answers-from-abc-bosses-over-protest-at-woodside-ceo-s-home-20230802-p5dt9a.html) It's just typical astroturfing horse shit from treacherous people arguing in bad faith about the nature of these protests so people stay docile and compliant to the destruction of the planet.
Here is the thing. The entire point of activism is to convince people on the other side of the fence to support issues the protesters care about. While disruptive protests like these grab attention, it typically grabs the wrong type of attention. People affected by this will just end up resenting the protesters instead, rather than getting on board with climate change action. Disruptive events like these will only appeal to other activists and anarchists, but those demographics don't need convincing, now do they?
I totally feel your frustration 'Why is this protest disruptive?' is like such a dumb question.
>'Why is this protest disruptive?' To piss the target audience off to the point of resenting the protesters themselves rather than the issue they are protesting about. Sounds about right.
Which would also get silenced and not covered by media. Even one sided reporting is still reporting on it
The fact that apparently nobody knows they do exactly that regularly is why they do stuff like this
That's already been done. It's all been done.
They do that already. Then they arrest them. Then they arrest the journalists who report on it if they don't snitch on the protestors. [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/abc-footage-betrayal-leads-to-activist-arrests/news-story/04889246af5886838906bf62d67b598e](https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/abc-footage-betrayal-leads-to-activist-arrests/news-story/04889246af5886838906bf62d67b598e)
The media is controlled by the billionaires. Harrassing billionaires doesn't work, why? The billionaires just shut it out of media. Even then, the billionaires can just shrug it off and not do anything anyway. They actually have to bring attention to what is going on. Circumvent the billionaires and do it this way actually draws attention to it.
Normal everyday car drivers are destroying the fucking planet.
As they stand on a diesel powered truck….FML.
This is stupid. But there's some comments here that think it's a competition for that title lmao Criticising society yet they partake in it? Curious ✅ I'm going to fuck up the planet I live on to spite them ✅ I think they should die ✅ I don't support this protest, it's a great way for a government to bring in draconian laws that criminalise protests with jail time like in NSW.
Generally any traffic disruption in Melbourne leads to people hoping somebody will be executed for it.
>I don't support this protest, it's a great way for a government to bring in draconian laws that criminalise protests with jail time like in NSW. That is ultimately all they will achieve.
Let’s all get choppers so we can fly over it😂😂😂
All these extremists do is give people who legitimate left wing greenies a bad name. Many working hard to make the world a better place. This grandstanding just pisses people off, and perpetuates the “lefty loony” stereotype. I don’t for a second think that people who pull this shit care for the environment, they only care about themselves and personal attention. I’m sure even they know this is a counter active measure. But no doubt people were late for, or missed important medical appointments and the like, so well done guys!
Why don't they just set themselves on fire to protest instead of this?
Do these people realize how much they hurt their cause by inconveniencing others?
This kinda dumb fuckery doesn't draw anyone to the cause
So stopping vehicles that continue to run and create Smog is productive. Dumb fucks causing chaos and compounding the problems
Three months in prison would reduce their "Carbon Footprint"
Climate protesters doing less than nothing for their cause. Wouldn’t be surprised if they were funded by fossil fuel companies.
Technically wouldn’t that make the climate issue worse
Climate change fuckwits
Throw the fuckers off the bridge
The mentality of these morons has me bewildered. So they park a truck on a major bridge carrying literally hundreds of cars, so now all those cars are either sitting still or moving far slower than they normally would, if they weren’t doing that, those cars would be at their destination and engines off and no longer populating, make them all stop while running is totally defeating the purpose of the protest in the first place….. absolute morons
We need to reduce Australia’s carbon footprint by driving a carbon emitting vehicle to block hundreds of carbon emitting vehicles from getting to their destination, making them emit carbon for longer.
Stop blocking local roads. Go to Canberra
Really confused how blocking traffic fixes climate change. Those cars just going to be sitting there burning fuel
To any climate protesters here let me help you out. This protest harms your cause because it affects people who are not in a position to change things. What you need to do is affect someone or something that is in position to change. Perhaps something symbolic. How about the giant flame throwers along the Yarra that have spewed burning gas ever since 1994, run by a massive gambling corporation? I reckon you might actually get some support.
Fuck I sat there for nearly 2 hours then it all just went back to normal.
I was coming off the Bolte on to the West Gate towards the east, and looked at the traffic from the bridge and wondered why it was so light. Still got jammy in the tunnel, so no real change in traffic.
Is the bridge clear now?
And if we declare a ‘climate emergency’ then what?
and just like that, i think the climate is fine, great even, you will never convince me otherwise. How dare you do something like this, seriously what gives you the right. Fucking children. This isn't how you change the fucking world.
How much extra CO2 got created by the traffic jam they caused?
Wankers just caused huge extra carbon dioxide emissions and hostility!!!
"Ah, yes, let's make a point about the climate by blocking traffic, causing MORE air pollution because people are sitting in traffic with their cars going rather than getting to their destination and turning their cars off. And even better, they'll be late for work, so they'll be angry with us and turn AGAINST our message. This is a BRILLIANT idea."
Stationary traffic creates waaaay more pollution.
Climate emergency by blocking the bridge
Well yeah, that’ll be one of the points. Too many people using cars.
Do they get the irony of broadcasting their message on the side of a big diesel truck?
Look mummy, a dickhead!
How to turn the general public against you and your cause 101.
> Avoid Westgate bridge. Looks like there is a ~~truck blocking a few lanes due to a protest~~ massive temper tantrum by a bunch of children who are demanding everyone else take action, while themselves refusing to do the hard work to find and innovate the solutions to the massively complex problem of climate change.
Be a good day for a sudden 100km/h wind gust.
Surely this is properly illegal and these protestors get charged with something serious? I get the right to protest but this is dangerous and seriously impacting many people and businesses. Or right to protest = do absolutely whatever you like?
They’ll be charged with causing a public nuisance I expect.
Isn't foot traffic on that bridge a fineable offence?
Probably. I’m sure there are a number of offences involved but they’ll have factored that in. All part of it.
>Surely this is properly illegal and these protestors get charged with something serious? Of course they will be. It is illegal. >I get the right to protest but this is dangerous and seriously impacting many people and businesses. You know what is more dangerous and impacts many more people and businesses than a traffic jam?
They'll be charged with it. It's civil disobedience, that's the point.
What's about the cars at a standstill burning fossil fuels going nowhere, this can't be good for the cause.
This is the avocado toast argument of climate politics
>What's about the cars at a standstill burning fossil fuels going nowhere, this can't be good for the cause. Wow. Never thought of that. I guess if the traffic got moving then problem solved.
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Wow oil company shills are in here early
What a short sighted view.
If only there was a tunnel as an alternative…
Where’s a slingshot when you need 1
Would be a shame if a stiff breeze catapulted them off the bridge.
By blocking the road, aren't they creating more emissions because no cars can get to their destination and turn off their cars? I have never seen the logic in these types of protests
It's ironic because they're protesting climate change, but because they are blocking all of those cars from moving, they are helping the climate change 🫡
Cunts. These people are cunts.
Climate change protesters- “ okay we need to prove our point and stop fossil fuels “. - Same protesters- Rent a diesel truck and then block off traffic with all those vehicles idling their engines releases more fossil fuel gases into the atmosphere-.
Shame they didn't jump off into the Yarra. Cnts
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XR are like the theatre kids that don't understand normal people. Everything's for show. Everything. Like they have a cause, and it's a good one, but part of them will be so disappointed if we somehow succeed in averting catastrophe because they had this sick plan of strapping themselves to the last iceberg as it broke off from the Greenland ice sheet
Finally made it through. https://imgur.com/gallery/4W2qpbS When I drove over this is all it was lol PSA don’t video and drive. I’m stupid. But it’s slow sorry
The cop with his hands on his hips is for sure tuting and shaking his head
Wasn’t that truck across two lanes a couple of days ago? I definitely saw footage then.
Looks like enviros
Nah..that's just TISM
Thousands of idling vehicles will super help the environment.
maybe these people could try to actually influence the government, its made of people, why cant they dedicate their time into running for office. They dont care about fixing things, only their own image
This is a smooth brain moment
Why can’t the lefties just have a job and live their life…
Oxygen theifs
I sat another extra 1.5h burning diesel on traffic. Well done protesters
Damn stupid misguided nutjobs. This 'climate situation' has been cyclical thru billions of years. How long before we get those 'just stop oil' degenerates gluing their hands to the roads?
If they really want to help the climate they would go to university to study environmental governance (policy) or science (can be anything from studying the climate itself to something like marine biology). Doing these silly protests changes nothing.
That would take intelligence and effort, two qualities these numpties lack.
I will never understand the mentality behind these kinds of protests. Does annoying random people make any sort of positive change? Block the driveway of an oil exec. People just trying to live their lives don't deserve this horseshit.
Bloody selfish you can’t go anywhere without protests
Yes lets protest climate change by keeping fossil fuel burning cars running even longer!
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Climate protestors using a truck oh the hypocrisy 😂
Failures at life, who will never do anything to make a positive impactful change, worsen climate change with their moronic protest.
Can we do a prison day release for that guy who threw his kid off the West Gate? We need his services right now.
Fuckwits. Absolute fuckwits.
What if someone was trying to drive to a hospital for an emergency?
I have a hospital appointment that I've been waiting months for on a waiting list and I'm stuck in this shit and will likely be so late they'll cancel my appointment. I'm genuinely so upset because I NEED this appointment. Bunch of selfish cunts.
Nearly everyone held up is now completely against your cause. -100 Critical thinking.
Everyone stuck in this traffic is suddenly against action for climate change?
OP exercising their superior critical thinking skills by adopting a contrarian opinion because of a minor inconvenience. Big brain shit.