On Tuesday, April 1, a group of independent truckers spurred on by online comments made by owner-operator Dan Little, say they will not accept freight in protest of the rising cost of diesel fuel.

Little, 49, quoted in The New York Times said, "If you're losing money going to work, then what's the sense in going to work? We're either going to go broke with our trucks parked or we're going broke out on the highway wearing our trucks out."

The president of the National Association of Small Trucking Companies, David Owen, said he does not support the protest and does not think it will have a noticeable impact on the national transportation network.

Owen, quoted in the same New York Times article said, "I'm sympathetic with the idea behind the stoppage, but I'm not optimistic about it. We're not recommending that our guys stop running. Every time that happens, the people that get hurt are the people that stop running."

Truckers who are participating across the country are responding to record high diesel prices, averaging $4.037 a gallon during the final week of March, a price 45 percent higher than one year ago when a gallon sold for $1.25.