Travel john is not a bad idea in situations when needed.

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I had that happen in a very busy city on a very busy expressway. The urge came on so suddenly and I started feeling so sick that there's no way I would have made it to a bathroom off the highway. I had to pull to the side of the highway very quickly and use the trashcan without even so much as time to empty it.

I sure wouldn't make that a habit though. The other person that posted about their trainer crapping in the bag... must have been the same guy that trained me at PST. He'd pee in a cup and pour the pee out the window in heavy traffic while driving (he did this in rush hour traffic in Atlanta once). Heck, atomized pee flying back in the window... vehicles traveling beside us coated in pee... pee everywhere... YUCK! We'd get stopped somewhere and the whole side of the truck and trailer had a nice coating of dried pee with a nice pee stench. I hated to even touch the outside of the truck to get in--it was nasty!

I really can't understand the laziness at the truckstops either. It's especially nasty in places where it doesn't rain much--Arizona anyone? I remember getting out and walking across the lot at one truckstop, near Tuscon I think it was... feet sticking to the asphalt... horrid stench of many-months-old dried pee.

It must be a recessive dog gene that causes some drivers to mark their territory.

Anyone who had run up here in Canada knows that places to stop can be very few and far in between, you can drive 3 hours before finding a place to stop and use a washroom. Up here in northern Ontario there are no rest areas, you pretty much just have to pull over on the shoulder,

Nothing wrong with the bottle in a pinch. It's just a matter of how it's disposed of.

You havn't been driving long if you havn't had the dreaded stomach cramp leading to the need to find a walmart to replace your trash can!!

what do you expect from truck stop food!! lol

It is parking lots that smell like pee that helped us go from highway heroes to the highway zeros. It is a necessary evil to have a bottle but it does not need to be poured on a lot that may not see a hard rain for 3 months. God made a simple filtering system that I like to call dirt. You may have heard of it and if so then pass the word
I stop on the side of the road or an off ramp and dispose in the gravel where nobody else has to suffer for my inconvenience. If I have to go real bad at the pump then others need to wait until I get back from the bathroom before I start the pump. That is just the way it is. I do not like to be put in the same category as a dirty rotten no good piece of crap trucker but unfortunately we are going to be stereo typed until we somehow can change our image. We can try to fight it one driver at a time but one bad apple...well, you get my point

Be good and be safe
Glenn

You would think with all of the modern day advancements in technology etc that this would be a priority as far as creating a viable solution for people faced with being behind the wheel for long periods of time.

We have people using computer and satellite technology on their trucks and crapping in bags at the same time.

I once worked with a guy from Thailand who told me that the traffic jams in Bangkok are so bad , sometimes 4 hours or more in the same spot , many people carry a P bottle in their personal vehicle as common practice. This is not considered to be unacceptable or vulgar , just necessary .

In all the previous posts,taking a leak on the fuel Isleland etc. Did one person either tell the the person about it,or tell the truck stop operator? It is unlawful in any state I can think of and hazmat to boot

Get a 5 gallon bucket with a lid, double up trash bags(not those plastic grocery bags) pour in some cheap cat litter(enough to absorb it all). On your way out, tie up bags and drop in trash can, set up for next time. Beats trying to hover over a coffee can or large drink cup.