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Old 11.22.2008
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As a lady driver, I have never had the option of peeing in a bottle! All comes down to trip planning and paying attention to when the rest stops are coming up if there isn't a truck stop close by. After making many road trips by car between Florida and Wisconsin over a 5 year period with a child that was only 5 when we started making the road trips, I know it is not impossible.
Every femal driver I have ever, well MOST have port-a-poty's in their truck. If you choose not to have one fine but that dosnt make the others that do nasty and dirty. And contrary to the other so called drivers post, we do not crap in our truck. This is friggin insane. Im done with this thred
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As the age old saying goes: never poop where you eat! May I add a new adage: never pee or poop where you eat, sleep, drink, or drive. I would not have a porta pottie anywhere near my eating, sleepin, or drinking area personally. I dont care if your truck is on a lysol timer, it is still very unsanitary.
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I cannot believe you are still going on about this. We have a port-a-poty in our truck that we piss in. Whats the problem? There are deoderizers you put in there for the smell and then you dump it at a designated area. OMG you think you are so much better because you pull over and piss in the grass. Take a friging chill pill.. Then when you are waiting to unload and dont have anywhere to piss you will remember this thred. LOL
I have never been to any shipper/receiver where there was not a toilet. Even if I am at a construction site they have porta potties (the ones that dont fit in the cab of your truck lmao). If for some crazy reason I could not find a bathroom I would walk to an out of the way area and pee there but I have yet to have to do that one. And yes I do think I am better than someone that resorts to peeing in a bottle or keeps a porta-pottie anywhere near where they eat, drink, sleep, or drive. No matter how you try and justify it, there is just no excuse for reaching that point of laziness.
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COUNTYCRUISERS: My mistake, you didnt say you pooped in your porta-pottie, you said "That said, there have been some embarrassing emergenceis that required 4 or 5 plastic grocery bags and the little trash can that sits behind the seat." Thats even worse, you actually poop into trash bags and keep that in your truck? Couldn't you at least take some toilet paper and hide behind a bush or tree for gods sake. lmao
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I started a poll on this subject if anyone wants to weigh in on this subject. Its in the Truckers Image thread.
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I started a poll on this subject if anyone wants to weigh in on this subject. Its in the Truckers Image thread.
I'm not interested in your poll.
I reckon I'm just too "lazy" to give a _ _ _ _.
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we just have a port-a-potty in the truck that we empty every couple of days. It's not realistic in my opinion to get to a toilet every time you need one. Not for #1 at least. #2 does wait for a toilet. That said, there have been some embarrassing emergenceis that required 4 or 5 plastic grocery bags and the little trash can that sits behind the seat.

is it one of those portable camper jobs or do ya really got an actual porta john strapped to the truck
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I said I have NEVER resorted to having to pee into a bottle or take a dump in my cab into a home made porta pottie! If you take a moment to notice I have driven for a year OTR. I will NEVER pee into a bottle. I will take 5 minutes to pull over to the side of the road if I absolutely have to and pee in the grass or dirt near my drives if there are others drivers on the road. If your concerned about others seeing you, when you pull over just angle your trailer so it blocks all view up your passenger side. There is not a cop in this world (no matter how desperate for a ticket they are) that is going to give you a ticket for pulling over and taking a leak when nobody can see you. If your peeing in the open thats another story. At the back of truck stops nobody is going to see you so just go there in the grass or dirt if you cant make it to a toilet for gods sake.
If you are at a reciever with no washroom or you get there in the middle of the night and the place is closed, what do you do? What if it's a large fenced in all asphalte area with no grass? Let me guess, you just let her rip on the ground, eh? What is more unhygienic? Urinating on the ground or in a gallon and properly emptying the contents in a toilet when you have a chance?
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Hey! If you gotta go - Do what ya gotta do...................

Just please be responsible. Pee in a bottle is considered a HAZ-MAT according to D.O.T.

Throw 'em in the garbage or dump 'em out..........
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is it one of those portable camper jobs or do ya really got an actual porta john strapped to the truck
It's optional.
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