If you park for the night at a rest area then please make sure you park correctly. Leave enough space for other drivers behind you & in front of you so they can get out without having to wake you up.
As someone who drives at night.....it sucks when I have to wake up drivers to have them move their truck out of the way, wake my wife up so I don't hit anything or have to back out of a rest area because it's a parking free for all.
Leave Enough Space - Rest Areas
Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by TruckDuo, Mar 12, 2014.
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I dont know why anyone even parks in rest areas. I only did it twice and it wasn't the parallel park type. Do you guys drive until your hos is down to 2 minutes and just rush into a rest area squeezing past all of the crooked trucks? Every place I go I have about five or six truck stops that I know will have parking available.
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I like parking in rest areas usually it's because it's easy on and easy off. Generally I will try the rest area before a truckstop because that's where everyone wants to be at. Allot of the times getting into or out of a truckstop can be a rat race. Generally allot more quieter and hardly ever have to deal with a lot lizard or a bum.
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Driving teams its less time consuming to switch out in a rest area if you don't need anything from the truck stop. I wont even get into the whole switching without stopping stuff. Wouldn't want to be the cause of bad habits developing :/
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Agreed, sometimes you have no choice in the matter to make appointments and especially when traveling beyond 22:00. It is what it is and there's not much can be done about it in some situations and in some areas. It's park HOWEVER and WHEREVER you can park or risk getting that egregious violation that puts you over you allowance and potentially fired.
That said, if you end up parking and pluging up the exit hole with all but 2 inches clearance for those trying to leave or who could not find a spot, expect irate drivers to wake you up regularly with their horn or worse.TruckDuo, DoneYourWay, jbatmick and 2 others Thank this. -
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always the Swiftie jokes, you know some of us swift drivers actually do know how to back....
when I was otr I preferrred rest areas, a lot of times late at night it was easier to find parking in those, nowadays when I have to stay out overnight I park at the store I delivered to and the other nights I bobtail to a side street or the truck stop close to the dc, being bobtailed I can always snatch a spot all the other guys leave alone.blairandgretchen Thanks this. -
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Let's see, Fog so bad you can't see, snow, rain, wind, 10-100. At least I park straight. Greatful to have a place to get off the ribbon. Can't always see a feeder road. Any port in a storm. Fog & white outs are the worst. Left out dust storms. Idiots stop on the shoulder. Inch your way to safety. Park however you can. Straight is better. I would rather be in a bent up truck than a box. Tornados are fun on TV different in person. The dust is brutal. I can't see thru dirt. Snapped my 5th wheel off once. Found my trailer 3 miles away. 2 mph slower Wife & I would have bought it. Ma Nature is a beast.
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