A trucker is in the hospital in serious condition with multiple stab wounds he received from a fellow driver after they had an argument about parking.
At around 3p.m., two truckers entered the Pilot Travel Center in Rio Rico, Arizona. According to the manager of the Pilot, they had been arguing outside in the parking lot and continued to do so once inside.
“There was a dispute, a disagreement over parking of the tractor-trailers on the lot there,” said Sheriff Antonia Estrada.
That’s when 37-year-old Dereck Johnson of Orangeburg, S.C. allegedly pulled a knife. 33-year-old Ahmet Gumoskaya was stabbed multiple times in the torso. He was bleeding profusely and quickly lost consciousness.
When authorities arrived, Johnson was still there.
“[He] was standing by for the arrival of law enforcement,” said Estrada. “So he did not attempt to go anywhere.”
Johnson was arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder.
Gumoskata was airlifted to a hospital in Tucson where he was listed in serious condition.
How pathetically DUMD!!! A parking space isn’t that serious.
He’ll have a place to “park it” for about 20 years now.
It’s not that serious to be fighting over a parking space that neither one owns!
Over a parking spot, really!!! People are just not thinking anymore, this used to be a job of brotherhood. Now it’s the me generation. Sad. Grow up people. Get a clue.
Exactly right, in years past we would’ve helped one another back in. And had lunch at the same round table with other drivers we didn’t know. I’m so ready to retire!
America is falling apart
What is this world coming to you can’t trust anyone today I grew up walking around with police officers on their beat mail man while delivering the mail things have changed dramatically I’m a tractor trailer driver myself started out driving Buses for 30 years now things have to get better just getting worse as years go by
Served 14 years N J Army National Guard
That’d sad we can’t be courteous to one another some people think they have more rights than others
I hope this man pulls through. And shame on you Mr. Johnson, a parking spot. Really?
Dammit boi……….
Thanks to ELD, this is going on. Everybody fighting for a spot at 3 pm…ridiculous.
3pm ?
Not really
That depends on where you are, my friend..
I don’t think ELD’S caused this. There’s always plenty of parking at 3pm
I dont know were do you work for but it is the situation every day Monday through Friday in every truck stop
That’s not true. I live in Phoenix, and have picked up numerous loads in that (Nogales) area, and have used that Pilot to scale my loads. It’s always packed there, hard to find a parking spot, and is in fact a very poorly designed/laid out truck stop.
Pilot isnt the only truck stop!
In what country?
Not at that pilot. There are a lot of produce trucks parked there waiting to get loaded or unloaded throughout the day
Soo true. The atmosphere that the feds have created within our industry has led to despising and having pure contempt for one another.
This has NOTHING to do with “the feds”. These truck stop companies share some blame in this for building truck stops on land that really isn’t big enough for them, or in locations that aren’t really suited/conducive for a truck stop. The truck entrance to this particular Pilot is on a street with a center divider, and if you’re traveling south, you cannot turn left into the Pilot. If you turn left at the traffic light, onto the road that I-19 exits onto, and go past the Pilot, and you turn left into the truck EXIT, it causes major congestion, because the drive isn’t really big enough to accommodate two tractor-trailers. And, there’s virtually no signage directing truckers into the proper entrance. As someone below commented, this creates/causes stress amongst drivers, who may already be under stress due to tight delivery schedules.
you are 100% right brother. I avoid truck stops all together.
Thx for additional site layout commentary!
Courtesy is taught at home, school and should be part of every trucking companies orientation – which I have yet to see covered in multiple trucking employers
Amen to that brother! I’ve been driving 35 years, how times have changed.
Yo sho right! But that doesn’t excuse the American driver that is just as rude with his headlights at night and throwing bottles and bags of waste on to parking lots and not wash his or her hands before going to grab food from the hot dog stand.
No, Scott. I think you’re mistaken. Trucking is a stressful job as it is. Having to deal with 4 wheelers that have no respect for Trucks and don’t know how to drive, having to dodge 4 wheelers to avoid accidents, 4 wheelers brake checking hoping to get hit to collect insurance money, 4 wheelers that get frustrated at truckers. Shippers/receivers wasting your time, Accidents, traffic jams, bad weather, people treating you like garbage, underpaid, missing family, maybe hungry, maybe tired then here comes this little computer that isn’t working right for most people telling you when you have to drive. Telling you, you have to stop you are out of hours. You’ve wasted precious time looking in 2 or 3 different truckstops for parking and there is none. Now you are tired and out of hours. Yeah, all of that can make anyone snap. And I probably didn’t even mention half the stressors involved in Trucking. ELD aren’t the problem per se but they have magnified the real problem. The hours of service don’t work and have never worked. There are too many variables in Trucking to try and lay strict ground rules. Many people that were “adjusting” their paper logs were making up for time lost by traffic jams, weather and shippers and receivers wasting your time NOT to try and outsmart the rule to make more money and run more miles. No. It’s just to try and make it to delivery on time or to maybe take a nap. People should be able to split their time whichever way they want. People should be able stop or drive whenever they feel comfortable. You can’t computerize a job that is too human and ELD has become a huge stressor. ELD has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with making roads more unsafe. But people will have to die for the government to say, “Yeah, you are right, ELDs/HOS don’t work” . By then, their pockets and every company that jumped on the bandwagon’s pockets will be full of cash.
Yup, vallet parking is the answer, lol
I’d have to agree with Tommy Z. While no one can MAKE an individual commit an act of violence, the added stress of HAVING to be off duty at “X” hour can be a contributing factor for an emotionally unstable person to act in an anti-social, unprofessional and completely unacceptable fashion.
I’ve been using ELD’s for 6 years now. I must admit there are times my blood pressure has gone up a bit when “X” hour is looming, And there seems to be no place to park.
I often ask Almighty God for assistance and something ALWAYS comes along ! ! !
I always start looking for serious when the ELD tells me I’m below 59
minutes.
I’ve spent several thousand dollars, over the years, at Walmart and to a lesser extent Target due to their “Trucker Friendly” policy.
I never thro trash on the ground or bottles full of urine. Truckers can be their own worst enemy having ruined a good parking spot thru negligence.
I’m always on the lookout for places to park. I file them away for a “rainy day”.
I never argue with anyone. Voices rise, time to leave, even if I feel I’m right. We are visitors….everywhere we go.
A wonderful attitude, R.J.
Exactly, some truckers will blame anything they can on ELD’s. Nobody is forcing you drivers to stay driving. If your unhappy, by all means quit.
Blaming the ELD is just so stupid. the ELD is nothing more than a electronic logging device no different than paper logs. It does have however for those that can’t tell time a clock staring you in the face to remind you when to stop.the HOS is the bastard child in logging. The ELD is just a logging system. The HOS is the problem. If we were allowed to stop the clock when we stop the truck like in the good ol days many issues would resolve them selves. The parking issues would be reduced some what. So stop blaming the ELD for drivers short comings and inability to reason and comprehend managing time…
Having to work is the priblem.
That’s the dumb thing I have read in a long oh time
Its raining outside today. I know lets blame elds. You’re ridiculous
That’s exactly what I thought!
LOL
Yup, it’s those damned ELD’S…drivin’ erybody crazy.
Right, everyone is trying to park at the same time and there isn’t enough parking.
Really, you’re going to play the ELD card on this one. You’re pathetic. This would have probably happened either way.
Insane
Lack of proper and safe truck parking causes anxiety and adds to the mental pressures already felt by truck drivers. The causes of this shortage are several, but two main ones are: Society at large hates trucks and fears truck drivers, so there is always a local opposition to new truck rest areas, and truck stops. There is no political will power. Politicians care about votes and because truck drivers don’t vote as one block, the politicians don’t give a damn. However the constituents who hate trucks do vote in local elections, and they hate trucks parking ( and even driving!) in their towns. As I learned throughout my 22 year career, we are expendables of the society, considered lowest on the scale of worth. So don’t expect any improvement any time soon. The politicians, and their voters would rather pretend we don’t exist. They can’t wait for self driving trucks.
@ Mack
Well said.
You will never see self driving trucks ever. They still need a driver on board and these trucks amount to nothing more than luxury for the driver. There is no benefit for the truck companies which is why no truck company has expressed interest in it. Dream on about having such a truck!!!
Please print your comment and tape it to your wall. Then when there are self driving trucks I bet you a million bucks you’ll never admit you were wrong. LOL
Love “Know it Alls”
I don’t expect they “Know it All”, but like myself hope [it] doesn’t come to pass. A gambling person will bet against such technology in REAL life conditions.
A GOOD driver has a unique set of skill that a machine just cant be programmed to do.
A temporary white-out in Montana. Fantastically strong winds across Kansas… etc. Some ice on the road, at the bottom of a curving hill in PA. . Any number of things that can jump out at a driver unexpectedly and really ruin the day for a lot of people.
That’s why EXPERIENCED drivers are in such demand. We (I’m 60+) have been “programmed” by a life of hard knocks and are still here and driving safely.
Those so-called selfdriving teuck will still need a driver in them just like the airline pilot’s sit in the seat and do minimal operations.
I think that when companies realize they can save 50-100K a year per driver by using automated trucks, they’ll seriously consider it.
Truth!
Actually several companies have expressed interest and 3 or 4 have already put in orders. One of them is Walmart.
Excuse me?!!?
After fuel payroll is their biggest expense, they have a huge incentive to go driverless, the 2010 “safety” law was designed to create driver turnover, & keep all their drivers at around .30 per mile, nobody gets to top scale
In Europe they are already permitted and used, they are going all in. So will we here, don’t kid yourself. Give it 3 years, I80 & I90 will be where it starts first. You’ll see.
Still need drivers maybe tone bring fuel to it and I would love to see one drive in the north east, a disaster waiting to happen
If they don’t like us truckers. Really prove it starve show us you don’t like us. Stop buying the products on the self. Stop buying cars, trucks, boats. I mean really show us how much you don’t like us. Oh by the way stop buying everything we deliver.
So with that sad address the real problem give us places to park, lower FUEL prices, more time to drive. Parking problems Will be solved with more time to drive. Other wise just show us you don’t like us talk is cheap!!! GET REAL PEOPLE CAUSE AND EFFECT ISSUES. HOW MANNY AGREE?
What I keep saying turn your truck off for a week guys!,it’s time to take the roads back.
How will more drive time solve the parking problem? We had more drive time while on paper logs but we still had the parking problem.
Amen 👍✌
I don’t know about MORE time to drive. At my age, 60+, a fourteen hour day is long enough. I know its unpopular but I like the ELD’s, to a limited extent, as I remember a time when dispatchers, an evil bunch, would gladly threaten a driver if he wouldn’t drive illegally. Once when attempting to drive legal, I was approached by the operations VP at a large Midwestern carrier, who asked to my face, “Are we gonna have trouble with you???”. Having made the delivery, they left me behind a factory in Louisville, KY for three days with no prospects of a load. Told me if I moved the truck, I’d be fined.
The ELD cuts thru the nonsense. When you’re out of time…that’s it.
R.J., I’m with you. I’ve been doing this awhile. I started with paper and went to Werner when offered a dedicated account (Home Depot). I love the ELD. I’m never tired. I get good miles, and I don’t have too many problems getting somewhere to park. You just need to plan your route more. It works for me.
You’re right, if you can’t do it in 14 hours you’re probably tired and frustrated anyway. And that’s no mindset to be driving under either. I still get 70 to 84 hours a week rotating days off and working 14s almost every day I’m on duty
Yes, i too remember the “good ol’ days” … the ELD is my best friend. Who the heck wants to work more than 14hrs a day?
To some extent, I agree with the thought that we, as an industry, are considered expendables. Local politicians, state politicians, and of course, national political entities, can and do kick us around because they all, every one, see us as non voters who live “outside my district”, an example of short sighted thought processes.
“They”, the politicians, administrators, and others who can not see past their own immediate need, see us in some of the same way we see U-haul trucks and RV’s going down the road.
Until our elected and appointed “representatives” see us as voters and people interested in claiming our place in the community, we will be treated like nonresident and marginally criminal scum. Getting things to work in our favor, or at least recognized as members of our community requires action.
those of us who have computers and internet in the truck can write to the people who are trying to stay in office. I am not talking about a mass email where we just say “Me too” and sign a long form letter. That lets officials know there is some interest in making things better for “us”. It is a start, but, until we, or at least 10% of us write our local, state and federal responsible government officials, not much will change. Letter from voters get action, it drives fear of unemployment into their hearts.
Politicians walk on eggshells between elections trying to keep their noisiest constituents from voting them out of office. Be a noisy one who presents yourself as a real and vital member of the community. I delivered, as a produce driver, 40,000 pounds of produce. I described it as delivering the veggies for 10,000 family meals every 8 days. That got their attention for a few moments, if every driver let their local officials that they deliver the goods that keep us in the modern world, and be specific about what you carry, they can blow us off.
Remind them that your money gets spent in their district. Remind them that you are the link between having modern civilization and making everything they want with only what is on their own property. We are not expendable, ever.
In Vietnam, the snipers and powder monkeys were expendable. If they got killed in action, no one truly mourned them except their family. The American, and I dare say, the world population, has no true emotional concept about where their good come from.
They have a minimal concept, but we are invisible and easily forgotten, like the powder monkey who carries his explosives in, does the job of destroying a convoy of enemy supplies, and is found by the enemy. All their commander knows for sure is that if you don’t make it back in a month or two, your “stuff” get sent home with a letter of condolence and appreciation for your service. When they finish the form letter, Your tent is available for the next powder monkey.
Become a letter writer, go visit your local government officials at all levels when you are home for a day, beginning with your city or county level. Write them with their full name and with yours letting them know that without you, their food supply goes back to a 19th century level.
Let them know that the fuel they get at the convenience store did not just grow there, neither did the coffee or snacks they stop for on the way to speak to the socalled safety groups that act in a way that harms the delivery of goods locally and nationwide.
Go from “expendable” to “absolutely needed daily” in the mind of the local government and state government officials mind. Do a similar thing to your congressional representatives. Force them to listen to your concerns and let them know you are watching them. Even the unelected bureaucracy in Washington D.C. will listen to those 535 people who put them in power. They do now, let the voice of the ones who keep civilization from falling back to the level of the nation before 1850 be heard above the ones who speak elegantly from ignorance or hatred. Thank them for listening to you and let them know you need to know how they are going to deal with your concerns.
Thank you, drivers and families of drivers for reading this to the end. Decide if you are worth a letter or two, or do you want the industry to be seen as “expendables”.
Ken . You said it like it is and should be done. Good job. Well written and to the point. I do write my senators and congressmen and women and also Ms Chao of the FMCSA. DRIVERS..When writing or Emailing keep it to one page if possible.No profanity or threats. Call the switch board, Ask for your elected official they will connect you. Got a Complaint? Give a possible solution to it. They don’t have a CDL and know nothing about our issues in trucking and depend on the lobbyists from the ATA for their information. Educate them.
Ken, Thank you for your service.
That’s why my dues to OOIDA are spent.
This post was excellent and Covered all Real issues that we currently face today, ..all the while being exploited by everyone who can make a dollar off of us….. ANYONE ELSE, who reads Mack’s post, please understand that the meat of the post has nothing to do with self driving trucks, it was just an add-on to further show the intent of politicians and others who hate truckers to eliminate us or to show how less they think of us.
You got it fighting over a parking spot at 3pm thats the problem eld has made it so bad out there no were to park trucks
All over shoulder off ramps there everywhere its worse ive seen it I been driving truck 22yrs BUILD MORE REST STOPS TRUMP more truck parking
Texas congressmen wants to pass 3 hour, line 2, 14 hour pause bill. Let’s get behind this guy’s. Pass the word.
It’s better then the current 8 hours.
I still think it would be better too split the sleep time into 2 periods like before 8-2, 5-5, 6-4, or 7-3
If you use 5X5 with 2 drivers, you can never run out of time, using 70 in 8 day rule. operated know it works this way for 12 years
The excuses provided by others, ELD, no parking, drivers disliked by citizens—-None of these excuses are cause to act like common white trash. No wonder citizens don’t want us locally.
Did you read the names?
BINGO.
Throwing trash on the ground rather than walking 15 feet to a trash can, urinating in the lot – often whipping it out just anywhere, smelling nasty, etc, etc…
COME ON GUYS, CLEAN UP YOUR ACT!!!
You were good until the “whipping it out anywhere”part. Urinating between the truck and trailer is not a bad thing. Don’t even try to pretend you’re not the trash you seem to hate.
Not a bad thing until you pull into a truck stop in the heat of summer that reeks of piss. I truly understand there are times when going between the truck and trailer is necessary. But it’s never necessary at a truck stop. There’s bathrooms freely available only a couple minutes walk away. It’s no wonder we’re treated like a bunch of animals when so many of you guys ACT like a bunch of animals.
Urinating between the truck and trailer is not a bad thing…. Where the hell do you live in a barnyard? ?.That is what restrooms are for. Not the parking lot. Asswipes do that, not real people that have upbringing. Whipping it out anywhere. I have seen them do that in rest areas as people walked by they whipped it out pissed on the ground in full view of others. Same in trucks stops and customers yards. It matters not where . It is the low life uncaring steering wheel holders that do that crap along with dumping trash on the ground..Just so you know , truck stops and customers property is PRIVATE property and you are a guest . . . You evidently live in a protected neighborhood with locked gates to keep cattle in and have never driving a truck and if so learned nothing in the 2 weeks you did.
Lol
Self driving trucks ain’t the answer either it’s still a large obtrusive vehicle that’s in THEIR way.
People don’t realize the importance of trucks. They bring the stuff they are accustomed to having from groceries to lumber to the cars they drive in.
If it wasn’t for the trucks who bring the stuff to wherever they are faster than any mode of transportation, thayd’s still be waiting for a lot of it!!
People seem to think that when they get behind THEIR wheel THEYR’E more important than the trucks who bring THEIR stuff to THEM.
While we attempt to navigate their stupidity and impatience on the roads we get the stuff to where it needs to be safely!
The story was very vague a dispute was ensued for he way the one driver parked, maybe this driver took two spots or maybe he parked to close to the other driver maybe he just didn’t care for the way this driver looked, but is it really necessary to stab him for it, now if he parked in a handicap spot or parked in a no parking area just the incident to the manager he would get the driver to move or maybe towed but to stab this driver wow he needs to be incarcerated pretty sure he lost his job and his shirt
What world you leaving in. Guys block people in every night an the
Manager’s don’t do anything about it.I’ve been out here 33 years an it just keeps getting worse.
ELDS are good because they help a driver keep his logs without mistakes but more flexibility needs to be built into the rules. I’ve had a 15 discrepancy in my log and now have a criminal record for falsification.
Criminal record??? So if an ELD glitches, we are criminals? Wth?
Hi samuel you have 15 discrepancies in your paper logs because you don’t know have to do.I have 42 years driven and over 4 million miles overthe road and I never ever have the problem or issues because I do everything legal.
Really? 42 years ago nobody logged legal. NOBODY.
Until a self driving truck kills their child, but in the real world the truck will still require someone in it.
Why was “Johnson” provided with a geographical origin (Spartenburg, S.C.) but “Gumoskaya” was not?
It was Orangeburg S.C.
You know why.
The victim was from Pennsylvania.
“Gumoskata”? Or “Gumoskaya”? Consistency in “reporting” is a good thing. People already have a low opinion of truckers. Don’t feed those flames.
The low opinion of truckers is brought on 100% by the truckers ( lets use the term drivers instead) .How you present your selves is how you will be treated. Act like, talk like a jerk your treatment is for jerks. You earned it. I retired with over 50 years of driving a CMV and have seen the changes. . The new breed of driver ( I know some will take offense to the term but more than likely are part of the problem) is refusing to live by a code and this is a result of it. The govt did not do this. The govt is just reacting to the changes brought on by new wanna B drivers.
The age-old question in trucking…WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG!????
For years we did ! I can remember a time when making a fuel and meal stop every truck stop had a large round table with a sign on or above it ,that read, drivers on schedule. take a seat and a waitress would come with in minutes. everyone would introduce them selves ,and the normal conversations were about the road we had came over for the benefit of drivers headed that way. Truck stops when I started driving, operated with the service priority of scheduled drivers first, regular or lounging drivers and lastly tourist and automobile traffic, That persona is no more, and the industry is far less from it !
Low life Johnson.
He did it because has nothing to lose. He has no money, no life, no house, a wife cheating on him maybe and see his kids rarely. No credit score, nothing. Nothing to lose.
Unfortunately in this business is a lot of people like him.
I hop he will got what he deserves. An animal with no future.
well i guess it was coming that eld’s would be blamed LOL you all blame something that had nothing to do with it. I pray the stabbed man gets better. As for eld’s thats another subject and has nothing to do with this
U S express is the first to order the new electric powered trucks. And the guy was stabbed for taking his 30 min break on the fuel island and the driver got mad, seeing the break being taken there a lot lately and that slows the fueling pros down and backs it up. I have witness myself a lot that California trucks park on islands and go it to break. Even trucking has went selfish and to the pits..sad !
How do yo know is was because of parking on the fuel island? That is what I suspect is the reason but have not seen any reports. They need to get rid of the 30 minute break.
It’s not a new phenomenon to me, but the difference is that it was 03:00AM not 03:PM.
It’s alot of tension among truckers. Some truckers deserve a good old fashion spanking.
37 yrs otr never ever had or wanted a local driving job and still don’t.but in the 37 yrs out here i figured it out the problem with trucking is the drivers we are our on worse enemy. Speeding-radar detectors gone- logbook falsification-eld’s not enough truckstops- trash and trashy lazy truck drivers. Not enough space to keep going but you get the point but outside of high fuel cost nearly everything we are going through can only be blamed on the drivers so stop with the whinning and except your rewards.
My “guess” is from seeing this happen all too often-truckers attempting to get miles from companies starving them out of the truck pull into fuel lanes taken by truckers taking their 30 breaks to brushing teeth (meaning doing things unessential to fueling). Truckers were already getting angry with the blatant disregard for others and it’s starting to boil over. I have had to use the ELD for 4 years now and you can achieve decent paychecks with the right company. Drivers just need to calm down and be respectful of each other, we’re family like it or not and no one has our backs except another driver.
http://thetandd.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-deputy-admits-sex-act-on-domestic-call-says-it/article_565f6ccf-80d6-58db-ab6d-cf31a67d9743.html
I assume this must be the same guy. I don’t know how many Dereck Johnsons that are the same age can live in a town with a population less than 15 thousand.
Wow!
Real class act.
Bet Ahmet wishes he stayed in whatever country he came from
What made you think he is from anywhere else than USA?
People don’t like truck drivers because of how we maintain our image these days. Just look at the way some dress, sloppy overweight and greasy. Throwing trash and piss bottles out on the ground instead of walking they’re fat lazy ass to a trash can. That’s why there’s limited parking and no parking signs up around business these days because the public and the cities don’t want that. Not showing any respect for our fellow drivers by parking on fuel islands, not parking straight when in a parking spot or taking up a full spot while bobtail. You go back to when I started driving in the 80s or even when my dad was driving 60s/70s and it was completely different. This profession has gone to crap not solely on politics, but because the self worth of the driver the days is in the toilet. I wish it would turn back around and the industry would get a backbone to stand together once again then the people and politicians that look at us with such disgust would think different. But we the drivers are the only ones that can change that.
#TRUTHHURTS
What the truckers need to do all pull together Co drivers and OP driver need to stop driving for a week or 2 than we will see how they will operation with us than want they need to give the driver’s more time to drive and good places to park and more money than it will be better for the drive that’s risking there live out here on the road away from there families and need to make these people that drive these car,SUV, pickup truck van or whatever they need to see a video on out these truck can do too them when they cut a truck driver off and stopping in front of them what really happened to those who do that this need to be done before they get they license
Good comment Glenn, Autonomous level 4 requires a driver in the truck , now think when level 5 approaches with do driver you have no need for a sleeper, cab , driver comforts and etc . I say you will see platforms going down the road with freight on them And ops i forgot to mention no Driver NO HOURS OF SERVICE lol its coming folks so better pull your heads out of the sand. With the new Tesla electric Truck soon available ,one driver has ordered two trucks and he will drive one the other will follow with platooning technology great for going to DC . Im Just SAYIN!
Trucking is being overrun by desperate heardhearted money lovers..we’re just left to spit foam over parking. Extract yourself if you can or stay and ask God to help endure is all thats left for us to do.
Sad watching Barabas being released unto society but the people shouted anyway, ” release unto us Barabas,crucify the other one” !!
Mack. And who’s fault is it the public hates trucks…its our own.
The problem starts here with you guy’s arguing , fussing and hating on each other when we are to help each other no matter your color , race , or where u come from we all make mistakes and do the same job this why everyone is against us because we can’t stick together as drivers let’s wake up and smell the coffee guys and girls we all in this together.. The Word Of Today Is LOVE😆
Now I have an image in my mind of what trucker “LOVE” would look like, and I can’t make it go away…
Get a job, you hairy hippie… 😛
It’s a behavioural problem, plain and simple. If one of these guys decided to back down, then no one is fighting for his life in hospital, and no one is sitting in jail.
What Mack said. And Gail, you need to get your facts straight. In fact, UPS & Walmart are just 2 of the larger companies who’ve already placed orders for self-driving trucks. It’s not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’. My driving days will be long done with by then & I’ll be spending my days fishing instead of battling potholes & a**holes all day long on the roads day after day with steering wheel holders & drivers who shouldn’t have a drivers license much less a CDL..
Let’s face it gentling the problem is not the trucking regulations only inexperienced or lazy truck drivers feel this need to say that everything is the federal government’s fault rest areas have been expanded dramatically across this country there being built every day I see them truck stops are twice the size that they used to be in reality Love’s is that at truck stops all across the country the problem isn’t a lack of parking at 3 p.m. in the afternoon the problem is a lack of people planning ahead I drive for a company that requires me to drive 200 to 250 miles without stopping when we do stop we can always stop for a few minutes and switch out drivers I also have to take my 30 minute break and that time. And somehow magically I’m able to do it driving Coast-to-Coast without a problem it’s actually very simple it’s called planning gentleman planning ahead stop blaming everyone else take responsibility
…oops.
Continuing ELD created issues. Now more trucks are running and needing to park in the same time frame. More pressure on an already over taxed limited number of parking spaces.
How many times have you seen someone driving thru a parking lot at 40 or 50 mph trying to beat their clock.
How many times have you set waiting to get fuel because someone has 15 minutes left on their 30 minute break.
This has added pressure to an already high pressure job.
Until we get the balls to tell the government to stay out of our LIVES and our POCKETS were screwed. To us its our lively hood, to them it is job security.
R J, you couldn’t have said it better, about drivers from abroad. Thanks. And to your 2nd comment about the “evil bunch”, amen brother. Having been off the road for 5 months, taking care of my wife, I’m debatable as to whether I’m returning to the road. Be safe out there drivers.
So far, you all have a lot of good points, I’ll add one more, lack of respect. I don’t know how many times I’ve lined up to back into a spot, flashers on, and here comes another driver, quick and unsafe just takes the spot. Just because its closer to the building, even though there a plenty of spots to choose from. I’ve been out here for 5 years and nobody had to tell me about an unwritten rule of if you see a truck with their flashers on in front of an empty spot, stop, he might be backing into that spot.
I’m sure that fella had other issues that he carried to the truck stop, two lives changed forever ….not to mention the impact on their Family, sad what can happen when you don’t think about what you are about to do
maybe he blocked the other driver in who wanted too leave The way some off these drivers park is really stupid I am glad too drive for Walmart where I can park at most stores or clubs if needed But again some drivers just block others in and do not even care or think about some body getting up and leaving at 300pm I run at nite and sleep from 1200 noon until 1000pm
Seen it a lot on the parking lot. But most of the time its not the parking lot that gets us off. Its the stress of the job, the attitude and respect towards each other, and therefore the need to respond to our anger! It will get worst.
From what I read of some posts and seen first hand in the last 50+ years of driving a CMV it is obvious some are already driver robots in trucks. Lack the ability to think for themselves.They allow and depend on the electronic logging device do it for them. Can’t make good use of their time. Afraid to tell dispatchers NO. They have the gall to blame a inanimate object for their short comings.They drive tired or sick because of the ELD. It is not the ELD it is the HOS.Thinking for themselves is alien to them.the drivers are the problem. The push when it is not a good thing to do afraid the dispatcher will get upset with them if they don’t. Lack any kind of consideration for others, drivers or not. . Drive sick and continue to drive afraid of the threats a dispatcher will make or worried about the short miles and pay check. Safety is way down the list for so many drivers today.. . They are the danger on the highways . NOT the ELD.It is YOU the drivers that are treated like you asked to be treated. Dress like dumpster divers, Act like you rent that dumpster in the truck stop. Talk like you have no education. piss on the ground instead of using the rest room that is furnished for FREE. Because your lazy and uncaring. Want to be recognized as a professional? ACT like one. In how you drive your truck, How you present your self in public, at the customers and every place you go. It is YOU the driver that can fix this. It was you,A good number of the drivers that caused it. Stop blaming someone else or some inanimate object.When you are driving down the road you are being watched by thousands of people around you . How you do your job is how you are seen as. Jerk or professional. Your choice. Try mentoring for a change. It might just work.
Well I’ve been a CCW since I retired from the military and driving a truck ever since
This is the reason I carry
A parking space!!!!! Seriously
SSSHHHHH. I never let anyone know. 50 State reciprocity would be really nice.
A few people have hit the nail on the head with the comments about forign drivers.
I use the reserve parking alot to avoid parking problems but still when I get to the truck stop there are no empty slots because these drivers think they can park there without paying and 9 times out of 10 it is a driver from India or Asia that I have to fight with to get them out of my paid slot.
Being female makes it just that much tougher because they have zero respect for women.
The feds screw up everything they touch trucking is no exception and those who like this computer trucking should be sittin in a office not a truck cab
On the bright side there are two more open parking spots in Rio Rico…
I had an instince where I pulled in a loves and another guy( foreigner ) pulled in behind me both at the same time he was behind me and I was having trouble at first with fuel card he got all upset blowing his horn and yelling at me to get out of his way I told him to blow it out his nose and go back to where he came from we don’t need his kind here
Swift will be ready for him as soon as he gets out of jail…somebody needs to train their new drivers
If this guy doesn’t pull through that 10 years he will be getting is going to turn into 30 to 40 years for 1st degree murder. Mr. Johnson losing his cool, going to prison, that’s the way to support yourself and any family you might have….I would have given you the $15.00 if you needed it that bad for parking….now you need to spend your time praying this guy lives….plus you will face other charges which will probably include civil penalties from him…Better think before u pull out a blade
The “Hood” mentality affects many folks. Too many want to be “tough guys”.
Professional drivers need to think before doing most everything about our day.
I saw a guy tailgating a mother at highway speed and with the kids looking out the rear window.
I was next to all this. Time to slow down and let HIM over before he kills a family.
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It’s not over the parking spot it’s over the way he was treated.
Wow really. Over a parking spot. Insanity. And really walk away. No one is safe from anything anymore.
Well, there a lot of opinions about the stabbing. Most of which have nothing to do with the incident. Only Johnson himself knows what brought about the events period. Yes there are problems in this industry. Mostly government regulations made up by people that don’t have a clue. What I observe these days is a total lack of common courtesy among drivers these days. Examples are tying up fuel islands, parking anywhere without regard for other drivers ability leave a spot when their break is up, not making sure that when they do park their truck is in the center of the spot. It goes on and on, now there is the problem of trying to take the 30 minute break. Trainers only train for the extra money and bother to teach the students anything about being professional. ELDs are great, they keep the company honest. I started in 93 and have seen times without ELDs, been using one for approx 10 years now and I haven’t lost out on revenue. Me I say do away with the 70 he rule and the mandatory 30 min break. Oh yeah think about the driver behind you. Fuel move up, go in get receipt and snacks and food as quickly as possible. Shouldn’t take more than 15 to 20 min.
When you are bobtailing please find a smaller spot and leave the space for tractor trailer I seen it so many times let’s help each others life is to short blessed
Have seen many times drop their trailer in the back and bobtail to the front.
lets get real , DO T places restrictions on our hours but do nothing for the driver. There needs to be more parking ,and not on on ramps. They keep putting more regulations on us with no help. I Is Our Problem !
Every hear story about this guy who shared a prison cell with Tiny
Ask around U will know how it will relates . Food isn’t that good in prison ,I’ve been told
Yo maybe he was saying “10 10 cb friend” on the radio or tried to treat him like a lil teddy bear…
Elds you can no longer take an hour from tomorrow today to find a safe place to park
Whatever happened to truckers help truckers? Can’t we just all get along?
Stabbing someone Over a parking spot! Hmmm,… Now, you’re going to PRISON! You have nothing but TIME, to count your losses…
Sadly, there may be more incidents like this, since the mandatory ELDs came into effect. The side of highways have now become parking lots too, since truck stops are becoming too crowded. Couple that with fatigue and the driver knowing he now has to stay put because his ELD has logged him out of hours.
It’s a recipe for disaster.
This is also another reason, these truck stop should not be charging trucks to park…when the ELD went in effect 12-18-17 these truck stops took more of the free parking and made it into reserve parking.. i think they should take the reserve parking out.. this is nothing but problems for drivers