Well I have sure noticed there's a lot more shower availability at all times of day

I've noticed it too.....but I dont know if it's so much fear as it is that trucks are having to move a lot more, not as much down time in recent weeks. In Salina, KS, yesterday, I could have picked any shower I wanted at that pilot

 

if i live to be 100, i'll never understand why drivers do not wash on a daily basis.

i'm including hands, face, neck, not just a shower.

always remember, the table you sit at, was once sat at by some slovenly dirty trucker, who put his hands all over the condiments bottles or packages at that table. remember the days of phones being at those tables?

i do, and they were as dirty as everything else. i actually used hand wipes before grabbing that phone.....of course back then, cell phones were an oddity, and not too many drivers had one.

all in all, being clean is not a sin.

being dirty is not only a sin but unhealthy.

so go ahead, and grab that catsup/ketchup bottle or mustard bottle, or those packets of grape jelly, and say hello to Mr. Corona....or diphtheria, or any other disease that dirty slob left for you.

 

I’m leaning towards ‘less trucks on the road’.

I drive for a carrier with a little over 300 trucks. I know of 4 drivers that are reporting symptoms coming off the road, and they have parked their trucks in isolated parts of the yard.

Also, have been told that there are quite a few drivers that have cleaned out their trucks and said they will be back after this blows over.

I can say for certain that there a lot of trucks just parked here. More than usual.

That’s just my experience of a single South Texas operation.

 

I actually pulled into a few loves in the middle
Of the day and not had to wait for a pump.
Now that's a real shocker.
There's a bunch of trucks that have been
Sucked out if the system, whether they
Wanted to be or not.

 

For me yes, especially after I knew how showers used to be cleaned before virus crap, maybe they improved , maybe not, I currently run regional, so I definitely can wait 2 days , rather then increase my chance get sick from some random guy who took shower with virus or from someone who forgot to clean it property

 

Shower use went down, due to all the hoarding of hand sanitizer. In their craze people forgot that soap an water works best, an being clean is a good defense.

Alas, the power of the sanitizer blinds people to these simple truths.

An here people thought the S on Superman's chest was for Superman, when it really stand for sanitizer.



Sirscrapntruckalot - Corona sucked as a beer, it sucks as a virus to. At lest it's consistent.

 

I’ve noticed more parking available, I’m guessing it’s just the beginning. Everyone’s down, only increase will be Produce season. Plenty of Trucks available to cover the increase. I’m going to continue working as long as it’s available. Might get real tight real quick.

 

I'm with you man, I was planning to take some home time before all this went down but everyone better get to getting while its it's good!!! I'm running hella miles now

 

I wonder what all these company lease drivers
Are gonna do when the freight dries up.
Will they let them slide on the lease,payments
For awhile, or just kick then to the curb.