Is it taboo to park in the first truck spot at a rest area?

I always thought that area is the fire-lane.

 

Honestly most of that reluctance is because its pretty easy to get blocked in. Ive rolled into those a couple times to make a Bline to the restroom and had some moron pull up so far i was trapped until i either backed out blindly into oncomong traffic or they moved. I refuse to use that spot unless i have absolutely no other choice.

 

It is a convenient lane to use for emergencies. Fire truck, ambulance or tow truck.

 

Depending on the entrance to the rest area it may be the spot most likely to be destroyed by a sleepy truck driver that does off while entering. I suggest we invent lots of reasons to avoid that spot so it will remain available late. Probably it's open because lazy drivers think there will be a spot closer to the bathrooms & they don't walk more than 3 feet each week.

 

It's not just a pass through for trucks. Emergency vehicles, service vehicles, trash trucks, vending machine vans, landscape crew, etc. They all need to get in there to do their jobs, even when the parking lot is full.

I know it isn't necessarily marked as such, but it's just one of those things I always considered common sense.

 

A legal parking spot has painted lines on both sides of where the vehicle is intended to remain. If it only has a marked/painted line on one side it's not a legal parking spot. Just having enough room to park a truck does NOT indicate it is a truck parking spot. Go park at the fuel pumps with the selfish rookies.

 

Have you considered that not everybody runs the same hours? Could be somebody that parked at noon and left at 10PM.