Air Horn at 3am in the truck stop

No story like that man, but I feel ya. Why couldn't he just get on the radio and maybe find an ear that might listen to him vent?

 

Because that makes sense, and is what decent people would do.
A side note, I used to drive a Volvo, in which the air horn works by pressing the air bag (center of the steering wheel, like a car). Every now and then, (especially early in the morning) while working on my logbook, I would press on it too hard and start to sound the horn. Scared the piss out of me everytime, and pissed a few other drivers off too.
So I started doing my logbook in the bunk.

Lesson learned!

 

i was in the bunk reading at a crowded pilot about midnight one night when a swifty laid on his horn for about 15 seconds straight. i pickedup the CB and asked what the #### was going on. come to find out he had turned down an isle only to find a heartland express truck parked along the curb blocking any trucks from getting around that corner not to mention the trucks parked perpendicular to him that wouldn't have been able to get out. i guess he was too much of a wuss to go bang on the sleeper of the truck and tell him to move. he felt it necessary to wake up a dozen sleeping truckers!

 

I know a lot of trucking schools teach you to blow you air horn before you back up. It's a long shot but that may be the reason for him blowing the horn.
I don't think teaching them that is a bad idea, but not in a truck stop.

 

maybe he was calling for a lot lizard

 

Somebody needs to teach these fools how to park. I rolled thru a rest stop the other nite and it was all I could do to get through. I had about an inch on each side trying to weave thru the non parking fools.

 

Honking a horn in a truckstop at 3am is no different from someone playing their music at excessive volumes in a neighbourhood at 3am. It shows a total lack of respect for their fellow human beings and demonstrates a narcissistic attitude.
I have a neighbour who plays his music so loud it wakes me at 3am. When I bang on his door, he doesnt hear me. So I rang the buzzer to his condo, and when he answered he said that I should probably be using ear plugs as he can barely hear his music. Hows that for rude and inconsiderate?

 

yes the mentality of a lot of people now have changed to
"its all about me"

We see it driving all the time (its my road get off my road attitude)

I want to really hear (and feel) my music so you suffer...

And yes I have to agree that some people just have no concept of courtesy while in truck stops.. You should hear the CB light up when I pull in with my heavy duty tow truck... I even park and get out to go inside and have some people come up and tell me that "such and such driver parked there for a few minutes in the fire lane or on the fuel islands and will be back in a while, PLEASE DO NOT TOW HIM, he's my freind...

Heck I have to follow the same rules you have regarding hours of service, and of course my body needs breaks also just like you do..


And it's just going to get worse out there...

I am kind of glad that I live in the country, but it does have its draw backs at times.... Darn cows get loud at times early in the morning, but funny thing is that also usually means that one is out and wants back... ( I do not own then but have a key for the gate to put them back in, guess cutting the chain a few times was one way to get one)