‘Special detail’ wakes up truckers at Flying J in Illinois

This is ate up. It is bad enough that we can't find a place to park sometimes and they wake us up when we are on a ramp. but if you are in a truck stop they should not bother any trucker sleeping. Would these cops mind if we go to their house and beat on their door when they are asleep? Hello I am a trucker I saw your cruiser parked in the drive. Can you tell me how to get to this shipper? It used to be if you were in a truckstop and was in either seat DOT could search your truck or ask to see your logbook, but if you were in the sleeper they were not suppose to wake you. It is bad enough we got lot lizards, crack heads, bums, waking us, but now the cops? They want truckers to follow the HOS to keep tired truckers off the road? Well here is a bright idea, Allow us to sleep with out waking us up!

 

This has happened at the Flying J's.

Effingham, IL
New Caney, TX

I can't recall the third location, so I prefer to not list it.

I agree it should not be allowed. I have been in truckstops with curtains opened and watching tv. You can see the bears routinely drive through the truck stops through the night.

 

Well if they wrote up a report on the inspection than yeah you would have to show for the time they wasted on you, remember log book= federal document. I like Brickmans suggestion of them getting a search warrant.

 

The REAL problem is, it is ONLY Flying J that allows DOT to "harass" drivers. I was woke up at the Flying J in Provo about 12 years ago, and I told them to go take a "Flying ****". The week after Landline published an article warning Flying J was allowing the DOT to harass drivers in the SLC area.
Flying J doesn't give a CRAP about truck drivers and considers them a nuisance.

 

Legally, they can't unless they witness a crime and persue the driver onto the property. So, they ONLY enter Flying J property to HARASS drivers with Flying J's permission.

 

I suppose if you ignored them they would just keep banging.

 

Just tell'em to F-off!

 

I see they didn't even have the courtesy to answer the question about sleeper berth time. What a bunch of morons! I'd be really ticked if a cop was knocking on our truck at 6 a.m. that's for sure. And I'd keep a copy of this article on the truck and say NO!!!