Do you mind other drivers idling next you at the truck stop

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by WhyDriveTruck, Jan 27, 2014.

  1. OzzyOKC

    OzzyOKC Light Load Member

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    if you are bothered by idling...the door is that way ---->
     
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  3. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    Does'nt bother me.The sound puts me to sleep and I sleep like a baby.If drivers can't handle the idlng of their fellow brothers and sisters then they need to either move or find another line of work.We're everywhere.
     
  4. RizenPhoenix

    RizenPhoenix Road Train Member

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    See I have a difference of opinion with a few of you. I still can comprehend why you'd want to waste fuel when it's a nice day outside and you can let some fresh air into your truck. I would never say anything to another driver about not idling(manly because I'm afraid of my reaction if they got smart about it) but it does annoy me that on a perfectly nice day I can't enjoy a movie in my sleeper and the fresh air because I have two choose between the to because the person parked next to me has to idle.
     
  5. crxdc

    crxdc Road Train Member

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    what truck stops have fresh air?everyone i go to smells like fuel sweat and pee.
     
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  6. MayhemTrucking

    MayhemTrucking Heavy Load Member

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    Dang sure isn't anything fresh about a truck stop when its warm lol. But I will agree on no need to idle on a nice day. But to each their own when and how they drive and operate their truck.
     
  7. RizenPhoenix

    RizenPhoenix Road Train Member

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    Pilot at Biggs, Or comes to mind for one. The T/A east of Seattle is another. Pilot in weed, CA. Great America in flagstaff. Any place in Wyoming since the wind never stops blowing.
     
  8. x#1

    x#1 Road Train Member

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    yes.the current occupant of the white house loves google.:pukeleft:makes sense that you do too.:yes2557:



    touche'. shall we call it even? yes let's.
     
  9. DannyB

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    Heat and AC are not the only reasons to idle or run an APU. I fund out the hard way that a CPAP can drain batteries faster than you can sleep. So I run the APU every time I sleep.
    Just because YOU don't need to power something while you sleep, others may. Like everything else, each person has different needs.
     
  10. x#1

    x#1 Road Train Member

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    so there you go.THE best reason thus far for a driver to idle/apu regardless of the weather.Great post DB.I know several people that use cpap,including that gal i mess with,and apparently they,the cpap, are all that and if a driver gets the sleep he or she needs because of one,then the argument pretty much has now become a moot point.

    different needs always breeds posts like these.agreed?
     
  11. 05 FreightShaker

    05 FreightShaker Light Load Member

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    I see idling as a form of music if you will...maybe its just me :biggrin_25520:
     
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