Why do so many truckers pull into truck stops driving 1 MPH?

You are probably the dude that about ran me over last week going about 25 - 30 in the morning truck stop!!!

 

I'm skeert to walk to the restaurant ... Hoping I don't get run over...

 

I think if the OP is in such a hurry he should have left sooner!

 

Because we don't want to shift gears anymore than nessary.

 

It's elogs. And companies are given a little latitude as to where to set the point when it changes from on duty to driving. We get up to 15 mph and one mile. And with our system , the brakes don't have to be set to change status, only vehicle cannot be moving.

 

I don't know about 1 mph but I wish everyone would slow down a bit more in the truck stop. At some busier stops they are downright dangerous to be walking at.

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Unless they are in low-gear or a crawler gear, I don't think it's possible to go 1 mph. Idle in 1st is at least 2 mph/3kph.

 

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The faster a truck drives through a truck stop, the longer it takes for him to back into a spot.