Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

Thought the same thing until I got there. I had to deliver to a local Stop & Shop in Flatbush. It was right in the middle of a Hasidic (sp?) neighborhood. (My wifes Jewish and she can't spell that word). The loading dock was on a side street right across from row houses, there was absolutely no place to park after getting unloaded, which I might add took all of 30 minutes. I had about 56 minutes left on my clock when I was done so I decided to leave and go back over the Verrazano Bridge back into Jersey. I had already gotten my reload for today so I tried to find a safe haven to park, one that didn't have signs all over the place saying no trucks, no parking, no idling and no whatever else they could fit on a sign. As I was going through the toll plaza I went into violation. Not a big concern on my part. I figure dispatch wanted me to do this load knowing I would run out of hours right there, then as the captain of this ship I felt it prudent to do the safe thing, and find a place that didn't have signs saying no this, no that and oh yeah, no to that also.

And this neighborhood was no different with their signs.

It was a nice drive over there, and the town itself was very picturesque, it just took me what seemed like forever to get there.

I was born there, in the Bronx, grew up there and spent my first 27 years there. Learned how to drive one of these things there, but it sure doesn't make it any easier. In fact, I can very well appreciate what someone goes through from other parts of the country, it really does suck, and I know where I'm going.

 

I have to reload in Hazleton Pa before 2pm today. The load is going to Texas but it has a long delivery time on it and I was instructed to drop it at our Wytheville yard. I'll be there late tonight and will get something off the yard that will keep me running over the weekend. Right now I've been waiting the last 2 hours for my clock to tell me I'm not tired anymore. Isn't it nice to have something tell you when you are tired and when you aren't?

 

To drive and find a safe haven and write it up in the remarks column while coming out of Brooklyn at 10 o'clock at night, what can they say? I don't make a habit out of it. This is just the second time in 3 months so it isn't an ongoing issue. We have drivers that seem to do it every few days, that's an issue.

 

That be the one.