Add Macon,Georgia To The No Parking List

He shouldn't have to pay to park his truck elsewhere when he has property with enough room.

 

Because the driver isn't conducting business when he's parked at home for his time off - especially if he's a company driver.

 

The guy who owns and operates a local repair garage has to pay for that garage 168 hours a week when it is only open for 60.
The guy who owns and operates a dry cleaning store has to rent the facility by the month, he is only open a fraction of the time.

The company who owns the truck should pay for parking at the appropriate legal location, not transfer the responsibility to find free terminal space to their drivers.
I am in no mood to subsidize that cost for some megacarrier, or even a small trucking company by putting up with ugly noisy trucks next to my residence.

 

The businesses you mentioned are conducting business at those locations during business. The driver who has his truck parked during his hometime is not conducting business.

And when a driver parks his truck at his house, you are not subsidizing his employer.

 

A lot of these drivers are O/O’s. Many of the ones who are home everyday pull containers between Savannah and ATL.

Since these O/O’s are running their truck out of their home, technically they’re using a residential-zoned property as commercial. That’s a zoning violation.

These drivers are in clear violation of weight restrictions in residential areas.

Again, pour a thick driveway into the backyard and put up a privacy fence. Even better, build a shop that aesthetically matches the home, then, no one can see anything. That would curb a lot of complaints.

 

There are a lot of cities that do not allow heavy commercial trucks to be parked overnight in areas Zoned as residential.

it’s unfortunate for the folks that live there when the law is passed new .
They now have choices , band together and hire an attorney , find a suitable parking spot , or move to a home that doesn’t have that restriction .

If he’s pulling containers from the port in Savannah , he likely won’t ever earn enough to move to a better neighborhood further out of town . containers pay the lowest of any cargo .

 

You would have me believe that owner operators in this scenario never do maintenance on the truck in the driveway?
Including things like changing oil, servicing AC(hazmat), using impact equipment? Or even more extensive repairs with the truck disabled and partially disassembled.
All of which constitutes conducting business. Not to mention what it looks like when it is out there with parts all over the driveway.

And he is conducting business when he drives through the neighborhood at all hours.
I would almost go along with the idea if he would do as others suggested, park it in the backyard, behind a fence. Don't touch it except to drive to and from between the hours of 7AM and 10PM. But because abuses invariably occur, these zoning regulations have been utilized nationwide for a long long time.

 

I didn't say "do maintenance," I said "conduct business." If the person in question was a mechanic working on trucks on their property then he would be conducting business.

 

The HOS regulations require you to log any time working on your truck to be "on duty not driving", no matter where or when it is, not that anyone does it.

If you are on duty, you are conducting business.

 

No, they're in the business of operating trucks, not servicing them. They generate no revenue from servicing trucks.

And company drivers and owner operators who are simply parked on their off time are still not conducting business.