Drivers parked in the way

You know I bet you can get away with a lot pulling that trailer. If you're weaving all over the road or run over a car, most people would just dismiss it as just being a swift driver instead of a drunk driver.

 

While I could be considered a jail house lawyer, I did attend the LEO course in Florida. LEO as compared to the CO course here in Florida. When I attended the LEO Basic Course in the late 90's and I want to clarify here that I am not working as a LEO and have not for worked for a Police Dept for quite some time. In Florida you can use pepper spray to defend yourself but you better have a good reason for using it such as assault. Assault is considered any action verbal or otherwise that you made you feel threatened. HOWEVER, proving that you felt threatened without witnesses can get you in BIG TROUBLE. If you are in your vehicle it is easier to prove. If you go to that truck and he threatens you then it depends on the officer and DA. Just my .02 cents.

 

I don't know about anyone else here--but in terms of docks--whse--etc--I have personally never had this trouble--sometimes someone just doesn't give a f***--but seems all I ever have to say--and I am nice--is hey man I gotta back into door(whatever)could could move a little or something to that effect--maybe I have been lucky--but typically it almost always stems form one of the 10million places in this country--that never took parking in to account when they built the place--or(as happens way to often)typically at a shipper--there is some kind of problem with the other drives pu#etc--and it really isn't their fault--they have been getting jacked around trying to check in--and their truck is in the way--and like everyone else I have had some situations where the guy is just a jerk--but even then--it rarely(if ever)takes more than a stern(but polite)you wanna give me enough room to get in the door--or whatever--I don't know maybe after all these years of doing LTL--I just got used to seeing too many trucks in to small an area--and just deal with it LOL--but T/S are another story

 

Well guys we have some d**k heads like that in OZ as well but not a lot thank god! I have come across it once and after about 10mins of waiting and getting pretty pissed off, I went up to the guy in his truck and said mate are you ok? he just smiled at me and said yep, so i said whats going on and he ignored me, so i said get the ###### out of the way and move your truck, and he did. what a F**cking as*hole

 

Well said!

In 10 years OTR, I never had/heard/saw a problem, either -- at a dock or at a truckstop. Maybe I lived a sheltered trucking life. Sure, there was the occasional driver in a fuel lane, but that was it, and I can't recall a single jerk. Sometimes, you just have to park where you have to park for a few minutes -- on a street, in a vacant lot, in front of a dock, particularly if you've never been to a place before. Sometimes, the other guy does too. Most drivers get it.

Hey, OP! Step back in here!

 

No, I've never attacked anyone. I'm not a bully, or an antagonist.

And I'm not a truckstop lawyer, and did a LOT more than attend a police course - no offense to the LOE course attendee.

 

I'm like you, I try to be nice & ask if they could move a little so I could get in the dock. Only once had a problem. This guy was blocking 3 doors. I asked if he would move a little as I needed to get in one of the doors, he says NO I'm NOT MOVING ! Oh,,,why not? Come on man I need that door. NO I'm NOT MOVING ! Why not? He says" See that sticker on my window,,, (Union Decal) It says I DON'T HAVE TO MOVE! I should have gone In & seen the shipper but I was kind of mad. So I moved my truck & trailer in front of his in a way that would block him in & he can't go anywhere. I shut it off, got out & locked the doors. Then all of my 5ft4in self walked up the the 6ft6 union driver & asked him if his UNION DECAL would help him now! Then I went inside & got a hold of the shipper. He comes out, saw how the guy was parked, talked to him for a few minutes then told him to never come back there again.

 

It's not a secret that some shippers/receivers don't like drivers... it's funny to use that to your advantage. Like the situation described above, in my experience, a warehouse workers gets a serious thrill out of telling a driver what's up...

 

None taken. I did work for a LE agency for two years. Haven't worked for a Police Dept. here in Florida since the 90's. Just letting you know how it is here in Florida. I am not trying to get under any ones skin or offend anyone.