More life saving advice for new (and some old) drivers.

I do hate it so when my right side mud flaps get dry...

 

Q: Why are there so many skid marks on interstates that ostensibly come from LCVs?

A: They mark where Swift drivers have run out of hours.

 

Always wondered what the story behind those were.

 

I agree Blair n Gretchen...I was taught by my trainer to never park on the shoulder, too dangerous. I find a truck stop 99% of the time or exit off the freeway and go back up to the entrance ramp.

 

Patty - as for the Porn Shop - BETTER be here if there is parking then "stuck" out there in stupid land!

YES - I have seen *TOO MANY* morons pulling over to the shoulders of too many highways AND the idiots did not make sure that THEIR butts were off the road or in-line with their front!!! As for the "off" ramp - hell yea I agree that IS the worst place to consider outside of a true emergency (I did this once for a team person)!

Story told to several of us at a company terminal is that late one night, tired, AND too pregnant with hormones she 'did not' see the truck & trailer pulled over in a dark spot (??) due to NO RUNNING LIGHTS LEFT ON!!! Yes she & baby died asap! THIS IS WHY laws are made to "force us" to do other things - GROW UP!

As for 'Qualcom' people - either LEARN to *trip plan* (stops & how long to get places or stopping EARLY if not sure!) - OR get off the road!

As for cops - yes they are ALWAYS busy with other things when needed UNLESS they are catching up on 'end-of-month' quota's & help the 'war on Americans' by taking things from us, stopping us, or invading our space!

Gpsman - NOT FAIR, NOT FAIR - WHY is it always you dudes that get to 'whiz' on the run YET most of us "ladies out here" HAVE TO plan our stops??

 

The porn shop made me laugh. I got my boss with that once. I sent him a nice picture of the 2013 truck and trailer I had from the Rice Hill Pilot in Oregon. There is an adult shop in the parking lot. It was a nice sunny day and the adult shop sign was nicely in the back ground. I think it was a screen saver for a couple days until somebody pointed the sign out.

 

Ouch, wrong guy to complain to. One of the first things I loved about my SO was the ability to take her anywhere, because she'll find a spot to whiz anywhere. Carries a roll of TP in her car, has since HS, and napkins and a baggie in her pocket when she walks the dogs. When she has to go, she has to go. If she drove a truck she'd carry a 5 gallon bucket and use a garbage bag as a liner...

 

Many drivers simply pull over to take their 30 each day. I see it more and more.

 

TruckingWolf, you don't have to plan your stops anymore.
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NOT complaining just stating a FACT! Yes I do have the bucket thing & can pee outdoors if place is right BUT IT IT STILL a *pain* to have to strip off the britches to do a nature call - ALL you guys can pee out from a WARM, SMALL HOLE!! THAT is why I said unfair! You do not get the "glory" of COLD weather LIKE WE DO!