New York City is not that bad- it's just traffic

If you take a wrong turn in La it means that you might be on a 20 minute detour at the most getting back to where you started. If you take a wrong turn in New York City the top of your truck gets ripped off like a can opener or you get mugged and your load stolen. I will never ever go back there.

 

Yup---jus loop all the way around the block and make a left in

 

Thank you sir ... dispatch just changed my plan and got 2 drops on the island Monday...then a Bronx pick and a jersey pick .
I feel a night at the Capri and Neal's pizza in my future.

 

Enjoy your ride

 

I never see these courteous drivers you speak of. The only way I get in the lane I need is in is to force my way in. If I want to make a left turn I have to come out block traffic and force my way in. You can keep NYC.

 

To be fair if you are a company guy and not receiving adequate incentive to run it then I agree with you. I didn't like it either. Now I get to keep all the money, once in a while it's a ...change of pace, let's say...

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you take literally the wording in the atlas, 53' trailers aren't even allowed in NYC unless you're traveling to Long Island on the listed highways. I understand that this is rarely enforced. I took the GWB across to 87 north with no problem. It would be a long way around on 287 if you were going to southern CT or RI.

 

That is not correct. There is the "national network" of highways. This made up of all primary Interstate highways, (single or double digits) and many US highways. Some cities require trucks to bypass certain parts of the city, for example Indy requires all through hazmat to use I465 instead of I65 and I70 through downtown. Columbus requires all through trucks to use I270 instead of I70 and unless you're delivering off I85 in Atlanta, you better stay off it! But in all of those cases, you still go through town.

I95, I287, etc are all truck routes.

 

It's just traffic parked in the middle of the road for your whole 14 hour clock. Parked in the intersection. Parked illegally. Parked way past the red and yellow curb markers... What could possibly go wrong?

 

Yes I make sure to only drive NYC late at night and I really like it especially since my company pays me a bonus to go there. What is surprising is that there is a semi broke down on the GWB ramp on a daily basis. People say the drivers are bad but I like how someone always slows down to allow you to switch lanes. Unlike Atlanta where even the police try to cut you off. I like to walk out on Times Square in my spare time.