night shift

wild animals are a big factor out there at night, and another is the ole Drunk drivers too. got to watch them. But night time has its advantageslike traffic as you have said. Sometimes you canrun faster without traffic.

 

I prefer running at night; less traffic, no sunlight, turn on the satellite radio, a thermos of good coffee, and run all night. Plenty of parking in the daytime in the truckstops, pull in & fuel up for the next nights driving, shower, sleep.

 

I run team and drive the night shift. I prefer driving at night because it is a lot less stressful and there's no traffic. It does take some getting used to though driving the night shift. Its especially tough during the hours of the daylight or when the sun is rising. Its probably a little more dangerous at night due to visibility and the fact that there are other impaired drivers driving along side of you so you have to always be aware of this. Fog and such can also be an issue in the overnight hours.

You can definitely cover a lot more ground though running the night shift.

 

I love driving at night, half a can of NOS, bag of chips, no traffic and most of the weigh stations are closed

 

I like driving at late at night and early morning, 3 or 4 in the morning, there's hardly any traffic most of the bears are sleeping, so the ol cat can stretch her legs....

 

Hitting a deer is falls under comprehensive coverage with the insurance companies because you can't control that and you aren't at fault. Companies file a comprehensive claim and get the damage fixed. It happens quite often here in Wyoming and I've never seen the driver held responsible for it.

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night shift definitely is less traffic and easier to park when done. plus, with the "new" regs, it times out better because more often deliveries happen in the morning. animals are a problem. companies generally consider them not preventable...of course if you hit one per month they might take a dim view of that. ive had 2 deer strikes...one at night and one in city traffic...was either the deer or swerve into the car in the next lane. oh, and somehow at 1 in the morning one new year's day years ago i managed to hit an owl. well...he hit me. came pretty close to going through the windshield (one big spiderweb, and lots of glass dust inside the truck. thankfully that truck had 2 windshields, so i was able to continue to the next truck stop to get it repaired. when i called safety, i offered to bring them the owl. id been driving all of 6 months and was really upset about how theyd react, and the owl had managed to stay against the windshield til i stopped.

 

Love running at night. Been doing it for over a year now. The run I'm on there's 2 day runs and 2 nights and we get done 45 minutes to 1 hour earlier everytime. Biggest issues are deer, drunk/tired drivers and in bad weather the roads get less attention.