Security when resting on the road?

Running team, an overwhelming majority of the time we have never had too many opportunities to spend a full night in any one place. If one of us gets tired while the other is already on a 10hr break, then the truck usually gets parked for 90 mins to 2 hours, pretty much someplace near the spot we had gotten tired. Ironically, when this occurs the stoppage is usually someplace shady(i.e. on ramp/off ramp, or small lonely spot with enough area for one truck or only a few, etc.) and in those spots for that short time, never had anything happen to us.

BUT! A flying J outside Birmingham,Al. Nice guy shatters the vented window and tries to breach the doors, soon as he noticed I was waking up he bolted like a lil sissy ruining all my fun. Been accosted by numerous lot lizards banging on our doors at the truckstops, and a few others claiming interest in seeing our "rig" when parked at a walmart. Numerous people selling jewelry in the name of GOD, its one thing when they get you walking into a rest stop, but they are pretty brazen when trying to wake someone up for a sale. There is a pretty run down TA outside Dayton Ohio, I believe. Some "old Timers," seriously tried the "shell" game with us, basically throwing hundred dollar bills around and showing us how easy it was to win....and then expected us to empty our pockets right there... LOLOL they were horrible!! Then they all scattered off in different directions. Just about a week ago somewhere outside Dallas off I20, there was a trucker murdered, right at a large name truck stop, guy got his throat cut for trash talking on the CB... He got busted badly and collapsed right outside the fuel islands, the authorities came got him, and his truck was towed in the morning and the cops were interviewing everyone they could for hours on end....

Ive never been one to be afraid of this kind of stuff, but I also never imagined Id see as much crap go down as I have so far. For the most part, I try not to pay attention to much of anything, drive and sleep, drive and sleep, if someone comes into my world, then Ill deal with them!

 

Wasp spray, flare guns, ninja eggs (egg shells filled with ground up glass), ...etc.

And the most important thing you can carry in a truck for your personal safety is...

(drumroll, please)


*ahem*

Bad Intentions.

Worrying about injuring someone or the law or whatever will make you hesitate when you need to move. Baddies are not going to hesitate. Why should you? Know what that means?

If that punk trying to jack you is 12 years old, you put em down. Without hesitation.

 

Put it this way, If you enter my truck I will assume you are there to kill me and I will use anything I can grab hold of to kill you first. And if you do not figure this out quickly and get away I will kill you for sure or at least make you wish that I had. End of story!

 

Hairspray + lighter = fun

 

Translation 1: Kill em all and let who sort em out?
Translation 2: Dead men tell what?
Translation 3: Gonna give someone a new religion "Oh God! Help me!"
Translation 4: ~ Oh, I'm about to whup somebody's a s s, Ohhhhh, I'm about to whup somebody's a s s! See, I was trying to make it home. That fool wouldnt leave me alone, so I'm about to whup somebody's a s s.~

 

i was just saying that same thing just yesterday lol but i find a nice stuffed snake (stuffed as in taxidermy not some little kids cuddly toy) that's curled in a sleeping position on my passenger seat tends to make people think twice

 

The real thing is even better. My friend used to have a 8' Python in his truck.

 

yea but i dont feal like trying to keep my temp up to make it live i leave all my live snakes at home current count = 22 boas and pythons and 12 lizards

 

I have always believed in the advice: Make your attacker come at you through a wall of bullets. He may kill you with your own gun, but he'll have to beat you to death with it, because it's going to be empty.