Why do so many truckers pack themselves into rest areas?

Yeah no #### lol even getting in there to fuel sometimes can be a real adventure.

 

Iowa has the largest truck stop in the country & a rest area about every 40 miles on I-80. Just went thorough there yesterday. Far from the middle of nowhere. Lots of little fuel stations along the way that look like they could accomodate a handful of trucks also.

 

I know this may come as a shocker but not everyone uses GPS and everyone is not on elogs. Some may drive till tired and rest area ahead may be just the spot to pull in and sleep for a few.

Last minute H.O.S. Oh my I have to stop! lol

 

You want middle of nowhere, I-10 between San Antonio and the I-20 junction. Nearly 400 miles and maybe 6 true truckstops? The Circle Bar in Ozona, TX is truly in the middle of nowhere, lol!

 

It depends on the rest area. The new "safety" rest areas in Texas usually offer a nicely sized parking area and those rest areas on 65 in Kentucky have huge truck parking areas.

 

I hate that road seems like aliens are always following me at night!!

 

I just drop my trailer in the trailer parking area and back my tractor in the heated shop and the next morning it's all nice and warm and ready to go.
Life is good in a day cab running local.

 

I'm only running east of the Mississippi and more NE than anything else.....don't get to see too many wide open spaces. Hard to get a straight truck in some if those much less a big truck. There's a few decent ones with big spots but not many.....yeah some in kentucky arent bad....here and there you'll find a decent one. good ones in Florida when I get down there. The rest of it is close quarters combat lol

Luckily we can park at many of our shippers and receivers when we can make the run work out that way on time.

 

It would be nice if they would do that, however, in the trucking industry we have people that like to throw trash and piss bottles on the ground becasue they dont want them in their truck or they dont want to throw them away at the next stop. People like this make it so you cant park on some of the ramps and you get run out of the industrial areas at night. Sad but true....Trucking industry as a whole does not have any professionalism. Go stand in the truckstop and see what I mean, watch the guy come with his gut hanging out the bottom of his shirt so much that you need a wheelbarrow to carry it around. We need more professionalism and that starts with cleaning ourselves up wearing some decent attire and cleaning out trucks and the surrounding areas. (i.e. truckstops, rest areas)