Why do so many truckers pack themselves into rest areas?

Mo

Its a nightly struggle for me. I need a truck stop because I can't go to sleep well at all without a shower. And in a filthy bed as a result? And then of course it has to be one with a free shower on my card. Yet I am also a person that hates to leave miles on the highway. Sucks to be me. Just have to wing it. Sometimes I leave some miles out there, but sometimes Ill go an unplanned extra 100 miles just for a truck stop with my free shower. Really, ID GO EVEN FURTHER AND HAVE.

The way people out here can just blow off the need to have a shower mostly every night amazes me...nasty #####
Must be why they drive trucks for a living.

 

fleet, u get that dirty sitting behind the wheel in the a/c.??

I don't.

every other night works fine.

this ain't a 9-5 job, where u go home after,get a shower, have a nice home cooked meal waiting and have clean sheets in the linen closet.
although I do pack an extra set of sheets.

I wet a clean t shirt, clean up , I'm good to go.

ever been in the military? this is living high on the hog !!!!

 

They are drawn in by the guy that clicks his CB mic.

 

That's what communty service/county jail work detail is for.

 

I wondered this myself when I drove OTR. A rest area would be jam packed with barely enough room to maneuver, yet the coop 3 miles away with overnight parking was wide open. I'd park at the coop instead of dealing with the madness.

 

About the only ones i use are the big ones in FL. Free internet in most of them and plenty of parking.

Other than that i sleep at one of my delivery locations.I have keys to the building for the restrooms and 90% of them are in decent areas.
Perks of running a dedicated account.

 

parking in a coop is a good place , quite and secure. if you know it's allowed.

I luv the KY ones. just don't know which state allows it.

GA used to run you off, now I think they let you.

 

it was full at 4 pm the other day

 

No, thats what trash cans at fuel islands are for.

 

you're not driving hard enough if you never have to park in rest areas.