As a professional driver, I've found myself in many situations where someone parked where they shouldn't have. It is a professional responsibility to avoid any preventable collision, such as this one.
I've been driving for 10 years, in the past 3 years I haven't slept, parked, or visited a truck stop. Sleep in a rest area, cook my own food, and buy fuel where it's actually cheap. I avoid other trucks like the plague, too many inconsiderate idiots out here.
Those Signs obviously don't apply to them. Those are for others. So that he can park there. Then there are those that Park at the Fuel island. An go Eat for the next 30--45. Min..
@@Zenmartian TRUE..doesn't excuse that guy from parking illegally though. CR England trucks, I presume, are fitted with rear view mirrors..? Completely avoidable incident..
Not really..truckers park in no parking spots or make their own parking due to lack of spaces. Believe me at this pilot in fort worth tx people park in red zones and the managers and all truckers understand this. Its called go around or hit the truck
Container driver jumps out all excited like he himself didn't do anything wrong, like parking in the middle of a zone there... But what really burns my buns is all those butt wipe drivers who have no business out there blocking traffic, thinking no one knows what happened but them... Drivers need to stay out the way and let the drivers and PoPo take care of things...
Often because the truck that gets hit, the driver might be in the building and not know. Also drivers that hit others might not know they hit something or pretend they do not know and make a run for it. If I was inside and got hit, I would appreciate other drivers stopping the guy for me.
Almost like most accidents in truck stops should be prevented because they're all watching, right? At least that's what I"m thinking. But no, they'll usually only engage AFTER the fact haha.
I would have made the guy move he shouldn't have been there. If truck stop is that full go to a rest area. I woke up one morning to find a truck parked directly in front of me. I start early 2-3am so I banged on the door and told him to move the hell out of the way. Drivers have no right to block folks in.
Ed Graham not gonna lie, I thought about doing that once, it was the third place I pulled into for my half hour and had like 15 minutes on the clock and it was packed... decided to blow my clock a bit and head to the rest area 20-30 miles down the road that was abandoned... i always hate it when I'm trying to pull out and there's trucks parked wherever the fuck they want to, I do the same as you, leave at 2-4 am whenever possible and these places are hell that time of night
Ed Graham hey what you don't know that there isn't no where else close in that area to go park..you have to go a good distance away from there and fight the traffic to maby find a rest area or something..
I woke up one morning and a truck was parked in front of me. The roads across the Texas panhandle. Were beyond drivable and I’m Canadian. I got out. Rapped on his bunk and ask him politely if he could move so I could get out. He apologized and moved. That’s how things happened before the industry started hiring anyone that could hold the wheel.
New guy here, this definitely drives me completely insane but I realize it's probably the best they could do considering the enormous cost of building a truckstop and finding a big enough piece of land that's zoned properly, especially on either coast in states like Washington or Oregon.
Yeah, I've been to that truck stop. Drove in and right on out! Very crowded. Even with the experience I have now, I would still avoid that truck stop. 😞
Stay away from the Love's in Fife, Washington. It's closed for remodeling. T/a in North bend Washington, is now really bad. Due to the Love's closing. Hope they do a better job with the parking.
I always left my 9axle at the docks... only ever ran bobtail into this loves. Ducking retarded in there. Just grab some eats then go back to the port to sleep
That Tacoma, WA Love's is small and tight and a clusterf*** to start with and while the CR England did hit the other truck that truck shouldn't have been parked there in the 1st place no matter there's nowhere else to park...
Steep Grade54, i agree. i don't like going there, but i had to that day. i was leaking oil badly, and had to get enough to get to the repair shop. There is always someone in the no parking zone.
eagle4real Doesn't matter what the reason is, rules are made to keep others safe. Parking there is putting drivers at risk, follow the rules, or turn in your CDL.
Mark Miller what deregulation? There's more regulations now than there has ever been by a long shot, I would also argue that it's not all due to driving schools and the like, I've seen people driving for 20 years that have done some dumb shit... actually if they say they never have then I guaruntee they're lying. The only thing is, is that there are more drivers on the road, which isn't necessarily the fault of the CDL schools, truck stops are also smaller and tighter due to the main chains (loves, pilot/j, TA etc) wanting to cut costs/maximize their profit... there are a lot of factors and it's not particularly fair to blanket it all under "those cdl schools" not training properly
Always start my day around 1 AM and shut down sometime in the early afternoon. 9 times out of 10 there's plenty of parking, but I know enough now to anticipate where the late guys are going to try to bunch up at. I always plan my exit strategy. A lot of truck stops I've gotten to know exactly where they'll end up parking because it's the same every time (probably the same people who keep doing it).
Man !!! An eerily similar thing happened to me a few year's back. I took a load from Michigan to Virginia. Like most driver's I was out of hour's, but had a rare pick nearby from my delivery. I knew the Piolet was only a few miles South of my pick-up. I got loaded, went to the piolet, for a Mean breakfast. Now I had at least 12 hour's off. I reveled at the idea of a good long sleep. I went into my bunk, put on a good movie to sleep to, with a full stomach, it didn't take long to start drifting off. Right at that time I felt my truck bouncing and moving to the Awuful screech of metal on metal. Some so called driver was trying to turn left ( I was in the last parking spot at the end of the parking line) he made the turn just fine, but his trailer didn't ! Now I had to spend hour's on the phone with my company, the police wouldn't even come out for a report. My right eyeball was gone, truck all banged up. Company told me to head home. I'm beyond exhausted, outta hour's, and have to drive from Virginia to Detroit without getting busted in a busted truck. I even had to deliver my load in Michigan, 30 some odd miles West of the direction I needed to go to get home. I made it back to our yard. Then they had me follow them to a repair place to drop the truck off. My Brother was there to pick me up. I was the new guy at this small company, and wanted to show my dedication to the owner. Big mistake !!! We had it out and my dumb ass quit the same day that I got home. They told me that I wasn't managing my sleep time right ! I mainly did this to look good for a friend who got me the job there. He ended up quitting a month later. After some 27 YEAR'S over the road ? That was my last time in a big truck !!! Nine year's later ? I don't care if I ever see one again. I did my time ..
It’s honestly one of the worst industries for sure. I had similar bullshit pulled on me where my truck was scheduled for shop work so the shop wakes me up at 6am and takes the truck. I walk around the yard bored out of my mind all day until 3pm when they call and tell me it’s ready. So I go pick it up and then they’re trying to send me a load for that night but, naturally, since it’s already late evening, all the available loads run all night. I literally had to explain how sleep schedules work to my manager and why I couldn’t drive all night. It was incredible. I told him I’d been up since 6am since that’s when they took possession of the truck. All the previous loads I took that week he could clearly see I was on a day schedule. He kept saying, “Well I expect you to get the load there.” They treat you like you’re a machine or something. Just because my duty stays was listed as “off-duty” doesn’t mean I can safely drive an 11 hour shift at any time of the night. It’s an awful industry and I doubt it will ever change.
@@ericcutrer1467 I know how spell pilot thanks for the correction. How did I get my cdl with an eyeball out? I don't follow you here. Don't people usually already have a cdl, before getting hit by another cdl driver? I did.
@@Ward413 it's all a bullshit game. I got so pissed at our brokers out of Detroit. "Norm" was a serious asshole who didn't give a shit what he had to do to fill a trailer. Oh I got 6 picks and 5 drops for you. First go to Salinas, then swing over to Lompoc and wait 8 hours for one pallet, then head over to Fresno for a couple, then head to Sacramento, then Watsonville.. I told him he was high and hung up on him. Fuck a bunch of that. At my last stop they told me that everything was ready accept for a few pallets, and I would have to wait hours. I told them just load what you've got, and get me the fuck outta here. I left without them. I told my buddy when you make the check call in the morning, tell them I said to fuck off and that I quit.
That Love's is in Fife, WA. not in Tacoma. just sayin. Anyway. It is the worst one in the country. Nasty showers, the building is dirty inside and out, and the people working there are not much better. the parking is always like that.
I think it must be right on the city limits of Fife and Tacoma. All the listings claim Tacoma. Been so long since I've had the displeasure of staying there that I can't remember what the receipts say on them.
Its technically in fife, but called port of Tacoma, that place used tobe a Flying J, huge pot holes, everywhere. one of the worst, I would say avoid it.
Can confirm. I actually was at one of their training facilities to get my CDL, but in all honest, I should have just paid out of pocket and got better training.
My dad's a trucker (a very good one- accident free since the 80's, and that one wasn't even his fault) so he taught me how to drive. I rodeo and haul a 40 foot horse trailer with living quarters and I frequently stay at truck stops. The best part about driving a "little rig" is the fact that most truckers steer clear of me because they fear I can't drive and might hit them when pulling out. 🤣 I watched 2 truck stop accidents last weekend in Montana's... however both at fault were triples... so me personally, I give them props for even having the balls to attempt that.... because I sure wouldn't. Lol
treo, I make the exit to Mustard Seed, drive past it across the tracks and down to where the street makes a hard right turn. Just before that turn to the right you can turn left and find a side street. (140th?)This is a industrial/business park area. There is very little traffic and it's totally dead on the weekends. Turn your truck/trailer around before you park for the night. That way, you have no surprises when you are ready to leave. I haven't been there for about 18-24 months but I don't remember seeing any signs restricting parking. I do believe the town of Sumner has prohibitions about parking on city streets but the local cops aren't looking for trouble with a tired trucker quietly parked in a industrial area. Security for your truck/trailer should be ok.
1:08 Anyone else have zero sympathy for the guy that was hit? Literally that entire row of trucks on the right would not be able to pull out far enough because of that jack ass.
Holy shit that was my classmate and team driver hahaha. I was asleep in the back and woke up to what I thought was him backing into a fence. Then I got up and was like wtf dude. After looking at it I told him he shouldn't have tried it and he said he shouldn't have been there. Lol now I'm sending this video to him 😂😂
it was no parking, he wasnt parked, he would be considered standing since he was in the truck, hence his ability to blast the shit out of his airhorns. This is the fault of the England driver.
That St Augustine Pilot gets filled up by 2pm and I saw trucks parking in the lane when there were still open spots. They parked three trucks abreast in the driving lane.
Had a guy tear my mirror off almost exactly just like the video when I thought was going to have a peaceful lunch. Luckily I caught the idiot in the act (This was many years before dash cams were around.) so I wasn't blamed. After that I always parked in the most open, in the back spot I could find and listened to guys making fun of me but I didn't give a shit what they thought and kept doing that until I retired.
northerntraveller I’ve only been driving for a month and I wouldn’t have hit anything. That guy made the mistake of pulling off to the left without watching his trailer. The intermodal shouldn’t have been parked there but he was easy to get past 🤷🏼♀️
Seems to me that if someone, especially retired truckers want a good business opportunity, open a trust stop. Even if it is only a few miles down from another one, there can never be too many truck stops. There just is not enough room for all of the trucks on the road.
Yeah, this is going to sound childish and juvenile but that's just stupid. I am sure you are correct but the reason is just plain stupid. Especially in areas where there are not a lot of houses. Exits that just lead to truck stops and then maybe a bit further down the road there may be houses or even a town but at every exit/entrance, there I for spots, one on each corner, where there should be no problem putting a truck stop. Oh well, it is what it is, just got to deal with it.
I agree with Mark Miller, you do have a point there but just like any amusement park, just hire a cleaning crew although the risk of them getting hit is greater so that might not be the best idea
In England we have no stopping boxes which are bright yellow boxes with diagonal lines in each direction making a hash pattern. I think that's clearer than a few small lines of text
it doesnt matter if someone is parked in a wrong area or bad area, you dont just steam roll through care free. You get out and ask for driver to move or ask for help maneuvering around a tight spot or ask someone else to move to free up space.
Yes, me too. I have been at that particular truck stop. The pavement in the lot is full of holes and the truckers lounge is filthy. I think it used to be a flying J. I don't think there are any good truck stops in Washington state and I have been to them all.
I had the same thing happen to me at a TA in Montgomery Alabama some years ago. I was in a RV and I was lying down on the bed while waiting on my daughter in law and grandsons eat. I heard a big truck come by me real close so I sorta sit up and I felt the RV moving side to side in a rocking motion. As I got up I could see the trailer of a big rig trying to take the front off my RV. I got up and got outside and his co-driver was out of the truck. Think he was trying to help him park. The driver acted as if he knew nothing had happened but there were lots of eyes watching and on the CB, telling him what he did. His company paid for it all. $4000.00 worth of damage.
Container Truck in 'No Parking.' CR England truck could have, and should have kept going straight until trailer cleared, since plenty of room. CR England at fault for hitting stationary object... container truck driver's employer should update his dossier to reflect that he doesn't park with saftey as a concern.
I need to disagree with a lot of commenters...yes container truck in np parking zone, but......the driver of moving truck new it was a tight squeeze and made the decision to move through, his fault in any court.
As a driver with a million accident free miles, I agree 100%....The fault lies totally with the driver of the moving vehicle for not being in control of his rig at all times.That means in truck stops too...Him calling out the container driver being in a no parking spot was a bullshit lame excuse. And it looked like he knew what he did and was leaving the scene of an accident.
In a way you could say that the driver parked in a no parking zone got himself hit. I can’t figure out what the C. R. England driver was thinking though. I’d love to know how this turned out in the end. Did England have to fix the guys truck or were they able to get out of it because of where he was parked.
Just a few months ago a driver parked in a no parking zone at the Loves in Minden La., a tornado came through. The Loves sign came down on his trailer. Went through the legal process. Drivers error due to parking in a no parking zone. The container driver was clearly in the wrong. With a decent Attorney the container is responsible.
Out of curiosity, what does a trucker do when he/she plans to stop for the night at a certain truck stop but there's absolutely no place to park and the ELD says they can't drive anymore without a break?
Robert Bren .. yep. Great one down in Sumner on 167 in the business park. It's pay to park, but it's very clean, wide, no B.S. is tolerated. I'll pay it before I have my hood torn off up in that hell hole.
I drove trucks for a while. My experience is that some truckers are so tired, they are unwilling to look for a better and safer place to park, so they just park where there is an opening, regardless of whether it is a posted no parking zone. I got totally boxed in by a couple of trucks that decided to stack three deep, with me in the middle. I had to wake up the two truckers so they could move out of my way, in order for me to get back on the road to make my delivery. I guess they never realized other truckers might leave early in the morning for some reason. At least they were nice, and helped me get out.
Of course you didn't hit anything, the CR England guy moved the mirror for you :) But seriously, they shouldn't be parked on both sides like that. I blame Amerifreight and UASC too.
I love how other truck driver come up & help. Smh yea right,why are there noisy people like that supposedly they were helping but they were just getting in the way.,it is soo annoying. One of the guys almost got ran over. Yes the truck driver hit him but he still has to park but no the guys want him to stop & block traffic for more trucks & possibly cause another accident. One other truck driver immediately took the role of a police officer or insurance investigator,I mean why would the two truck drivers need help in this situation,why even get involved.
good point....just vultures making a dire situation worse.....no one could spot or warn him???Just glad its not them...private property.,,the cops will blunder in next...
you should have at least stopped and offered a link to your video. tons of witnesses but you're the only 1 with front row video. you should have stopped
Lol! I drove 23 years and all of it was OTR. Truck stops are just an accident waiting to happen. This driver was a rookie. All he had to do was stop but he pushed on through like an idiot. Lots of idiot steering wheel holders out there!
If I park in front of another driver, blocking him in I will tape a note on my window apologizing, let them know I ran out of time on my e log then asking them to knock on my sleeper so that I will wake up and move, or I will leave a note on their window with my phone number so they can call me and I will happily get out of their way.
That T/S is a last resort place to park. Try google earth and save your hood. Though CR England driver wil pay with his job for not taking the pothole over hitting the truck. He did, what I would like to do, to the Army of idiots that park where they feel like it these days.
walmart is a private property , every business is a private property...parking in these places are created by local governments are are enforced....if u park in a no parking zone, u can get a ticket, double parked? ticket.. parked in handicap? ticket, parked in loading zone? ticket.....truck in video parked in ''no parking''? he is as guilty as the guy who hits his truck....park in designated area and u wont get hit...
I was going to say the same thing and I'm not even a 'driver', only put a "few" traveling miles on my own little diesel.... dodge diesel that is but I've seen good drivers and bad drivers. Both big and little vehicles. Mostly have been a lot of professional drivers on the last 1300 mile trip on the 15/40/25 from so cal to so colorado. At least in the big trucks...
In what I just saw in the video, yes the CR England driver was wrong in hitting the truck and he should have been more to his left when going through that hole and the truck that he hit was parked in a no parking zone. Not only the truck that he hit, but the truck parked behind the one he was also parked in a no parking zone. I'm new to the game and it really upsets me that these drivers think they own the road. I feel for that CR England driver, but by law he shouldn't get a ticket because the truck that he hit was parked in a illegal parking spot anyone, but he should of still been more cautious of his surroundings
I have to side with england on this one. And he was wanting to turn right instead of left. Wonder if that driver parks in front of fire hydrants also. That can get your windows busted out by fire dept.
I know this Love's...Tacoma/Fife, Wa. It's gotta be one of they worst Truck stops for many reason of the Big 3 (Pilot/FlyingJ-Petro/TA-Love's) in the U.S. Definitley one to avoid, problem is there are few truck stops in that area so I always make sure I have enough fuel to get in and out that heavy congested area, SeaTac, Kent, Auburn, etc. before I go in.
I had an over tired trucker try backing down my street, in the city? It's not a dead end street. He forgot to put the gas lid on his tank (diesel all over the road) and couldn't compensate for parked cars and telephone pole. I finally got him to let me drive. I never drove a big rig or one with 53' trailer. Wasn't all that difficult though. It reminded me of my youth and those long days on the farm (slow & careful ) Wouldn't want to do it full time, though.
Wow! I need to find this guy, my Volvo 780 needs a new hood and bumper and a paid 2 week vacation while my truck is getting fixed,.... that's Awesome!!!👍🤣👍
@@truckdriver5979 I am an owner operator going on 11 years now, 2 Volvo 780's, 2-53 refers, 1-48 flat and 1-53 spread axle step. My latest moneymaker is the tow attachment that snaps into the plate and allows me to tow dead trucks to the shop, $750-$1,000 each. I would Never drive for a company, that's for people that need babysitters.
@Tim Morris just because you named a couple trucks and trailers doesn’t really tell me anything bubba. How can you drive all those trucks and trailers lol. You must be constantly on the road then. I chose the other route bubba, the make 25-3500 in 2 days back on the 3rd and I’m relaxing the other 4. And I do it all with a 26ft box truck haha, I do have a cdl aswell but No need to drive 72 feet to make less lol. That’s what a brain gets ya bubba. An easier check and life. I don’t move under 2.30 a mile bubba. In 26ft that’s a helluva price. All praise to the most high on that, couldn’t do it without him
If you're not parked in a designated parking spot, and this happens, you are SOL. Saw it happen at Flying J in Conway, Ar. and the cops said the parked truck was at fault. The bad part was, it was mid morning, and lots of empty spaces. The driver just didn't want to walk to the showers.
Nothing pisses me off more then my fellow truckers who feel they can park wherever they want with no regard for other drivers
cartman4885 a couple things piss me off more that our special in a short bus kind of way brothers do but this is up there in top 3.
cartman4885 new driver right?
cartman4885 No speekee English
cartman4885 true that!
Also pisses me off when there is plenty of parking spots available but an idiot will park on the curb at the truck stop entrance/ exit
As a professional driver, I've found myself in many situations where someone parked where they shouldn't have. It is a professional responsibility to avoid any preventable collision, such as this one.
had the same thing happen to me ironically it was an England driver
I've been driving for 10 years, in the past 3 years I haven't slept, parked, or visited a truck stop. Sleep in a rest area, cook my own food, and buy fuel where it's actually cheap. I avoid other trucks like the plague, too many inconsiderate idiots out here.
pete what about dennys flapjacks
Are you allowed to sleep at a rest area in all the states. Like new jersey.
Pikachu
But for the other 7 years I was hittin motherfuckers left and right
pete I live in a rest area how do like that
NO PARKING MEANS NO PARKING
Those Signs obviously don't apply to them. Those are for others. So that he can park there.
Then there are those that Park at the Fuel island. An go Eat for the next 30--45. Min..
Don't matter if someone is parked illegally, you should be able to maneuver around without destroying stuff! Just a dumb excuse
@@Zenmartian TRUE..doesn't excuse that guy from parking illegally though. CR England trucks, I presume, are fitted with rear view mirrors..?
Completely avoidable incident..
Not really..truckers park in no parking spots or make their own parking due to lack of spaces. Believe me at this pilot in fort worth tx people park in red zones and the managers and all truckers understand this. Its called go around or hit the truck
@@Zenmartian yea cost him bigg. His ego got to him instead of going straight!
That's what you get, green container truck, for being one of those jerks who park right on top of the yellow NO PARKING letters.
Marcusf250 tell em lol 😁
Yeah
Yep' fuck that guy
Insurance shuld not pay this out it is both there fault illegal parking plus driver error
Yea, it's the green trucks fault!!! Let's make a petition to get rid of green truck!!!!.
Container driver jumps out all excited like he himself didn't do anything wrong, like parking in the middle of a zone there... But what really burns my buns is all those butt wipe drivers who have no business out there blocking traffic, thinking no one knows what happened but them... Drivers need to stay out the way and let the drivers and PoPo take care of things...
That’s when all drivers get out from theirs trucks and knows about mechanics and are experts in astrophysics 😂
Those truckers swarmed like ants when you stir up the hive.
Tommy Apples this fucking cracked me up. So true.
Often because the truck that gets hit, the driver might be in the building and not know. Also drivers that hit others might not know they hit something or pretend they do not know and make a run for it. If I was inside and got hit, I would appreciate other drivers stopping the guy for me.
Almost like most accidents in truck stops should be prevented because they're all watching, right? At least that's what I"m thinking. But no, they'll usually only engage AFTER the fact haha.
I would have made the guy move he shouldn't have been there. If truck stop is that full go to a rest area. I woke up one morning to find a truck parked directly in front of me. I start early 2-3am so I banged on the door and told him to move the hell out of the way. Drivers have no right to block folks in.
Ed Graham not gonna lie, I thought about doing that once, it was the third place I pulled into for my half hour and had like 15 minutes on the clock and it was packed... decided to blow my clock a bit and head to the rest area 20-30 miles down the road that was abandoned... i always hate it when I'm trying to pull out and there's trucks parked wherever the fuck they want to, I do the same as you, leave at 2-4 am whenever possible and these places are hell that time of night
Ed Graham playa was tired obviously lol sometimes just can't drive another foot. Just shut it down & let them wake you up
Ed Graham hey what you don't know that there isn't no where else close in that area to go park..you have to go a good distance away from there and fight the traffic to maby find a rest area or something..
Plan ahead
Ed Graham planning ahead is easy to say. There are so many variables to deal with . The problem is a lack of parking space.
HAHA... illegally parked and had his hood renovated .. serves him right.. 🤣
I woke up one morning and a truck was parked in front of me. The roads across the Texas panhandle. Were beyond drivable and I’m Canadian. I got out. Rapped on his bunk and ask him politely if he could move so I could get out. He apologized and moved. That’s how things happened before the industry started hiring anyone that could hold the wheel.
Even illegally parked shouldn’t been hit, bad drivers in both parts
@@dennispalmer6007 that situation is common in the new england area
Wow, a gang of trucker ninja's trying to give CR a hard time like they hadn't ever done any wrong.
I know this was awhile ago but it was still pretty bad especially cuz he hit it on his driver side even easier to see from
Actually CR England even uses this video as a dont do this in training. They fired the guy.
@@Suprapunk_2248 rip
I guarantee you, all those "highway heroes" are on their third or fourth driving jobs because of their own past screw-ups.
Probably race involved
Rookie mistake never take your eyes off the tail when you do that's going to happen even the super truckers too✌🏽
dudes a moron
There are sadly way too many truck stops built like this. Very claustrophobic for trucks the size that they are now.
New guy here, this definitely drives me completely insane but I realize it's probably the best they could do considering the enormous cost of building a truckstop and finding a big enough piece of land that's zoned properly, especially on either coast in states like Washington or Oregon.
Yeah, I've been to that truck stop. Drove in and right on out! Very crowded. Even with the experience I have now, I would still avoid that truck stop. 😞
Stay away from the Love's in Fife, Washington. It's closed for remodeling. T/a in North bend Washington, is now really bad. Due to the Love's closing. Hope they do a better job with the parking.
@@jeffreymartin89 the Fife one sssssuuuccckkkkssss
I always left my 9axle at the docks... only ever ran bobtail into this loves. Ducking retarded in there. Just grab some eats then go back to the port to sleep
Try the pilot at Kansas City at night smh the worst I ever encountered
That Tacoma, WA Love's is small and tight and a clusterf*** to start with and while the CR England did hit the other truck that truck shouldn't have been parked there in the 1st place no matter there's nowhere else to park...
Steep Grade54, i agree. i don't like going there, but i had to that day. i was leaking oil badly, and had to get enough to get to the repair shop. There is always someone in the no parking zone.
eagle4real Doesn't matter what the reason is, rules are made to keep others safe. Parking there is putting drivers at risk, follow the rules, or turn in your CDL.
Le'Spaceduck that is soo true,if you can't follow the rules.dont drive a big rig.i see a lot truck accidents happen more in truckstops then the road.
Linda Shorter something like 85% of all trucking accidents are
Mark Miller what deregulation? There's more regulations now than there has ever been by a long shot, I would also argue that it's not all due to driving schools and the like, I've seen people driving for 20 years that have done some dumb shit... actually if they say they never have then I guaruntee they're lying. The only thing is, is that there are more drivers on the road, which isn't necessarily the fault of the CDL schools, truck stops are also smaller and tighter due to the main chains (loves, pilot/j, TA etc) wanting to cut costs/maximize their profit... there are a lot of factors and it's not particularly fair to blanket it all under "those cdl schools" not training properly
Park in a no parking zone, you deserve every single destroyed front end. Well, that and you're driving a Volvo LOL
Always start my day around 1 AM and shut down sometime in the early afternoon. 9 times out of 10 there's plenty of parking, but I know enough now to anticipate where the late guys are going to try to bunch up at. I always plan my exit strategy. A lot of truck stops I've gotten to know exactly where they'll end up parking because it's the same every time (probably the same people who keep doing it).
@@JBECMADNIC honestly yes ! Food is always an issue, but other than that no traffic and just an empty road is what I like
You trying to recruit people you damn rook?. Shut up about it and let it be....let it bee
I try not to park directly across from any curb. You're just asking to get blocked in.
Mirrors are amazing when you use them.
That Loves is near the top of my list of truck stops to avoid!
Man !!! An eerily similar thing happened to me a few year's back. I took a load from Michigan to Virginia. Like most driver's I was out of hour's, but had a rare pick nearby from my delivery. I knew the Piolet was only a few miles South of my pick-up. I got loaded, went to the piolet, for a Mean breakfast. Now I had at least 12 hour's off. I reveled at the idea of a good long sleep. I went into my bunk, put on a good movie to sleep to, with a full stomach, it didn't take long to start drifting off. Right at that time I felt my truck bouncing and moving to the Awuful screech of metal on metal. Some so called driver was trying to turn left ( I was in the last parking spot at the end of the parking line) he made the turn just fine, but his trailer didn't ! Now I had to spend hour's on the phone with my company, the police wouldn't even come out for a report. My right eyeball was gone, truck all banged up. Company told me to head home.
I'm beyond exhausted, outta hour's, and have to drive from Virginia to Detroit without getting busted in a busted truck. I even had to deliver my load in Michigan, 30 some odd miles West of the direction I needed to go to get home. I made it back to our yard. Then they had me follow them to a repair place to drop the truck off. My Brother was there to pick me up. I was the new guy at this small company, and wanted to show my dedication to the owner. Big mistake !!! We had it out and my dumb ass quit the same day that I got home. They told me that I wasn't managing my sleep time right ! I mainly did this to look good for a friend who got me the job there. He ended up quitting a month later. After some 27 YEAR'S over the road ? That was my last time in a big truck !!! Nine year's later ? I don't care if I ever see one again. I did my time ..
It’s honestly one of the worst industries for sure. I had similar bullshit pulled on me where my truck was scheduled for shop work so the shop wakes me up at 6am and takes the truck. I walk around the yard bored out of my mind all day until 3pm when they call and tell me it’s ready. So I go pick it up and then they’re trying to send me a load for that night but, naturally, since it’s already late evening, all the available loads run all night.
I literally had to explain how sleep schedules work to my manager and why I couldn’t drive all night. It was incredible. I told him I’d been up since 6am since that’s when they took possession of the truck. All the previous loads I took that week he could clearly see I was on a day schedule. He kept saying, “Well I expect you to get the load there.”
They treat you like you’re a machine or something. Just because my duty stays was listed as “off-duty” doesn’t mean I can safely drive an 11 hour shift at any time of the night.
It’s an awful industry and I doubt it will ever change.
JayWard413 drive your own truck be boss
It's Pilot, not Piolet, and how did you get your CDL if your right eyeball is gone?
@@ericcutrer1467 I know how spell pilot thanks for the correction. How did I get my cdl with an eyeball out? I don't follow you here. Don't people usually already have a cdl, before getting hit by another cdl driver? I did.
@@Ward413 it's all a bullshit game. I got so pissed at our brokers out of Detroit. "Norm" was a serious asshole who didn't give a shit what he had to do to fill a trailer. Oh I got 6 picks and 5 drops for you. First go to Salinas, then swing over to Lompoc and wait 8 hours for one pallet, then head over to Fresno for a couple, then head to Sacramento, then Watsonville.. I told him he was high and hung up on him. Fuck a bunch of that. At my last stop they told me that everything was ready accept for a few pallets, and I would have to wait hours. I told them just load what you've got, and get me the fuck outta here. I left without them. I told my buddy when you make the check call in the morning, tell them I said to fuck off and that I quit.
That Love's is in Fife, WA. not in Tacoma. just sayin. Anyway. It is the worst one in the country. Nasty showers, the building is dirty inside and out, and the people working there are not much better. the parking is always like that.
Paul Stanley Jr. yup and that hole before the Exit is about 12 inches deep and 3 feet wide.
I think it must be right on the city limits of Fife and Tacoma. All the listings claim Tacoma. Been so long since I've had the displeasure of staying there that I can't remember what the receipts say on them.
Its technically in fife, but called port of Tacoma, that place used tobe a Flying J, huge pot holes, everywhere. one of the worst, I would say avoid it.
Paul Stanley Jr. Fife, Tacoma... Who cares? It's not like saying Tacoma if it's located in Seattle or vice-versa.
Paul Stanley Jr. Flying J is in Tacoma your absolutely right;-)
I blame the driver who’s parked in a NO PARKING ZONE!
CR England
That name strikes fear in the experienced trucker!
Can confirm. I actually was at one of their training facilities to get my CDL, but in all honest, I should have just paid out of pocket and got better training.
My dad's a trucker (a very good one- accident free since the 80's, and that one wasn't even his fault) so he taught me how to drive. I rodeo and haul a 40 foot horse trailer with living quarters and I frequently stay at truck stops. The best part about driving a "little rig" is the fact that most truckers steer clear of me because they fear I can't drive and might hit them when pulling out. 🤣 I watched 2 truck stop accidents last weekend in Montana's... however both at fault were triples... so me personally, I give them props for even having the balls to attempt that.... because I sure wouldn't. Lol
That Loves is where I never park at. I go down to the Mustard Seed in Sumner on Hwy 167 and pay for parking.
treotraveler pay for this dick
That's kinda gay.
treotraveler that place is a shit hole too but I always go there also
treotraveler the best part of the mustard seed is there's a killer barbecue joint within walking distance just the other side of the railroad tracks
treo,
I make the exit to Mustard Seed, drive past it across the tracks and down to where the street makes a hard right turn. Just before that turn to the right you can turn left and find a side street. (140th?)This is a industrial/business park area. There is very little traffic and it's totally dead on the weekends. Turn your truck/trailer around before you park for the night. That way, you have no surprises when you are ready to leave.
I haven't been there for about 18-24 months but I don't remember seeing any signs restricting parking. I do believe the town of Sumner has prohibitions about parking on city streets but the local cops aren't looking for trouble with a tired trucker quietly parked in a industrial area. Security for your truck/trailer should be ok.
1:08 Anyone else have zero sympathy for the guy that was hit? Literally that entire row of trucks on the right would not be able to pull out far enough because of that jack ass.
This is I believe one of if not the worst truck stop in this entire country.
There is a Pilot on Richwood road just south of Erlanger that has this one beat. I can think of another one in Williamsburg Ohio that's also garbage.
Holy shit that was my classmate and team driver hahaha. I was asleep in the back and woke up to what I thought was him backing into a fence. Then I got up and was like wtf dude. After looking at it I told him he shouldn't have tried it and he said he shouldn't have been there. Lol now I'm sending this video to him 😂😂
😂 he is right ultimately that guy shouldn’t have been there, but was it avoidable? Ofc it was lmao
All the more reasons to have a video recorder on board.
What do you expect from cr England. Had one back into my sleeper in the middle of the night and took off before i could get out there to talk to them
Do truck stops enforce parking? I'm assuming no.
+ATS Experience they usually just ask you to move. No tickets are given out.
Racing Eagle Trucking Thanks! That’s what I figured. Hopefully that guy learned not to park like that again.
That truck stop gets way too packed up. They don't care unless the way out is completely blocked
Depends on the truck stop. Been to plenty where they don't care and others that won't hesitate to call a tow truck.
This is a big problem nowadays, people park where ever they want and you need to realize this when you park for your break.
Am so glad they finally took down that love's and replaced it with a brand new. That parking lot was always a pain and it is finally fixed.
Actually it fault was of the container , because he was parked on illegally parked
Actually you are the dumd ass just ask police if you are not sure , see what answer he has .
I used to be an accident investigator for a large trucking company.
The rule is if you hit a stationary object you are at fault.
it was no parking, he wasnt parked, he would be considered standing since he was in the truck, hence his ability to blast the shit out of his airhorns. This is the fault of the England driver.
Sure, crashes are always the fault of the stationary vehicle.
Wrong
Boy talk about excitement. Them guys came out from everywhere. 😂
Fuckin Lot Lawyers are worse than females.Everybody knows a truck was clipped.Running out to the trucks like snitches
*Every New Guy Lasts About Ninety Days. ENGLAND.*
RockinRob69
Just like Swift transportation, new drivers won't last and they are terrible drivers, with a little training.
RockinRob69 - Haha, that one goes in my book, along with "Sure Wish I Finished Training."
Swift...... See what I fd up today?
Jb hunt.... Jim Bob has us niggas trucking
SWIFT-Sure Wish I Finished Training
Or. Every New Guy Leaves A New Dent.
That St Augustine Pilot gets filled up by 2pm and I saw trucks parking in the lane when there were still open spots. They parked three trucks abreast in the driving lane.
Had a guy tear my mirror off almost exactly just like the video when I thought was going to have a peaceful lunch. Luckily I caught the idiot in the act (This was many years before dash cams were around.) so I wasn't blamed. After that I always parked in the most open, in the back spot I could find and listened to guys making fun of me but I didn't give a shit what they thought and kept doing that until I retired.
One day I almost took out a mirror, but I heard someones horn and I instantly stopped when I heard it. That horn saved me from some serious headache.
Bottom line is a pro would not have hit anything.
Yup , A pro would have looked in his three left mirrors. If you can't see a parked truck in those three mirrors you should not be driving.
Bottom line is a professional wouldn't have parked there.
Hes right. That driver fucked up. He could have made it but cut left to soon.
northerntraveller I’ve only been driving for a month and I wouldn’t have hit anything. That guy made the mistake of pulling off to the left without watching his trailer. The intermodal shouldn’t have been parked there but he was easy to get past 🤷🏼♀️
A pro would know what NO PARKING MEANS. You put the Truck in Harms way. Then blame someone else cause it got hit. It's the Blame game.
Absolutely hilarious to see all the super truckers come flying out of their rigs! CR knew he hit that container truck.
Seems to me that if someone, especially retired truckers want a good business opportunity, open a trust stop. Even if it is only a few miles down from another one, there can never be too many truck stops. There just is not enough room for all of the trucks on the road.
John Becker the reason there aren't enough truck stops is because no municipality wants them. You can't get permits to build in places like Tacoma.
Yeah, this is going to sound childish and juvenile but that's just stupid. I am sure you are correct but the reason is just plain stupid. Especially in areas where there are not a lot of houses. Exits that just lead to truck stops and then maybe a bit further down the road there may be houses or even a town but at every exit/entrance, there I for spots, one on each corner, where there should be no problem putting a truck stop. Oh well, it is what it is, just got to deal with it.
Mark Miller you've got a point there
I agree with Mark Miller, you do have a point there but just like any amusement park, just hire a cleaning crew although the risk of them getting hit is greater so that might not be the best idea
In England we have no stopping boxes which are bright yellow boxes with diagonal lines in each direction making a hash pattern. I think that's clearer than a few small lines of text
This is one of those strange corners on UA-cam isn’t it...
Not if you're a fan of truck driving. But if you're not, yeah it's probably that strange corner of youtube lol.
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Is that the Love's right outside Tacoma Port Authority. I saw my first lot lizard there. What a dump!
He does have a point , when you park in an in authorized spot you run the risk of getting hit by an idiot driver that swerves for no reason
You mean unauthorized spot
it doesnt matter if someone is parked in a wrong area or bad area, you dont just steam roll through care free. You get out and ask for driver to move or ask for help maneuvering around a tight spot or ask someone else to move to free up space.
This is why I avoid Loves Tacoma like the plague!
Yes, me too. I have been at that particular truck stop. The pavement in the lot is full of holes and the truckers lounge is filthy. I think it used to be a flying J. I don't think there are any good truck stops in Washington state and I have been to them all.
Yep, this is in my opinion one of the worst truck stops in the country!
heffo and juff the new loves in napavine, south of Olympia is pretty good. But not many parking spaces. At least no major pot holes!
Anything Tacoma should be avoided,and seattle for that matter
Richard Standish ellensburg isn’t hateful if you know where to park, the dirt lot has holes that will flip you, though 🤦🏻♂️
I had the same thing happen to me at a TA in Montgomery Alabama some years ago. I was in a RV and I was lying down on the bed while waiting on my daughter in law and grandsons eat. I heard a big truck come by me real close so I sorta sit up and I felt the RV moving side to side in a rocking motion. As I got up I could see the trailer of a big rig trying to take the front off my RV. I got up and got outside and his co-driver was out of the truck. Think he was trying to help him park. The driver acted as if he knew nothing had happened but there were lots of eyes watching and on the CB, telling him what he did. His company paid for it all. $4000.00 worth of damage.
Thats what happens when you created a parkinf spot
Dude, that reminds me of the parking lot at the TA in Paulsboro, NJ. Really tight, and zero space to pull out onto the road.
Container Truck in 'No Parking.' CR England truck could have, and should have kept going straight until trailer cleared, since plenty of room.
CR England at fault for hitting stationary object... container truck driver's employer should update his dossier to reflect that he doesn't park with saftey as a concern.
You are correct. Him blaming the container driver for parking in the wrong spot is no excuse for hitting his tractor....
That’s the pilot/flying j in Washington I know that spot small tight place trucks park where the containers were all the time
I need to disagree with a lot of commenters...yes container truck in np parking zone, but......the driver of moving truck new it was a tight squeeze and made the decision to move through, his fault in any court.
Agreed
As a driver with a million accident free miles, I agree 100%....The fault lies totally with the driver of the moving vehicle for not being in control of his rig at all times.That means in truck stops too...Him calling out the container driver being in a no parking spot was a bullshit lame excuse. And it looked like he knew what he did and was leaving the scene of an accident.
What part of mo parking zone do you not understand several of those trucks shouldn't have been there
Ain't Truckin' Fun??
In a way you could say that the driver parked in a no parking zone got himself hit. I can’t figure out what the C. R. England driver was thinking though. I’d love to know how this turned out in the end. Did England have to fix the guys truck or were they able to get out of it because of where he was parked.
Just a few months ago a driver parked in a no parking zone at the Loves in Minden La., a tornado came through. The Loves sign came down on his trailer. Went through the legal process. Drivers error due to parking in a no parking zone. The container driver was clearly in the wrong. With a decent Attorney the container is responsible.
yep but doesnt mean the driver that hit him wont still be blamed every time he tries to find a job after he got fired for it
Looked like it said NO PARKING under the truck that got Hit!!!!!!!!!
1:05 : ) how to be woken up
It scratched up that purdy decal on the side of the trailer showing where CR England recruits their drivers from.
this is why you never park on the end of the row!
Out of curiosity, what does a trucker do when he/she plans to stop for the night at a certain truck stop but there's absolutely no place to park and the ELD says they can't drive anymore without a break?
It’s his second day out of premier truck school 🏫 lol
that's probably the most excitement that truck stop has seen in years!
This Truck stop is tiny, there's almost no parking but it's the only truck stop around so it's always full. That driver was an idiot.
Thris mourd drouing accidenting no.
I don't have trouble parking in that area, there are several truck stops in the area.
Robert Bren .. yep.
Great one down in Sumner on 167 in the business park.
It's pay to park, but it's very clean, wide, no B.S. is tolerated.
I'll pay it before I have my hood torn off up in that hell hole.
If I dont think I'm gonna fit I'm not going that way.
TODAY'S DRIVERS ARE VERY SCARY
I drove trucks for a while. My experience is that some truckers are so tired, they are unwilling to look for a better and safer place to park, so they just park where there is an opening, regardless of whether it is a posted no parking zone. I got totally boxed in by a couple of trucks that decided to stack three deep, with me in the middle. I had to wake up the two truckers so they could move out of my way, in order for me to get back on the road to make my delivery. I guess they never realized other truckers might leave early in the morning for some reason. At least they were nice, and helped me get out.
Of course you didn't hit anything, the CR England guy moved the mirror for you :) But seriously, they shouldn't be parked on both sides like that. I blame Amerifreight and UASC too.
Gosh someone hit me even though I wasn't supposed to be parked there. Maybe if I wasn't parked on a no parking place I might not have gotten hit
Blowin' the air horn for ten seconds makes everything better, huh.
Marcusf250 makes me feel fantastic
Weres this that there's so many container haulers is it Washington?
I love how other truck driver come up & help. Smh yea right,why are there noisy people like that supposedly they were helping but they were just getting in the way.,it is soo annoying. One of the guys almost got ran over. Yes the truck driver hit him but he still has to park but no the guys want him to stop & block traffic for more trucks & possibly cause another accident. One other truck driver immediately took the role of a police officer or insurance investigator,I mean why would the two truck drivers need help in this situation,why even get involved.
good point....just vultures making a dire situation worse.....no one could spot or warn him???Just glad its not them...private property.,,the cops will blunder in next...
Do they have driving tests in the states?
you should have at least stopped and offered a link to your video.
tons of witnesses but you're the only 1 with front row video.
you should have stopped
What's the guy at 1:37 supposed to be doing .?
Lol! I drove 23 years and all of it was OTR. Truck stops are just an accident waiting to happen. This driver was a rookie. All he had to do was stop but he pushed on through like an idiot. Lots of idiot steering wheel holders out there!
What I find the most astonishing is the ENORMOUS potholes in that parking lot.
If I park in front of another driver, blocking him in I will tape a note on my window apologizing, let them know I ran out of time on my e log then asking them to knock on my sleeper so that I will wake up and move, or I will leave a note on their window with my phone number so they can call me and I will happily get out of their way.
Courtesy , people seem to no longer care to posess this
Laying on the air horn makes it even better
That T/S is a last resort place to park. Try google earth and save your hood. Though CR England driver wil pay with his job for not taking the pothole over hitting the truck. He did, what I would like to do, to the Army of idiots that park where they feel like it these days.
Yeah, this Loves makes the Pilot on Steele St. in Denver look good. Another shithole.
Wonder if its the same CR England driver that took out my morror last week.
both at fault...
in hind sight but on paper moving object hits stationary so moving is at fault. crazy world we live in.
brown buter agreed
hits stationary vehicle parked in a no parking zone(a violation in itself)...both at fault
walmart is a private property , every business is a private property...parking in these places are created by local governments are are enforced....if u park in a no parking zone, u can get a ticket, double parked? ticket.. parked in handicap? ticket, parked in loading zone? ticket.....truck in video parked in ''no parking''? he is as guilty as the guy who hits his truck....park in designated area and u wont get hit...
Not true I am a Calif trucker and have seen numerous times city cops and sheriffs come into the truck stops and issue citations for parking violations
Dude what's that dash cam? Very nice video
what do you expect its an england driver 😂 thats like saying its a swift or Schneider driver😀
Every New Graduate Lasts About Ninety Days , pretty much sums it up
I was going to say the same thing and I'm not even a 'driver', only put a "few" traveling miles on my own little diesel.... dodge diesel that is but I've seen good drivers and bad drivers. Both big and little vehicles. Mostly have been a lot of professional drivers on the last 1300 mile trip on the 15/40/25 from so cal to so colorado. At least in the big trucks...
In what I just saw in the video, yes the CR England driver was wrong in hitting the truck and he should have been more to his left when going through that hole and the truck that he hit was parked in a no parking zone. Not only the truck that he hit, but the truck parked behind the one he was also parked in a no parking zone. I'm new to the game and it really upsets me that these drivers think they own the road. I feel for that CR England driver, but by law he shouldn't get a ticket because the truck that he hit was parked in a illegal parking spot anyone, but he should of still been more cautious of his surroundings
They wanted cheap labor and they got it.
Was his ELD working properly? Just checking for fatigue.....must have been tired, right!
Nice beat...what is it?
did the rag on his head fall down and cause him to be blinded?
I have to side with england on this one. And he was wanting to turn right instead of left. Wonder if that driver parks in front of fire hydrants also. That can get your windows busted out by fire dept.
I know this Love's...Tacoma/Fife, Wa. It's gotta be one of they worst Truck stops for many reason of the Big 3 (Pilot/FlyingJ-Petro/TA-Love's) in the U.S. Definitley one to avoid, problem is there are few truck stops in that area so I always make sure I have enough fuel to get in and out that heavy congested area, SeaTac, Kent, Auburn, etc. before I go in.
I had an over tired trucker try backing down my street, in the city? It's not a dead end street. He forgot to put the gas lid on his tank (diesel all over the road) and couldn't compensate for parked cars and telephone pole. I finally got him to let me drive. I never drove a big rig or one with 53' trailer. Wasn't all that difficult though. It reminded me of my youth and those long days on the farm (slow & careful ) Wouldn't want to do it full time, though.
Hello friend, can I use this clip in my compilation? Full credits of course.
Did he recently drive for swift?
Wow! I need to find this guy, my Volvo 780 needs a new hood and bumper and a paid 2 week vacation while my truck is getting fixed,.... that's Awesome!!!👍🤣👍
Yea I’m sure your bum company driving ass would lmaoo. Enjoy driving for .35-.60cents bubba hahaha. Get a real job man or become an owner operator lol
@@truckdriver5979 I am an owner operator going on 11 years now, 2 Volvo 780's, 2-53 refers, 1-48 flat and 1-53 spread axle step. My latest moneymaker is the tow attachment that snaps into the plate and allows me to tow dead trucks to the shop, $750-$1,000 each.
I would Never drive for a company, that's for people that need babysitters.
@Tim Morris just because you named a couple trucks and trailers doesn’t really tell me anything bubba. How can you drive all those trucks and trailers lol. You must be constantly on the road then. I chose the other route bubba, the make 25-3500 in 2 days back on the 3rd and I’m relaxing the other 4. And I do it all with a 26ft box truck haha, I do have a cdl aswell but No need to drive 72 feet to make less lol. That’s what a brain gets ya bubba. An easier check and life. I don’t move under 2.30 a mile bubba. In 26ft that’s a helluva price. All praise to the most high on that, couldn’t do it without him
What does "NO PARKING" mean???
If you're not parked in a designated parking spot, and this happens, you are SOL. Saw it happen at Flying J in Conway, Ar. and the cops said the parked truck was at fault.
The bad part was, it was mid morning, and lots of empty spaces. The driver just didn't want to walk to the showers.
Glad to see other guys stopped him because he wasn't going to.
Is that the Love's just south of Seattle, like a really old Love's?