Originally published at: New DOT rules put states on ■■■■ for truck parking - FreightWaves
States must now complete comprehensive truck parking assessments or face the loss of federal funds under new DOT mandates.
This is a good idea but I see too much being attempted, statements that have not been clarified, who enforces, how are the enforcers trained-- a huge number of “experts” and committees etc. There are many issues involved. Companies have stopped allowing drivers to sleep on their property for “insurance” reasons. Sadly some drivers dump garbage or use the osrking lot as a bathroom although not often. Ohio is closing some existing facilities even as the federal wants more open. Pennsylvania Turnpike and other states no longer allow the trucks to sleep at wide spots in the road. Wide on and off ramps were once used. Many states narrowed the off ramp w/ no parking signs. How will it be determined what the need is in Ohio?Or other states.
Good. LA has TWO truck stops. Sacramento has ONE and San Francisco entire area has NONE. Seems stupid for the amount of truck traffic. Then they make it a fine to park ANYWHERE on a street.
I bet it’s only enforced in blue states.
Trucks and drivers are, for the most part, regulated by the Federal Government, supposedly for safety. CDLs are federal licences regulated by the FMCSA. It should be the Federal Government’s responsibility to provide safe, free truck parking. It’s the Federal Government that regulates every minute of a truck driver’s time.