The parking at the TA in Jessup Md on I 95 exit 41 A is now paid parking. The reason that they did this is because it was court ordered cause there is a hotel that had a lounge and it served beer and a trucker driver was drunk and he or she got in their truck and drove it on to I 95 and killed some people and I guess that there was some people getting killed in the truck stop in there trucks as well so the courts decided to step in and tell TA that they either had to clean up the truck stop or shut it down. And we all know how it is hard to find parking at night
TA in Jessup MD
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Hmmm! I'm still trying to figure out how charging truckers to park in their parking lot is going to cut down on the drinking and driving problem. Am I missing something here? india
India Hamner
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Don't care. Still a dump and best known lot lizard location on east coast. Wouldn't stay there even if out of hours!
Last year, one of the local "ladies" stabbed another one in the throat, and then attempted to flee with a truck driver. Both were apprehended and jailed. What a joint (and idiot truck driver). Supposedly, other woman survived...
Last year, one of the local "ladies" stabbed another one in the throat, and then attempted to flee with a truck driver. Both were apprehended and jailed. What a joint (and idiot truck driver). Supposedly, other woman survived...
Doggie Daddy
Veteran Expediter
Sounds like West Memphis, east coast division to me.
joebob1_30132
Expert Expediter
or it rivals the grandaddy of them all ..the TA West in ontario CA..You been there.. ya know what im sayin!!!
there is security their now they dont even sell alchol their anymore they even took the bar out that was downstairs. the cops even run stings to catch the lot lizards and truckers drinking and doing things that they should not be doing.they even have a have sherrif that sits on the poperty every night
Expediter wannabees reading this should take it to heart. Street crime is an issue in expediting. It comes in at least two forms. One is as described above. Notice that a whole bunch of Open Forum participants, Diane and me included, can talk about this truck stop with first-hand experience.
While not all truck stops are this bad, and some are actually great places to stay, truck stop crime can get up close and personal. Crime can get close to you in another way too. That is when you get close to it. Deliveries sometimes take you into some rough areas.
Having a truck equipped with creature comforts like a water supply and a bathroom or at least a good porta-pody can significantly reduce the risks of becoming a crime victim.
As I write this, we are parked in the parking lot of an office building where we are scheduled to pick up tomorrow morning. The building is closed for the night. There are no facilities here, but we don't need any because they are built into the truck.
When we drove less-equipped fleet owner trucks, and had pickups in this area, we spent time, and some nights, at the Petro or TA on Atlanta's I-285 loop. Neither are known as garden spots and both have crime reputations attached.
When entering the business, you have a choice as to what kind of life you want to live on the road. While a lot of expeditiers are happy and comfortable spending most of their down time at truck stops, you do not have to if you do not want to. You have the option of getting a ride with creature comforts built in. That allows you to be more selective and safe in places to spend your nights.
While not all truck stops are this bad, and some are actually great places to stay, truck stop crime can get up close and personal. Crime can get close to you in another way too. That is when you get close to it. Deliveries sometimes take you into some rough areas.
Having a truck equipped with creature comforts like a water supply and a bathroom or at least a good porta-pody can significantly reduce the risks of becoming a crime victim.
As I write this, we are parked in the parking lot of an office building where we are scheduled to pick up tomorrow morning. The building is closed for the night. There are no facilities here, but we don't need any because they are built into the truck.
When we drove less-equipped fleet owner trucks, and had pickups in this area, we spent time, and some nights, at the Petro or TA on Atlanta's I-285 loop. Neither are known as garden spots and both have crime reputations attached.
When entering the business, you have a choice as to what kind of life you want to live on the road. While a lot of expeditiers are happy and comfortable spending most of their down time at truck stops, you do not have to if you do not want to. You have the option of getting a ride with creature comforts built in. That allows you to be more selective and safe in places to spend your nights.
rode2rouen
Expert Expediter
>Sounds like a outstanding place , drunk drivers ,lot
>lizzards , stabbings in the lot. What else could you ask
>for??? lol :7
They added IdleAir! }>
Now it's a semi-dangerous dump with fewer parking spots.
Rex
>lizzards , stabbings in the lot. What else could you ask
>for??? lol :7
They added IdleAir! }>
Now it's a semi-dangerous dump with fewer parking spots.
Rex
>
>When entering the business, you have a choice as to what
>kind of life you want to live on the road. While a lot of
>expeditiers are happy and comfortable spending most of their
>down time at truck stops, you do not have to if you do not
>want to. You have the option of getting a ride with creature
>comforts built in. That allows you to be more selective and
>safe in places to spend your nights.
One doesn't need a "ride with creature comforts built in" to avoid truckstops, I do it all the time in my low rent van, and I know other drivers who do it too. We haven't got a deluxe truck, but we're not entirely stupid.
I'm pretty sure that anyone with 2 brain cells would instinctively get the most creature comforts they could afford, when buying a truck, which makes your advice unneccessary at best, and patronizing at worst. A lot of posts, mine included, are unneccessary, but the patronizing tone really bugs me!
>When entering the business, you have a choice as to what
>kind of life you want to live on the road. While a lot of
>expeditiers are happy and comfortable spending most of their
>down time at truck stops, you do not have to if you do not
>want to. You have the option of getting a ride with creature
>comforts built in. That allows you to be more selective and
>safe in places to spend your nights.
One doesn't need a "ride with creature comforts built in" to avoid truckstops, I do it all the time in my low rent van, and I know other drivers who do it too. We haven't got a deluxe truck, but we're not entirely stupid.
I'm pretty sure that anyone with 2 brain cells would instinctively get the most creature comforts they could afford, when buying a truck, which makes your advice unneccessary at best, and patronizing at worst. A lot of posts, mine included, are unneccessary, but the patronizing tone really bugs me!
Ateam
When entering the business, you have a choice as to what kind of life you want to live on the road. While a lot of expeditiers are happy and comfortable spending most of their down time at truck stops, you do not have to if you do not want to. You have the option of getting a ride with creature comforts built in. That allows you to be more selective and safe in places to spend your night
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When someone is entering the business on their first truck, your description is far from what I would recommend. In fact, you didn't follow the advice you are trying to sell here.
I would save that foolishness for your own site.
Trucks that are equipped as you decribed are usually not available to most new or first time buyers unless they sell pretty much everything they have.
Not many lined up for that.
Davekc
owner
22 years
PantherII
EO moderator
When entering the business, you have a choice as to what kind of life you want to live on the road. While a lot of expeditiers are happy and comfortable spending most of their down time at truck stops, you do not have to if you do not want to. You have the option of getting a ride with creature comforts built in. That allows you to be more selective and safe in places to spend your night
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When someone is entering the business on their first truck, your description is far from what I would recommend. In fact, you didn't follow the advice you are trying to sell here.
I would save that foolishness for your own site.
Trucks that are equipped as you decribed are usually not available to most new or first time buyers unless they sell pretty much everything they have.
Not many lined up for that.
Davekc
owner
22 years
PantherII
EO moderator
> One doesn't need a "ride with creature comforts built in"
>to avoid truckstops, I do it all the time in my low rent
>van, and I know other drivers who do it too. We haven't got
>a deluxe truck, but we're not entirely stupid.
> I'm pretty sure that anyone with 2 brain cells would
>instinctively get the most creature comforts they could
>afford, when buying a truck, which makes your advice
>unneccessary at best, and patronizing at worst. A lot of
>posts, mine included, are unneccessary, but the patronizing
>tone really bugs me!
I agree Cheri-
One does not have to be a rocket scientist to determine the need to lay over in the safest environments possible. If possible, we don’t spend a lot of layover time at truck stops but sometimes the “50 mile rule express center†requirements dictate that we do stay at them. ATeam, on the other hand, has the “ride with creature comforts†AND the luxury of staying where ever he so chooses because:
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ATeam Quote: When we position ourselves for freight, we give very little consideration to how far or close to an express center we are. Dispatch can see all trucks at all times, even if they are out of service. It is not uncommon for them to call us for a load that would require us to drive through several express centers to pick up. Such calls come in even if we are out of service. If they need you, they will find you.
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In addition, having the “ride with creature comforts built in†doesn’t necessary remove any criminal element in fact, it has been our experience, (speaking from someone having “the ride with comforts built inâ€); we seem to be no less safe in many truck stop environments. Usually, the good truckers seem to out number the bad even in the seediest of environments. We have found that many “big truck†drivers are more curious about our truck than anything else. As a matter of fact, we just got a covenanted parking place here at a truck stop in Phoenix, AZ just for showing a curious “big rig†driver what the inside of our sleeper looked like.
Normally, if we knew we were going to be in Phoenix for this long, we probably would have went to an RV camp ground to layover, but most of them are on the outer limits of actual city of Phoenix. HOWEVER, because on Friday we were told we were the number one D truck here AND we knew a D load was coming out of here that afternoon… we elected to stay well within the 50 mile radius of the Phoenix to ensure we would remain the number one team and not be overlooked because of proximity to the load. (Thus, we would have the most dwell time and be selected)
I don’t think that ATeam realizes we have to stay within the bounds of dispatch criteria, as we don’t have the luxury of being pre-dispatched like he has professed in prior posts. Being pre-dispatched consistently could feasibly lessen a truck’s possible crime predisposition as then trucks would be able to select where they would like to lay over for their comfort/safety and not for FedEx’s dispatch criterion. Pre-dispatches for days ahead of time like he has stated openly he receives would be particularly nice as we could plan mini vacations all over the country without EVER worrying about staying at a truck stop!
-mcbride-
--What goes around comes around--
>to avoid truckstops, I do it all the time in my low rent
>van, and I know other drivers who do it too. We haven't got
>a deluxe truck, but we're not entirely stupid.
> I'm pretty sure that anyone with 2 brain cells would
>instinctively get the most creature comforts they could
>afford, when buying a truck, which makes your advice
>unneccessary at best, and patronizing at worst. A lot of
>posts, mine included, are unneccessary, but the patronizing
>tone really bugs me!
I agree Cheri-
One does not have to be a rocket scientist to determine the need to lay over in the safest environments possible. If possible, we don’t spend a lot of layover time at truck stops but sometimes the “50 mile rule express center†requirements dictate that we do stay at them. ATeam, on the other hand, has the “ride with creature comforts†AND the luxury of staying where ever he so chooses because:
=========================================
ATeam Quote: When we position ourselves for freight, we give very little consideration to how far or close to an express center we are. Dispatch can see all trucks at all times, even if they are out of service. It is not uncommon for them to call us for a load that would require us to drive through several express centers to pick up. Such calls come in even if we are out of service. If they need you, they will find you.
=========================================
In addition, having the “ride with creature comforts built in†doesn’t necessary remove any criminal element in fact, it has been our experience, (speaking from someone having “the ride with comforts built inâ€); we seem to be no less safe in many truck stop environments. Usually, the good truckers seem to out number the bad even in the seediest of environments. We have found that many “big truck†drivers are more curious about our truck than anything else. As a matter of fact, we just got a covenanted parking place here at a truck stop in Phoenix, AZ just for showing a curious “big rig†driver what the inside of our sleeper looked like.
Normally, if we knew we were going to be in Phoenix for this long, we probably would have went to an RV camp ground to layover, but most of them are on the outer limits of actual city of Phoenix. HOWEVER, because on Friday we were told we were the number one D truck here AND we knew a D load was coming out of here that afternoon… we elected to stay well within the 50 mile radius of the Phoenix to ensure we would remain the number one team and not be overlooked because of proximity to the load. (Thus, we would have the most dwell time and be selected)
I don’t think that ATeam realizes we have to stay within the bounds of dispatch criteria, as we don’t have the luxury of being pre-dispatched like he has professed in prior posts. Being pre-dispatched consistently could feasibly lessen a truck’s possible crime predisposition as then trucks would be able to select where they would like to lay over for their comfort/safety and not for FedEx’s dispatch criterion. Pre-dispatches for days ahead of time like he has stated openly he receives would be particularly nice as we could plan mini vacations all over the country without EVER worrying about staying at a truck stop!
-mcbride-
--What goes around comes around--